From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 3/5] net: tun: keep TUN short linear copy hints safe
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:22:20 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ACT-N6N4.v1.r0.20261022051412-3@mojatatu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ACT-N6N4.v1.r0.20261022051412-2@mojatatu.com>
The issue:
A TUN skb can be redirected by tc mirred to an Ethernet xmit path, which
calls eth_type_trans() and needs a full Ethernet header in the linear
area. tun_get_user() currently validates len and the GSO header length
only for IFF_TAP, so an IFF_TUN | IFF_VNET_HDR packet can set hdr_len to
1..13 and leave fewer than ETH_HLEN linear bytes. The redirected packet
then BUGs in eth_type_trans().
The Fix:
Reject packets shorter than ETH_HLEN in both modes. For IFF_TUN, where
hdr_len is only an allocation/copy hint when GSO and checksum offload are
off, raise a short nonzero hdr_len to ETH_HLEN instead of rejecting the
write. Keep the TAP rejection and its NET_IP_ALIGN adjustment unchanged.
This preserves valid no-offload TUN writes with hints below ETH_HLEN while
guaranteeing at least ETH_HLEN linear bytes for the redirected consumer.
The maximum receive headroom advertised through tun_set_headroom() must
reserve the same linear minimum. A large upper-device needed_headroom
(for example an L2 netkit port behind a VLAN in an OVS datapath) otherwise
caps good_linear below ETH_HLEN and defeats the clamp. Reserve ETH_HLEN
for TUN; the TAP branch already reserves ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN.
Conditions to recreate the bug (repro available):
- create a TUN device with IFF_TUN | IFF_VNET_HDR | IFF_NO_PI;
- attach ingress mirred egress redirect dev lo;
- write a virtio_net_hdr with hdr_len=1 and an 8192-byte payload.
Unfixed kernel will panic in eth_type_trans via loopback_xmit.
In a fixed kernel the write is accepted with hdr_len clamped to ETH_HLEN and the
packet is forwarded without a BUG.
- no-offload acceptance: a separate check writes a 28-byte IPv4/UDP-shaped
packet with hdr_len 0, 1, 13, 14 and 20; all writes are accepted.
- high headroom: create an L2 netkit pair with headroom 4096, put a VLAN
over it, and add both the VLAN and the TUN to one OVS datapath so the
TUN receive headroom is raised to 4100. The same hdr_len=1 jumbo must
keep at least ETH_HLEN linear bytes; without the setter reservation it
still BUGs.
Fixes: f42157cb568c ("tun: fallback if skb_alloc() fails on big packets")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 242899f7fd07..1e235c2f0aee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ static void tun_set_headroom(struct net_device *dev, int new_hr)
if ((tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) == IFF_TAP)
max_headroom -= ETH_HLEN + NET_IP_ALIGN;
else
- max_headroom -= 1;
+ max_headroom -= ETH_HLEN;
tun->align = clamp_t(int, new_hr, NET_SKB_PAD, max_headroom);
}
@@ -1830,6 +1830,11 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
align += NET_IP_ALIGN;
if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN || (hdr_len && hdr_len < ETH_HLEN)))
return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ if (unlikely(len < ETH_HLEN))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (hdr_len)
+ hdr_len = max_t(int, hdr_len, ETH_HLEN);
}
good_linear = SKB_MAX_HEAD(align);
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 9:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 9:22 [PATCH net 0/5] net: reject short linear Ethernet headers from tc actions, tun and OVS Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: act_vlan: reject short linear Ethernet headers after POP_ETH Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/sched: act_mpls: reject short linear Ethernet headers after pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 5/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:54 ` Jiri Benc
2026-10-22 12:42 ` Ilya Maximets
2026-10-22 17:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 12:41 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Ilya Maximets
2026-10-22 17:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 15:22 ` [PATCH net 3/5] net: tun: keep TUN short linear copy hints safe Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-22 16:17 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 18:00 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 20:18 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 17:52 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/sched: act_mpls: reject short linear Ethernet headers after pop Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 15:21 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: act_vlan: reject short linear Ethernet headers after POP_ETH Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-22 16:01 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 17:57 ` Eric Dumazet
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