From: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@google.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: joshwash@google.com, hramamurthy@google.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, richardcochran@gmail.com,
thostet@google.com, jordanrhee@google.com, ziweixiao@google.com,
willemb@google.com, nktgrg@google.com, pkaligineedi@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] gve: fix zero-length skb frag with header-split
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 22:43:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807224315.234152-2-hramamurthy@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260807224315.234152-1-hramamurthy@google.com>
From: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@google.com>
When header split is enabled and a header-only packet is
received such as a pure TCP ACK, GVE will indicate an
RX SKB with a zero-length fragment. If this SKB is then
hairpinned and sent back out, the GVE TX path will emit
a zero-length descriptor. Hardware considers this
an illegal descriptor and stops the queue, causing a
TX timeout and interface reset.
Fix it by not adding the zero-length skb frag.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5e37d8254e7f ("gve: Add header split data path")
Suggested-by: Praveen Kaligineedi <pkaligineedi@google.com>
Co-developed-by: Ziwei Xiao <ziweixiao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ziwei Xiao <ziweixiao@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@google.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
index 8271f731a91f..0ece2f6fdffb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_rx_dqo.c
@@ -886,6 +886,11 @@ static int gve_rx_dqo(struct napi_struct *napi, struct gve_rx_ring *rx,
rx->rx_hsplit_unsplit_pkt += unsplit;
rx->rx_hsplit_bytes += hdr_len;
u64_stats_update_end(&rx->statss);
+
+ if (!buf_len) {
+ gve_free_buffer(rx, buf_state);
+ return 0;
+ }
} else if (!rx->ctx.skb_head && rx->dqo.page_pool &&
netmem_is_net_iov(buf_state->page_info.netmem)) {
/* when header split is disabled, the header went to the packet
--
2.55.0.679.g6767b8d81c-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 22:43 [PATCH net 0/2] gve: Bug fixes for header-split and PTP Harshitha Ramamurthy
2026-08-07 22:43 ` Harshitha Ramamurthy [this message]
2026-08-07 22:43 ` [PATCH net 2/2] gve: fix NULL dereference due to missing ptp adjfine Harshitha Ramamurthy
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