From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 0/2] packet: fix PACKET_TX_RING data corruption on skb_orphan
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:47:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260919004748.1463985-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com> (raw)
From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
When transmitting packets via PACKET_TX_RING, tpacket_snd links user
ring buffer pages as skb frags and releases the slot on skb->destructor
(tpacket_destruct_skb).
skb_orphan() invokes the destructor while the skb is still alive.
This marks the slot as TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE prematurely, allowing
userspace to overwrite the slot and causing data corruption.
This series fixes the issue by switching PACKET_TX_RING to standard
ubuf_info zerocopy completion, ensuring ring slots are released only
after all payload references are freed or copied.
Virtio-net needs a separate solution, because deferring the release
can cause deadlock in its !use_napi mode.
- Patch 1 addresses the virtio-net special case.
- Patch 2 converts tpacket_snd to standard ubuf_info completion
Patch 1 must be applied, and backported, before patch 2. Both carry
the same Fixes tag for that reason.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260914214229.1674102-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com/
Willem de Bruijn (2):
virtio_net: copy zerocopy frags in start_xmit without NAPI
packet: use ubuf_info completion for TX_RING packets
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 9 ++++
include/linux/skbuff.h | 19 +-------
net/packet/af_packet.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
3 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-19 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-19 0:47 Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-09-19 0:47 ` [PATCH net v2 1/2] virtio_net: copy zerocopy frags in start_xmit without NAPI Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-22 3:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:01 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-19 0:47 ` [PATCH net v2 2/2] packet: use ubuf_info completion for TX_RING packets Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-22 3:49 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 15:07 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-23 2:00 ` [PATCH net v2 0/2] packet: fix PACKET_TX_RING data corruption on skb_orphan patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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