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From: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <dsahern@kernel.org>, <idosch@nvidia.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	<horms@kernel.org>, <razor@blackwall.org>, <ja@ssi.bg>,
	<petrm@nvidia.com>, <fw@strlen.de>, <kuniyu@google.com>,
	<bridge@lists.linux.dev>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] bridge: Linearize skb once the ND message type is validated
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:25:04 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803112505.613873-5-danieller@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803112505.613873-1-danieller@nvidia.com>

br_nd_send() parses ND options from ns->opt[] and therefore needs the skb
to be linear. Commit a01aee7cafc5 ("bridge: br_nd_send: linearize skb
before parsing ND options") ensured that by linearizing inside
br_nd_send() itself.

Move the linearization up into br_is_nd_neigh_msg(), right after
ndisc_check_ns_na() has validated the message as an NS/NA. This makes a
linear buffer a property of every recognized ND message, so that this and
any future ND message handling operate on a linear skb and cannot
reintroduce that class of bug by forgetting to linearize.

Since the skb is now linear by the time br_nd_send() runs, drop the
linearization there and derive ns from the transport header set by
ndisc_check_ns_na(), instead of recomputing it from the network header.

If linearization fails under memory pressure, br_is_nd_neigh_msg() returns
NULL and the packet falls back to normal forwarding rather than being
suppressed.

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
---

Notes:
    v2:
    	* Add a comment noting that br_is_nd_neigh_msg() also linearizes the
    	  skb.

 net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
index 445c930ed59b..6b6de0eff38c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c
@@ -235,11 +235,17 @@ void br_do_proxy_suppress_arp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_bridge *br,
 #endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+/* Validate skb as an NS/NA and linearize it for br_nd_send()'s ND
+ * option parsing; returns the nd_msg, or NULL on failure.
+ */
 struct nd_msg *br_is_nd_neigh_msg(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (ndisc_check_ns_na(skb))
 		return NULL;
 
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
 	return (struct nd_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
 }
 
@@ -259,7 +265,7 @@ static void br_nd_send(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
 	bool dad;
 	u16 pvid;
 
-	if (!dev || skb_linearize(request))
+	if (!dev)
 		return;
 
 	len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) +
@@ -276,8 +282,7 @@ static void br_nd_send(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_bridge_port *p,
 	skb_set_mac_header(reply, 0);
 
 	daddr = eth_hdr(request)->h_source;
-	ns = (struct nd_msg *)(skb_network_header(request) +
-			       sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
+	ns = (struct nd_msg *)skb_transport_header(request);
 
 	/* Do we need option processing ? */
 	ns_olen = request->len - (skb_network_offset(request) +
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-03 11:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-03 11:25 [PATCH net-next v2 0/5] bridge: Validate and clean up IPv6 neighbour suppression Danielle Ratson
2026-08-03 11:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/5] bridge: Use direct pointer in br_is_nd_neigh_msg() Danielle Ratson
2026-08-05  8:06   ` Danielle Ratson
2026-08-03 11:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] ipv6: ndisc: Add ndisc_check_ns_na() validation helper Danielle Ratson
2026-08-05  8:06   ` Danielle Ratson
2026-08-03 11:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] bridge: Validate NS/NA messages using ndisc_check_ns_na() Danielle Ratson
2026-08-03 11:25 ` Danielle Ratson [this message]
2026-08-03 15:25   ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] bridge: Linearize skb once the ND message type is validated Nikolay Aleksandrov
2026-08-03 11:25 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] bridge: Use ndisc_parse_options() to parse ND options in br_nd_send() Danielle Ratson
2026-08-05  8:07   ` Danielle Ratson

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