From: Matt Fleming <matt@readmodwrite.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: "Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"Jesper Dangaard Brouer" <hawk@kernel.org>,
"John Fastabend" <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
"Stanislav Fomichev" <sdf@fomichev.me>,
"Lorenzo Bianconi" <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
"Toke Høiland-Jørgensen" <toke@toke.dk>,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@cloudflare.com,
"Matt Fleming" <mfleming@cloudflare.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:19:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260722191925.2192070-1-matt@readmodwrite.com> (raw)
From: Matt Fleming <mfleming@cloudflare.com>
A frag_list skb can reach veth with data_len set but nr_frags zero.
veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff() only converts skbs that are shared,
locked, have frags[], or do not have enough headroom. It later uses
skb_is_nonlinear() to decide whether to set XDP_FLAGS_HAS_FRAGS and
xdp_frags_size.
That exposes frag_list data to XDP as if it were stored in frags[], but
frags[] is empty. AF_XDP copy mode can then trust the bogus XDP fragment
metadata, walk an empty fragment entry, and crash in memcpy() from
__xsk_rcv().
Route non-linear skbs through skb_pp_cow_data() before exposing them to
XDP, and only advertise XDP frags when the resulting skb has frags[].
skb_copy_bits() already handles frag_list input, and skb_pp_cow_data()
builds frags[] output with skb_add_rx_frag(), which is the
representation XDP multi-buffer expects.
Fixes: 718a18a0c8a6 ("veth: Rework veth_xdp_rcv_skb in order to accept non-linear skb")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <mfleming@cloudflare.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Target net instead of bpf.
- Add Return: to the skb_pp_cow_data() kerneldoc.
Changes in v2:
- Use skb_is_nonlinear() in veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff().
- Move the skb_pp_cow_data() comment into kerneldoc.
drivers/net/veth.c | 4 ++--
net/core/skbuff.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 1c5142149175..00e34afd858e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq,
u32 frame_sz;
if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_head_is_locked(skb) ||
- skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags ||
+ skb_is_nonlinear(skb) ||
skb_headroom(skb) < XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM) {
if (skb_pp_cow_data(rq->page_pool, pskb, XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM))
goto drop;
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq,
xdp_prepare_buff(xdp, skb->head, skb_headroom(skb),
skb_headlen(skb), true);
- if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
+ if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags) {
skb_shinfo(skb)->xdp_frags_size = skb->data_len;
xdp_buff_set_frags_flag(xdp);
} else {
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 18dabb4e9cfa..ba3dbac80fb4 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -927,6 +927,18 @@ static void skb_clone_fraglist(struct sk_buff *skb)
skb_get(list);
}
+/**
+ * skb_pp_cow_data() - copy skb data into page-pool backed storage
+ * @pool: page pool to allocate from
+ * @pskb: pointer to skb pointer, replaced with the copied skb on success
+ * @headroom: headroom to reserve in the copied skb
+ *
+ * skb_copy_bits() handles both frags[] and frag_list input. If the copied
+ * skb remains non-linear, it uses frags[], which is the representation used
+ * by XDP multi-buffer.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative errno on failure.
+ */
int skb_pp_cow_data(struct page_pool *pool, struct sk_buff **pskb,
unsigned int headroom)
{
@@ -936,12 +948,6 @@ int skb_pp_cow_data(struct page_pool *pool, struct sk_buff **pskb,
int err, i, head_off;
void *data;
- /* XDP does not support fraglist so we need to linearize
- * the skb.
- */
- if (skb_has_frag_list(skb))
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
max_head_size = SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(PAGE_SIZE - headroom);
if (skb->len > max_head_size + MAX_SKB_FRAGS * PAGE_SIZE)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 19:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 19:19 Matt Fleming [this message]
2026-07-22 20:53 ` [PATCH net v3] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-07-22 22:12 ` Lorenzo Bianconi
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