Re: [PATCH v7] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs

[Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>]

Reminder to mark patches [PATCH net v7]

(or PATCH net-next when targeting that tree)

Shiming Cheng wrote:
> Commit 0ab03f353d36 ("net-gro: Fix GRO flush when receiving a GSO
> packet.") added a flush check to skb_gro_receive(), but
> skb_gro_receive_list() lacks the same validation.
> 
> As a result, packets marked with NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush may still be
> re-aggregated.
> 
> This allows already-GRO'd packets with existing frag_list to be
> re-aggregated into a new GRO session, corrupting the frag_list chain
> structure. When skb_segment() attempts to unpack these malformed packets,
> it encounters invalid state and triggers a kernel panic.
> 
> Scenario (Tethering/Device forwarding):
>   1. Driver: Generated aggregated packet P1 via LRO with frag_list
>   2. Dev A: Receives aggregated fraglist packet and flush flag set
>   3. Dev A: Re-enters GRO, skb_gro_receive_list() is called
>   4. Missing flush check allows re-aggregation despite flush flag
>   5. Frag_list chain becomes corrupted (loops or dangling refs)
>   6. Dev B: TX path calls skb_segment(), crashes on corrupted frag_list
> 
> Root cause in skb_segment():
>   The check at line ~4891:
>     if (hsize <= 0 && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
>         (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
> 
>   When frag_list is corrupted by double aggregation, when list_skb is
>   a NULL pointer from skb->next, skb_headlen(list_skb) dereference
>   NULL/corrupted pointers occurs.
> 
> Call Trace:
>  skb_headlen(NULL skb)
>  skb_segment
>  tcp_gso_segment
>  tcp4_gso_segment
>  inet_gso_segment
>  skb_mac_gso_segment
>  __skb_gso_segment
>  skb_gso_segment
>  validate_xmit_skb
>  validate_xmit_skb_list
>  sch_direct_xmit
>  qdisc_restart
>  __qdisc_run
>  qdisc_run
>  net_tx_action
> 
> Fix: Add NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush validation to the early-return check in
> skb_gro_receive_list(), matching the defensive programming pattern of
> skb_gro_receive().
> 
> Fixes: 3a1296a38d0c ("net: Support GRO/GSO fraglist chaining.")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Shiming Cheng <shiming.cheng@mediatek.com>

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>