Re: [PATCH net] macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:

On Fri,  3 Jul 2026 17:36:33 +0900 you wrote:
> macsec_encrypt() reads the Ethernet header via eth_hdr(skb)
> (skb->head + skb->mac_header) to memmove() the 12 source/destination MAC
> bytes forward and make room for the SecTAG.
> 
> On the AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW + PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS transmit path the skb
> reaches the macsec ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset, so
> eth_hdr(skb) resolves to skb->head + (u16)~0 and the read is out of
> bounds: a 12-byte heap over-read that is also emitted on the wire as the
> frame's outer source/destination MAC. KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds
> read in macsec_start_xmit() on 6.0; on current mainline a CONFIG_DEBUG_NET
> build flags it as an unset mac header in skb_mac_header().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/f5089008f90c

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