From: Chenguang Zhao <chenguang.zhao@linux.dev>
To: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, dsahern@kernel.org,
idosch@nvidia.com, ja@ssi.bg
Cc: kerneljasonxing@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
chenguang.zhao@linux.dev,
Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>,
syzbot+2b120190d9e54ad8c65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH net v2] ipvs: fix infinite loop with ipvlan L3 from unconditional ipvs_property clear
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:08:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928070825.818002-1-chenguang.zhao@linux.dev> (raw)
From: Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>
Commit de2c211868b9 ("ipvs: Always clear ipvs_property flag in
skb_scrub_packet()") moved ipvs_reset() before the xnet check, making
the call unconditional. The intent was to fix a bpf_redirect case where
stale ipvs_property on an skb re-entering the RX path caused the SNAT
hook to be skipped. However the change is too broad: when IPVS NAT
sits above an ipvlan L3 interface in the same netns, the following
loop happens:
LOCAL_OUT -> IPVS DNAT (sets ipvs_property=1) -> dst_output -> ipvlan
-> skb_scrub_packet() -> ipvs_reset() clears the flag
-> ipvlan_process_v4_outbound() -> ip_local_out() -> LOCAL_OUT
-> IPVS sees ipvs_property=0, processes again -> infinite recursion
syzbot reported this as a stack overflow on a KASAN kernel where each
level burns ~3.3 KB of stack and XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT falls short. On
non-KASAN kernels the dead-loop detector catches it and prints "Dead
loop on virtual device", but traffic is still broken.
Fixes: de2c211868b9 ("ipvs: Always clear ipvs_property flag in skb_scrub_packet()")
Reported-by: syzbot+2b120190d9e54ad8c65d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2b120190d9e54ad8c65d
Signed-off-by: Chenguang Zhao <zhaochenguang@kylinos.cn>
---
v2:
add Julian into v2.
v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260924063312.1194019-1-chenguang.zhao@linux.dev/
net/core/skbuff.c | 3 +--
net/ipv4/ip_input.c | 1 +
net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index cc3b4b70288b..6912ca0d2228 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6303,11 +6303,10 @@ void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
skb->offload_fwd_mark = 0;
skb->offload_l3_fwd_mark = 0;
#endif
- ipvs_reset(skb);
-
if (!xnet)
return;
+ ipvs_reset(skb);
skb->mark = 0;
skb_clear_tstamp(skb);
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 9860178752b8..00f3b328e90a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ int ip_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt,
if (skb == NULL)
return NET_RX_DROP;
+ ipvs_reset(skb);
return NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
net, NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
ip_rcv_finish);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index d332ec60f915..05917095ef6d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt
skb = ip6_rcv_core(skb, dev, net);
if (skb == NULL)
return NET_RX_DROP;
+ ipvs_reset(skb);
return NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING,
net, NULL, skb, dev, NULL,
ip6_rcv_finish);
--
2.25.1
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