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>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@kernel.org,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: always dissect GSO packets in __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:55:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260927195536.2489079-1-edumazet@google.com> (raw)
Commit 9e8db5913264 ("net: avoid false positives in untrusted gso
validation") added a '&& skb->network_header' check before flow-dissecting
GSO packets without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM in
__virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(), because some callers (such as tun_get_user(),
tun_xdp_one(), virtnet_receive_done(), and raw_verify_header()) called
virtio_net_hdr_*_to_skb() before initializing skb->network_header and
skb->dev.
However, skb->network_header is an offset from skb->head, not a boolean
flag. When skb_headroom(skb) is 0 on a device without L2 headers (for
instance packet_snd() or tpacket_snd() on a tunnel/pure-L3 device where
LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, 0) == 0), skb_reset_network_header(skb)
legitimately sets skb->network_header to 0.
Whenever the 'if (gso_type && skb->network_header)' branch was skipped,
the fallback 'else if (gso_type)' only pulled nh_min_len + thlen (40 bytes
for TCPv4) without dissecting the packet, without validating ip_proto or
n_proto, and without setting skb->transport_header. If an IPv4 packet
carries IP options (ihl > 5, up to 60 bytes) or an IPv6 packet carries
extension headers, pulling only nh_min_len + thlen leaves the TCP header
outside skb->head, causing tcp_hdrlen(skb) in skb_gso_transport_seglen()
to read out-of-bounds:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in skb_gso_transport_seglen+0x173/0x200 net/core/skbuff.c:5503
Read of size 1 at addr ffff888103c7ec4d by task repro/5718
Call Trace:
<TASK>
skb_gso_transport_seglen+0x173/0x200 net/core/skbuff.c:5503
skb_gso_network_seglen include/linux/skbuff.h:4718 [inline]
skb_gso_validate_network_len+0x92/0x1a0 net/core/skbuff.c:5566
ip_finish_output_gso net/ipv4/ip_output.c:285 [inline]
__ip_finish_output+0x28b/0x4a0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:316
In addition, when skb->protocol is pre-set by a caller before
__virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(), 'if (!skb->protocol)' is skipped and
virtio_net_hdr_match_proto() was not checked.
Fix this by:
1. Initializing skb->dev and skb->network_header (plus skb->protocol for
IFF_TUN) before virtio_net_hdr_*_to_skb() in tun_get_user(),
tun_xdp_one(), virtnet_receive_done(), and raw_verify_header().
2. Removing '&& skb->network_header' and the unvalidated
'else if (gso_type)' fallback in __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() so all GSO
packets without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM are flow-dissected, have
their transport header pulled into linear data, and have
skb->transport_header set.
3. Validating virtio_net_hdr_match_proto(keys.basic.n_proto, hdr_gso_type)
after skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys_basic().
