From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
To: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Subject: [PATCH net] bonding: use skb_cow_head() in bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit()
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 12:58:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902125809.2910366-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
In bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit(), make sure to unclone
skb head via skb_cow_head() before modifying the source MAC address
(Ethernet header and ARP payload) to avoid silent corruption if
the skb is shared or cloned. Avoid caching the header pointers
across skb_cow_head().
In rlb_arp_xmit(), also check that
tx_slave != rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave)
before modifying arp->mac_src. When tx_slave is the active slave,
arp->mac_src already matches its hardware address, so we can avoid
an unnecessary copy and head reallocation.
Also, we should not assume mac header is set in output path.
Use skb_eth_hdr() instead of eth_hdr() to fix the issue,
and remove now redundant skb_reset_mac_header() calls.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 654f051d0023929a48536c378996e0ef39b75d88..5f750f08a144791589b5ed0f44b1b68ab99e6e61 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -678,9 +678,13 @@ static struct slave *rlb_arp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REPLY)) {
/* the arp must be sent on the selected rx channel */
tx_slave = rlb_choose_channel(skb, bond, arp);
- if (tx_slave)
+ if (tx_slave && tx_slave != rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave)) {
+ if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
+ return NULL;
+ arp = (struct arp_pkt *)skb_network_header(skb);
bond_hw_addr_copy(arp->mac_src, tx_slave->dev->dev_addr,
tx_slave->dev->addr_len);
+ }
netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "(slave %s): Server sent ARP Reply packet\n",
tx_slave ? tx_slave->dev->name : "NULL");
} else if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST)) {
@@ -1340,7 +1344,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
struct slave *tx_slave)
{
struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
- struct ethhdr *eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
if (!tx_slave) {
/* unbalanced or unassigned, send through primary */
@@ -1351,7 +1354,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
if (tx_slave && bond_slave_can_tx(tx_slave)) {
if (tx_slave != rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave)) {
- ether_addr_copy(eth_data->h_source,
+ if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
+ return bond_tx_drop(bond->dev, skb);
+ ether_addr_copy(skb_eth_hdr(skb)->h_source,
tx_slave->dev->dev_addr);
}
@@ -1375,8 +1380,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_tlb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
struct ethhdr *eth_data;
u32 hash_index;
- skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
- eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
+ eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
/* Do not TX balance any multicast or broadcast */
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_data->h_dest)) {
@@ -1428,8 +1432,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_alb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
u32 hash_index = 0;
int hash_size = 0;
- skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
- eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
+ eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
switch (ntohs(skb->protocol)) {
case ETH_P_IP: {
--
2.55.0.966.g6673acef38-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 12:58 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-09-03 9:42 ` [PATCH net] bonding: use skb_cow_head() in bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit() Hangbin Liu
2026-09-03 14:09 ` [net] " netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-03 14:17 ` Eric Dumazet
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