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From: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com, daniel.zahka@gmail.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
	pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v3 1/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:13:44 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728031345.49562-2-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728031345.49562-1-q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>

packet_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len multiple times while allocating
and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value
concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.

For SOCK_RAW, packet_snd() can save a larger value in reserve and later
allocate headroom using a smaller value. Moving skb->data back by reserve
then places it before skb->head, and the following copy from userspace can
attempt an out-of-bounds write.

packet_sendmsg_spkt() has the same issue because it calculates its
reservation and header offset from separate reads before dropping the RCU
read lock to allocate the skb.

Add LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX() for callers that already saved a header length.
Read hard_header_len once in packet_snd() and use it for allocation and
construction. In packet_sendmsg_spkt(), preserve the allocation-time value
through the device lookup retry.

The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and
header_ops->create is not addressed here.

Fixes: b84bbaf7a6c8 ("packet: in packet_snd start writing at link layer allocation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Qihang <q.h.hack.winter@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h |  6 ++++--
 net/packet/af_packet.c    | 26 ++++++++++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9981d637f8b5..e50e8abc1392 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -300,9 +300,11 @@ struct hh_cache {
  * We could use other alignment values, but we must maintain the
  * relationship HH alignment <= LL alignment.
  */
-#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
-	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hlen) \
+	((((hlen) + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
+	LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, (dev)->hard_header_len)
 #define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(dev,extra) \
 	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom) + (extra)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index e75d2932475a..88674a6e868c 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1953,8 +1953,9 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct sockcm_cookie sockc;
 	__be16 proto = 0;
-	int err;
+	int hard_header_len;
 	int extra_len = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
@@ -1997,14 +1998,18 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
 	}
 
+	/* Keep the allocation-time header length across retry. */
+	if (!skb)
+		hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
+
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
-	if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
+	if (len > dev->mtu + hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!skb) {
-		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 		int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? dev->hard_header_len : 0;
+		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? hard_header_len : 0;
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + reserved + tlen, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2034,7 +2039,7 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
+	if (len > (dev->mtu + hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
 	    !packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(dev, skb)) {
 		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -2956,7 +2961,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	int offset = 0;
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	int vnet_hdr_sz = READ_ONCE(po->vnet_hdr_sz);
-	int hlen, tlen, linear;
+	int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, linear;
 	int extra_len = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -2996,8 +3001,9 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
-		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+		reserve = hard_header_len;
 	if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
 		err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
 		if (err)
@@ -3018,10 +3024,10 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
-	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 	tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 	linear = __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
-	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, dev->hard_header_len));
+	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, hard_header_len));
 	skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len, linear,
 			       msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
@@ -3037,7 +3043,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	} else if (reserve) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
 		if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
-		    dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
+		    dev->min_header_len != hard_header_len)
 			skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	}
 
-- 
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-28  3:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-21  8:49 [PATCH net] packet: use a consistent hard_header_len in send paths Qihang
2026-07-21 16:01 ` Daniel Zahka
2026-07-22 14:26   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-24  3:36     ` Qihang
2026-07-25  7:39       ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-26  9:21 ` [PATCH net v2] packet: use consistent header lengths in raw " Qihang
2026-07-26 15:21   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-07-28  3:10   ` [PATCH net v3 0/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in " Qihang
2026-07-28  3:13   ` Qihang
2026-07-28  3:13     ` Qihang [this message]
2026-07-28  3:13     ` [PATCH net v3 2/2] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path Qihang

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