Fixes: 9e8db5913264 ("net: avoid false positives in untrusted gso validation")
Fixes: d5be7f632bad ("net: validate untrusted gso packets without csum offload")
Fixes: 924a9bc362a5 ("net: check if protocol extracted by virtio_net_hdr_set_proto is correct")
Reported-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260927163117.746432-2-bestswngs@gmail.com/
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c | 1 +
drivers/net/tun.c | 23 ++++++----
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 66 ++++++++++++++---------------
4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
index ddd127ee96785daa4c485b2a06f078686efd2046..e1fb2a76fdff59ef3032d091be06a06fa58046cc 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static int raw_verify_header(
if ((vheader->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID) > 0)
return 1;
+ skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, vheader, virtio_legacy_is_little_endian());
return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 5a302709a68aa3308b0c850b4a2957df3260b352..242899f7fd0711c5c59ff85accbf5bd1be9c6f39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1897,12 +1897,7 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
}
}
- if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, &hdr)) {
- atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto free_skb;
- }
-
+ skb->dev = tun->dev;
switch (tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) {
case IFF_TUN:
if (tun->flags & IFF_NO_PI) {
@@ -1927,9 +1922,8 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
}
}
- skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
skb->protocol = pi.proto;
- skb->dev = tun->dev;
break;
case IFF_TAP:
if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN)) {
@@ -1937,10 +1931,19 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_HDR_TRUNC;
goto drop;
}
- skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
+ skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
break;
}
+ if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, &hdr)) {
+ atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto free_skb;
+ }
+
+ if ((tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) == IFF_TAP)
+ skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
+
/* copy skb_ubuf_info for callback when skb has no error */
if (zerocopy) {
skb_zcopy_init(skb, msg_control);
@@ -2600,6 +2603,8 @@ static int tun_xdp_one(struct tun_struct *tun,
features = tun_vnet_hdr_guest_features(READ_ONCE(tun->vnet_hdr_sz));
tnl_hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *)gso;
+ skb->dev = tun->dev;
+ skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, tnl_hdr)) {
atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
kfree_skb(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index bf82ef9874abb4094931496fb6064a12ee75b789..daab43ac92ce4276b0f8f88684991e3993022ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2515,6 +2515,8 @@ static void virtnet_receive_done(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *
goto frame_err;
}
+ skb->dev = dev;
+ skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
if (virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(skb, &hdr->tnl_hdr, vi->rx_tnl,
vi->rx_tnl_csum,
virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev))) {
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index c381b916c1b54afacba5473888af589a24fe087c..8902d5a5c418c46af0a6e7b26ae89948c20b0b54 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -111,48 +111,44 @@ static inline int __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
return -EINVAL;
- } else {
+ } else if (gso_type) {
/* gso packets without NEEDS_CSUM do not set transport_offset.
* probe and drop if does not match one of the above types.
*/
- if (gso_type && skb->network_header) {
- struct flow_keys_basic keys;
-
- if (!skb->protocol) {
- __be16 protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
-
- if (!protocol)
- virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, hdr);
- else if (!virtio_net_hdr_match_proto(protocol,
- hdr_gso_type))
- return -EINVAL;
- else
- skb->protocol = protocol;
- }
-retry:
- if (!skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys_basic(NULL, skb, &keys,
- NULL, 0, 0, 0,
- 0)) {
- /* UFO does not specify ipv4 or 6: try both */
- if (gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP &&
- skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
- skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
- goto retry;
- }
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ struct flow_keys_basic keys;
- p_off = keys.control.thoff + thlen;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off) ||
- keys.basic.ip_proto != ip_proto)
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (!skb->protocol) {
+ __be16 protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
- skb_set_transport_header(skb, keys.control.thoff);
- } else if (gso_type) {
- p_off = nh_min_len + thlen;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off))
+ if (!protocol)
+ virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, hdr);
+ else if (!virtio_net_hdr_match_proto(protocol,
+ hdr_gso_type))
return -EINVAL;
+ else
+ skb->protocol = protocol;
}
+retry:
+ if (!skb_flow_dissect_flow_keys_basic(NULL, skb, &keys,
+ NULL, 0, 0, 0,
+ 0)) {
+ /* UFO does not specify ipv4 or 6: try both */
+ if (gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP &&
+ skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ p_off = keys.control.thoff + thlen;
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, p_off) ||
+ keys.basic.ip_proto != ip_proto ||
+ !virtio_net_hdr_match_proto(keys.basic.n_proto,
+ hdr_gso_type))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ skb_set_transport_header(skb, keys.control.thoff);
}
if (hdr_gso_type != VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE) {
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-27 19:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-27 19:55 Eric Dumazet [this message]
2026-09-27 20:33 ` [PATCH net] net: always dissect GSO packets in __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-09-27 22:11 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-28 0:54 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-09-28 1:31 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-09-28 6:22 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-28 6:31 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-28 8:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-09-28 10:35 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-09-29 3:55 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
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