From: "dongchenchen (A)" <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: <pablo@netfilter.org>, <laforge@gnumonks.org>,
<andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>, <davem@davemloft.net>, <kuba@kernel.org>,
<pabeni@redhat.com>, <horms@kernel.org>, <dsahern@kernel.org>,
<kees@kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<osmocom-net-gprs@lists.osmocom.org>,
<zhangchangzhong@huawei.com>,
<syzbot+83181a31faf9455499c5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: iptunnel: fix stale transport header during tunnel decapsulation
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:30:04 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a4576449-7435-4d57-b350-3558de893730@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANn89iJwWL9NdC19XbSFq7sf_tsZS96PTXWgO3oUMGJRkA0g-w@mail.gmail.com>
在 2026/8/25 17:59, Eric Dumazet 写道:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 11:41 AM Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> Syzbot reported a crash in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() caused by a stale
>> transport_header offset after tunnel decapsulation.
>>
>>
>> The issue is completely latent until qdisc read transport header in
>> commit 7fb4c1967011 ("net: pull headers in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init()").
>> The crash requires four conditions to line up:
>>
>> 1. The incoming packet is encapsulated and carries GSO metadata. The outer
>> transport header offset is stored in skb->transport_header while the
>> packet is still in the outer tunnel context.
>> 2. The tunnel receiver strips the outer headers. skb->data is advanced to
>> the inner frame, but skb->transport_header is left pointing to the
>> now-removed outer L4 header, so it becomes a negative offset relative to
>> the new data.
>> 3. The inner frame is not delivered to the local IP stack. Instead, it
>> is forwarded at L2 by a bridge or HSR, so ip_rcv_core() never runs and
>> the transport header is not reset to the inner L4 offset.
>> 4. The forwarding path calls __dev_queue_xmit(), which enters
>> qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init(). That function computes the GSO header length
>> from skb_transport_offset(skb). Because the offset is negative, the
>> unsigned cast overflows and pskb_may_pull(skb, hdr_len +
>> sizeof(struct tcphdr)) reads past the end of the skb, triggering a
>> KASAN fault or page fault.
>>
>> The issue specifically requires GSO packets (shinfo->gso_size != 0), which
>> are processed/aggregated through gro_cells. Fix this by clearing
>> transport_header to the ~0U sentinel in gro_cell for all tunnnel driver.
>> GTP does not support GRO/GSO, drop the evil GSO packets in GTP directly.
>>
>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>> Reported-by: syzbot+83181a31faf9455499c5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/69de2bee.a00a0220.475f0.0041.GAE@google.com/T/
>> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/gtp.c | 5 +++++
>> include/linux/skbuff.h | 5 +++++
>> net/core/gro_cells.c | 2 ++
>> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
>> index 9a12cc53da00..fbf617b1acc9 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
>> @@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ static int gtp_inner_proto(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int hdrlen,
>> static int gtp_rx(struct pdp_ctx *pctx, struct sk_buff *skb,
>> unsigned int hdrlen, unsigned int role, __u16 inner_proto)
>> {
>> + if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
>> + netdev_dbg(pctx->dev, "GSO is not support in GTP\n");
>
> Patch looks good to me but there is a small typo here.
>
> netdev_dbg(pctx->dev, "GSO is not supported in GTP\n");
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
>
> Thanks.
Thanks for review!
v3 will be sent
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-25 9:50 [PATCH net v2] net: iptunnel: fix stale transport header during tunnel decapsulation Dong Chenchen
2026-08-25 9:59 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-08-25 11:30 ` dongchenchen (A) [this message]
2026-08-25 22:20 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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