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* [PATCH] net: core: use WARN_ON_ONCE in datagram iterators
@ 2026-07-14  8:25 Igor Putko
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From: Igor Putko @ 2026-07-14  8:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, linux-kernel, Igor Putko

Datagram fragment iteration helpers check for invalid buffer offsets
using WARN_ON(). In fast-path packet processing routines, a malformed
skb or lower-level driver bug triggering this check can result in
unbounded dmesg logging.

Excessive console logging in data-path contexts introduces severe I/O
latency overhead and risks triggering a DoS or system instability
via log flooding.

Replace WARN_ON() with WARN_ON_ONCE() in __skb_datagram_iter() and
skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(). This ensures anomalous conditions remain
reportable for debugging without spamming the kernel log on repeated
occurrences.

Signed-off-by: Igor Putko <igorpetindev@gmail.com>
---
 net/core/datagram.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index c285c6465..125b52870 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static int __skb_datagram_iter(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 		int end;
 		const skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
 
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(start > offset + len);
 
 		end = start + skb_frag_size(frag);
 		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int __skb_datagram_iter(const struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 	skb_walk_frags(skb, frag_iter) {
 		int end;
 
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(start > offset + len);
 
 		end = start + frag_iter->len;
 		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ int skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 		int end;
 		const skb_frag_t *frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
 
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(start > offset + len);
 
 		end = start + skb_frag_size(frag);
 		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset,
 	skb_walk_frags(skb, frag_iter) {
 		int end;
 
-		WARN_ON(start > offset + len);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(start > offset + len);
 
 		end = start + frag_iter->len;
 		if ((copy = end - offset) > 0) {
-- 
2.47.3


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