From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 2/5] vxlan: unclone skb head before modifying eth header in route_shortcircuit()
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:42:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260723144249.759100-3-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260723144249.759100-1-edumazet@google.com>
When route_shortcircuit() performs L3 short-circuit routing, it modifies
the Ethernet header of the skb in-place:
memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, dev->addr_len);
memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha, dev->addr_len);
If the incoming skb is cloned (for example by packet sockets, tcpdump, or
dev_queue_xmit), modifying the Ethernet header without uncloning can corrupt
the packet header for other readers holding a reference to the cloned skb.
Ensure the skb header is writable and unshared by calling skb_cow_head(skb, 0)
prior to updating the Ethernet header. If skb_cow_head() fails, abort short-circuiting
and return false to allow standard packet processing fallback.
Fixes: e4f67addf158 ("add DOVE extensions for VXLAN")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 9060a1259ac283d4db4b7a854ce74203496e9313..fb4a706cd5786d1937b1922acced31ffdb187c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2163,6 +2163,10 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
diff = !ether_addr_equal(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha);
if (diff) {
+ if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0)) {
+ neigh_release(n);
+ return false;
+ }
memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest,
dev->addr_len);
memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha, dev->addr_len);
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-23 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-23 14:42 [PATCH net 0/5] vxlan: fixes for skb header pulling, cloning, and concurrency in TX path Eric Dumazet
2026-07-23 14:42 ` [PATCH net 1/5] vxlan: re-fetch eth header after route_shortcircuit() Eric Dumazet
2026-07-23 16:37 ` Vadim Fedorenko
2026-07-23 14:42 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-07-23 14:42 ` [PATCH net 3/5] vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit() Eric Dumazet
2026-07-23 16:41 ` Vadim Fedorenko
2026-07-23 14:42 ` [PATCH net 4/5] vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() " Eric Dumazet
2026-07-23 16:42 ` Vadim Fedorenko
2026-07-23 14:42 ` [PATCH net 5/5] vxlan: use pskb_network_may_pull() for transmit path header pulls Eric Dumazet
2026-07-23 16:43 ` Vadim Fedorenko
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