From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@readmodwrite.com>
Cc: "Alexei Starovoitov" <ast@kernel.org>,
"Daniel Borkmann" <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"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>,
"Jesper Dangaard Brouer" <hawk@kernel.org>,
"John Fastabend" <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
"Stanislav Fomichev" <sdf@fomichev.me>,
"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: Re: [PATCH bpf v2] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:05:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <al9EeXMW9Mi-YDZZ@lore-desk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260720140545.461747-1-matt@readmodwrite.com>
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> 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>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> ---
> 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 | 16 ++++++++++------
> 2 files changed, 12 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..66f57131633a 100644
> --- a/net/core/skbuff.c
> +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
> @@ -927,6 +927,16 @@ 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.
> + */
> int skb_pp_cow_data(struct page_pool *pool, struct sk_buff **pskb,
> unsigned int headroom)
> {
> @@ -936,12 +946,6 @@ 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
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-21 10:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-20 14:05 [PATCH bpf v2] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP Matt Fleming
2026-07-20 14:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-21 11:11 ` Maciej Fijalkowski
2026-07-20 20:28 ` Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2026-07-21 10:05 ` Lorenzo Bianconi [this message]
2026-07-21 16:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-07-21 21:14 ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-21 21:28 ` Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi
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