From: Alice Mikityanska <alice.kernel@fastmail.im>
To: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowangio@gmail.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
"Jason Xing" <kerneljasonxing@gmail.com>,
"Kuniyuki Iwashima" <kuniyu@google.com>,
"Björn Töpel" <bjorn@kernel.org>,
"Jiayuan Chen" <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Alice Mikityanska" <alice@isovalent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] virtio-net: Ensure that TCP packets don't overflow gso_segs
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:46:13 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813174613.2920246-3-alice.kernel@fastmail.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813174613.2920246-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im>
From: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
The user can specify any gso_size in a packet crafted with an AF_PACKET
PACKET_VNET_HDR socket, even smaller than TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE = 8. At the
same time, GSO_MAX_SIZE = 8 * GSO_MAX_SEGS = 8 * 65535. When the user
crafts a packet with gso_size < 8, there is a risk for partial GSO to
overflow the 16-bit gso_segs field when dividing the SKB length by
gso_size.
Adjust gso_size of TCP packets to be at least TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE = 8. Keep
gso_size of UDP GSO packets, as gso_size=1 is valid and explicitly
tested at tools/testing/selftests/net/tun.c:649.
Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index f36d21b5bc19..c381b916c1b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
#include <linux/udp.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
#include <uapi/linux/tcp.h>
#include <uapi/linux/virtio_net.h>
@@ -179,6 +180,9 @@ static inline int __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
skb->csum_offset != offsetof(struct tcphdr, check))
return -EINVAL;
+
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE * GSO_MAX_SEGS < GSO_MAX_SIZE);
+ gso_size = max(gso_size, TCP_MIN_GSO_SIZE);
break;
}
--
2.55.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 17:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 17:46 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] Guard against gso_segs overflows Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-13 17:46 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: Guard for gso_segs overflow in skb_segment Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-13 17:46 ` Alice Mikityanska [this message]
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