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From: Matt Fleming <matt@readmodwrite.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: "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>,
	"Lorenzo Bianconi" <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
	"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: [PATCH bpf v2] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:05:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720140545.461747-1-matt@readmodwrite.com> (raw)

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>
---
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


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-20 14:05 UTC|newest]

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2026-07-20 14:05 Matt Fleming [this message]
2026-07-20 20:28 ` [PATCH bpf v2] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP Toke Høiland-Jørgensen

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