4 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
index f80011ce4..a4a76d0a3 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
@@ -573,13 +573,17 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) Read(ctx context.Context, _ *fs.File, dst usermem.IOS
 	if dst.NumBytes() == 0 {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	return dst.CopyOutFrom(ctx, &EndpointReader{
+	r := &EndpointReader{
 		Ctx:       ctx,
 		Endpoint:  s.ep,
 		NumRights: 0,
 		Peek:      false,
 		From:      nil,
-	})
+	}
+	n, err := dst.CopyOutFrom(ctx, r)
+	// Drop control messages.
+	r.Control.Release(ctx)
+	return n, err
 }
 
 // RecvMsg implements the linux syscall recvmsg(2) for sockets backed by
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
index 3345124cc..678355fb9 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix_vfs2.go
@@ -267,13 +267,17 @@ func (s *SocketVFS2) Read(ctx context.Context, dst usermem.IOSequence, opts vfs.
 	if dst.NumBytes() == 0 {
 		return 0, nil
 	}
-	return dst.CopyOutFrom(ctx, &EndpointReader{
+	r := &EndpointReader{
 		Ctx:       ctx,
 		Endpoint:  s.ep,
 		NumRights: 0,
 		Peek:      false,
 		From:      nil,
-	})
+	}
+	n, err := dst.CopyOutFrom(ctx, r)
+	// Drop control messages.
+	r.Control.Release(ctx)
+	return n, err
 }
 
 // PWrite implements vfs.FileDescriptionImpl.
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
index 9feaca0da..9cd052c3d 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/sys_socket.go
@@ -1052,7 +1052,9 @@ func sendSingleMsg(t *kernel.Task, s socket.Socket, file *fs.File, msgPtr userme
 	// Call the syscall implementation.
 	n, e := s.SendMsg(t, src, to, int(flags), haveDeadline, deadline, controlMessages)
 	err = handleIOError(t, n != 0, e.ToError(), syserror.ERESTARTSYS, "sendmsg", file)
-	if err != nil {
+	// Control messages should be released on error as well as for zero-length
+	// messages, which are discarded by the receiver.
+	if n == 0 || err != nil {
 		controlMessages.Release(t)
 	}
 	return uintptr(n), err
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
index bfae6b7e9..7b33b3f59 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/vfs2/socket.go
@@ -1055,7 +1055,9 @@ func sendSingleMsg(t *kernel.Task, s socket.SocketVFS2, file *vfs.FileDescriptio
 	// Call the syscall implementation.
 	n, e := s.SendMsg(t, src, to, int(flags), haveDeadline, deadline, controlMessages)
 	err = slinux.HandleIOErrorVFS2(t, n != 0, e.ToError(), syserror.ERESTARTSYS, "sendmsg", file)
-	if err != nil {
+	// Control messages should be released on error as well as for zero-length
+	// messages, which are discarded by the receiver.
+	if n == 0 || err != nil {
 		controlMessages.Release(t)
 	}
 	return uintptr(n), err