From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>, Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>,
Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Jason Wang <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Martin Varghese <martin.varghese@nokia.com>,
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>,
Shmulik Ladkani <sladkani@proofpoint.com>,
Yotam Gigi <yotam.gi@gmail.com>,
Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>,
Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
dev@openvswitch.org, Jiri Benc <jbenc@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v2 0/6] net: pull short linear Ethernet headers before eth_type_trans()
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:59:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ACT-N6N4.v2.r0.20261022191829@mojatatu.com> (raw)
This series fixes a class of producer/consumer bugs in which an outer
header is popped and the packet is then handed to a consumer with fewer
than ETH_HLEN bytes in the linear area. eth_type_trans() pulls ETH_HLEN
from that area and can BUG in __skb_pull() when the inner Ethernet header
is not linear. The affected producers are act_vlan POP_ETH, act_mpls POP,
act_ife egress decode, and the Open vSwitch MPLS/TEB and NSH pops. A
consumer-side guard in act_mirred rejects redirecting a headerless packet
to a device that expects a link-layer header.
Patch 1 makes act_vlan POP_ETH pull the inner Ethernet header after the
pop and drop only when the packet is genuinely shorter than ETH_HLEN.
Patch 2 does the same for act_mpls, gated on the pre-pop MAC length.
Patch 3 adds the act_mirred guard at the redirect boundary. Patch 4
keeps act_ife egress decode from consuming the inner Ethernet header and
restores the header metadata.
Patches 5 and 6 establish the same linear-header invariant for the OVS
MPLS/TEB and NSH pops before restoring MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET.
Changes in v2:
- Pull the inner header with pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN) and drop only
on failure, instead of dropping on the post-pop skb_headlen() check
which may drop frags (Eric/Willem).
- act_mpls: gate the pull on the pre-pop mac_len and remove the separate
was_mpls state.
- Drop the v1 TUN patch; add the act_mirred consumer-side guard.
- Add the act_ife egress decode fix; decode is receive-side, and the
egress path restores the frame for loopback-style transmit paths.
- Keep the OVS TEB and NSH patches unchanged and restore their v1
Reviewed-by trailers.
- Drop two bouncing Cc addresses.
Jamal Hadi Salim (6):
net/sched: act_vlan: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP_ETH
net/sched: act_mpls: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP
net/sched: act_mirred: reject redirects without a link-layer header
net/sched: act_ife: do not consume the inner header on egress
net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop
net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop
net/openvswitch/actions.c | 12 +++++++++---
net/sched/act_ife.c | 4 ++++
net/sched/act_mirred.c | 7 +++++++
net/sched/act_mpls.c | 2 ++
net/sched/act_vlan.c | 2 ++
5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-23 11:59 Jamal Hadi Salim [this message]
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 1/6] net/sched: act_vlan: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP_ETH Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 2/6] net/sched: act_mpls: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 3/6] net/sched: act_mirred: reject redirects without a link-layer header Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 4/6] net/sched: act_ife: do not consume the inner header on egress Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 11:59 ` [PATCH net v2 6/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 18:17 ` Aaron Conole
2026-10-23 18:17 ` [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Aaron Conole
2026-10-23 13:05 ` [PATCH net v2 4/6] net/sched: act_ife: do not consume the inner header on egress Eric Dumazet
2026-10-23 13:17 ` [PATCH net v2 3/6] net/sched: act_mirred: reject redirects without a link-layer header Eric Dumazet
2026-10-23 13:30 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 13:01 ` [PATCH net v2 2/6] net/sched: act_mpls: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP Eric Dumazet
2026-10-23 16:09 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-23 18:09 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 19:22 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 22:50 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-23 23:46 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-24 9:54 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-24 16:14 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-25 8:55 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-25 19:36 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-25 19:39 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-25 20:50 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-26 9:41 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 13:00 ` [PATCH net v2 1/6] net/sched: act_vlan: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP_ETH Eric Dumazet
2026-10-23 19:28 ` [PATCH net v2 0/6] net: pull short linear Ethernet headers before eth_type_trans() Jakub Kicinski
2026-10-23 20:49 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-23 21:30 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
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