From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux.dev, "Eugenio Perez" <eperezma@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 7/8] net: add ip4_parse()
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:04:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-178923@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8a90cdf35017ad3e2baf04c209718dd4e8d93b0b.1792411304.git.mst@redhat.com>
> Multiple places in the net stack open-code the same minimal IPv4 header
> validation: pull the fixed header, check version 4 and IHL >= 5 (where 5
> is the fixed header size in 32-bit units) - and locate the transport
> header at IHL * 4 past the network header.
>
> Add a helper for doing that: it returns the validated header and
> the transport header offset, or NULL if truncated or malformed.
>
> As noted by Phil Sutter, there are more places that could use this
> helper, e.g. ip_mc_check_iphdr(). They will be converted in a follow-up
> patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-20 12:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-19 12:03 [PATCH net v3 0/8] more virtio-net csum hardening Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 1/8] net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 19:27 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-20 19:38 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 20:02 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-20 20:09 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 2/8] um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 19:28 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 3/8] um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 4/8] virtio_net: parse tunnel csum_start little-endian Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 5/8] net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 19:44 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-20 21:49 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 6/8] net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 14:19 ` Björn Töpel
2026-10-20 14:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-20 19:54 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-20 20:01 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 20:19 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-20 20:22 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 20:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 7/8] net: add ip4_parse() Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 8/8] virtio_net: cleanup protocol calculation Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-20 12:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-19 12:09 ` [PATCH net v3 0/8] more virtio-net csum hardening netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-19 12:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 16:51 ` Chris Arges
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