From: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, linux-can@vger.kernel.org,
kernel@pengutronix.de, zjamg <ndaugoing@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>,
Quchaosheng <quchaosheng000406@163.com>,
Shaunak Datar <shaunakkdatar@gmail.com>,
Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/3] can: dev: init_can_skb(): restore skb header initialization
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 17:14:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261001151905.1556270-2-mkl@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261001151905.1556270-1-mkl@pengutronix.de>
From: zjamg <ndaugoing@gmail.com>
Commit 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
removed the skb_reset_mac_header()/skb_reset_network_header()/
skb_reset_transport_header() calls from init_can_skb(). As a result, RX
skbs from alloc_can_skb() and friends again carry mac_header = 0xFFFF.
When such an skb reaches packet_rcv_spkt() (SOCK_PACKET), the push length
calculation overflows and triggers skb_under_panic -> kernel BUG -> full
machine panic.
The same issue was originally reported in 2014 on linux-can and fixed by
commit 969439016d2c ("can: add missing initialisations in CAN related
skbuffs"). packet_rcv_spkt() itself has never been hardened: only
packet_rcv() and tpacket_rcv() gained dev_has_header() checks in
commit d549699048b4 ("net/packet: fix packet receive on L3 devices
without visible hard header").
Fixes: 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Signed-off-by: zjamg <ndaugoing@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Quchaosheng <quchaosheng000406@163.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260917123716.63116-1-ndaugoing@gmail.com
Reported-by: Shaunak Datar <shaunakkdatar@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260918151606.765490-1-shaunakkdatar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>
---
drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..14edec5afb57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ static void init_can_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
+
+ skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
}
struct sk_buff *alloc_can_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct can_frame **cf)
base-commit: e23a64eb244356ee47c0620f0722d51bd88db522
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-01 15:14 [PATCH net 0/3] pull-request: can 2026-10-01 Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-10-01 15:14 ` Marc Kleine-Budde [this message]
2026-10-07 1:20 ` [PATCH net 1/3] can: dev: init_can_skb(): restore skb header initialization patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-10-01 15:14 ` [PATCH net 2/3] can: fix unique skb identifier regression under RPS Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-10-01 15:14 ` [PATCH net 3/3] usb: f81604: fix struct f81604_int_data size mismatch Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-10-05 9:30 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
2026-10-02 7:55 ` [PATCH net 0/3] pull-request: can 2026-10-01 Paolo Abeni
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