if (hvs->recv_desc) {
/* Here hvs->recv_data_len is 0, so hvs->recv_desc must
* be NULL unless it points to the 0-byte-payload FIN
- * packet: see hvs_update_recv_data().
+ * packet or a malformed/short packet: see
+ * hvs_update_recv_data().
*
- * Here all the payload has been dequeued, but
- * hvs_channel_readable_payload() still returns 1,
- * because the VMBus ringbuffer's read_index is not
- * updated for the FIN packet: hvs_stream_dequeue() ->
- * hv_pkt_iter_next() updates the cached priv_read_index
- * but has no opportunity to update the read_index in
- * hv_pkt_iter_close() as hvs_stream_has_data() returns
- * 0 for the FIN packet, so it won't get dequeued.
+ * If hvs->recv_desc points to the FIN packet, here all
+ * the payload has been dequeued and the peer_shutdown
+ * flag is set, but hvs_channel_readable_payload() still
+ * returns 1, because the VMBus ringbuffer's read_index
+ * is not updated for the FIN packet:
+ * hvs_stream_dequeue() -> hv_pkt_iter_next() updates
+ * the cached priv_read_index but has no opportunity to
+ * update the read_index in hv_pkt_iter_close() as
+ * hvs_stream_has_data() returns 0 for the FIN packet,
+ * so it won't get dequeued.
+ *
+ * In case hvs->recv_desc points to a malformed/short
+ * packet, return -EIO.
*/
+ if (!(vsk->peer_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN))
+ return -EIO;
+
return 0;
}