From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Willem de Bruijn" <willemb@google.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"Jason Wang" <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
"Hassan Sultan" <hassansultan@google.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH net v3 4/8] selftests: net: tuntap: fix UDP checksum length in build_udp_packet_csum()
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2026 12:57:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261105115715.1466924-5-edumazet@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105115715.1466924-1-edumazet@kernel.org>
build_udp_packet_csum() passes udph->len, which is in network byte
order, as the number of bytes to checksum. On little-endian hosts this
reads up to 64KB past the UDP header and computes a wrong checksum.
Existing callers did not crash only because they use packet buffers
of MAX_VNET_TUNNEL_PACKET_SZ bytes.
Use ntohs(udph->len), as tap.c does in its own build_udp_packet().
While at it, clear udph->check before summing instead of relying on
the caller, and send 0xffff instead of a computed zero checksum, as
the kernel does with CSUM_MANGLED_0.
Fixes: a942fcd72e97 ("selftest: tun: Introduce tuntap_helpers.h header for TUN/TAP testing")
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
---
tools/testing/selftests/net/tuntap_helpers.h | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tuntap_helpers.h b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tuntap_helpers.h
index d6c0437136ec..ecad83fae158 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tuntap_helpers.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tuntap_helpers.h
@@ -330,14 +330,22 @@ static inline void build_udp_packet_csum(uint8_t *buf, int family,
size_t ipalen = ip_addr_len(family);
uint32_t sum;
+ udph->check = 0;
+
/* No extension IPv4 and IPv6 headers addresses are the last fields */
sum = add_csum(buf - 2 * ipalen, 2 * ipalen);
sum += htons(IPPROTO_UDP) + udph->len;
if (!csum_off)
- sum += add_csum(buf, udph->len);
+ sum += add_csum(buf, ntohs(udph->len));
udph->check = finish_ip_csum(sum);
+
+ /* A zero UDP checksum means no checksum: send 0xffff instead,
+ * as the kernel does with CSUM_MANGLED_0.
+ */
+ if (!csum_off && !udph->check)
+ udph->check = 0xffff;
}
static inline int build_udp_packet(uint8_t *buf, uint16_t sport, uint16_t dport,
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-05 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 11:57 [PATCH net v3 0/8] net: virtio: validate outer protocol of UDP tunnel GSO packets Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 1/8] " Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-08 23:01 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 2/8] net: virtio: do not use dev->type to find the outer L3 header Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:18 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-11-06 8:48 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 8:50 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 9:27 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-11-06 9:55 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-08 23:01 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 3/8] tun: clear stale skb->protocol of NAPI frags skbs Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:21 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-11-06 8:49 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-08 23:01 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-05 11:57 ` Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-11-06 8:16 ` [PATCH net v3 4/8] selftests: net: tuntap: fix UDP checksum length in build_udp_packet_csum() sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 5/8] selftests: net: tun: test outer protocol of UDP tunnel GSO packets Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 6/8] selftests: net: tun: test UDP tunnel GSO on retyped devices Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:25 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-08 23:02 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 7/8] selftests: net: tun: test more outer header mismatches of UDP tunnel GSO Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 8:51 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-08 23:02 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 8/8] selftests: net: tuntap: write UDP tunnel offsets in little endian Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 8:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 8:52 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-08 23:02 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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