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From: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org,  Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com>,
	 Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>,
	 "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,  Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>,
	 Martin Varghese <martin.varghese@nokia.com>,
	 Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	 Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>,
	 dev@openvswitch.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 14:17:13 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f7twlr8s2mu.fsf@aconole-thinkpadt14gen4.rmtusnh.csb> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ACT-N6N4.v2.r0.20261022191829-5@mojatatu.com> (Jamal Hadi Salim's message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:59:20 -0400")

Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> writes:

> The issue:
> pop_mpls() restores MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET when the popped ethertype is
> ETH_P_TEB, but skb_mpls_pop() only guarantees that the MPLS shim is in
> the linear area.  When the inner Ethernet header sits in a page
> fragment, the datapath now claims an Ethernet header it cannot access
> linearly.
>
> Output to an OVS internal vport then calls eth_type_trans(), which
> pulls ETH_HLEN from an empty linear area and triggers the BUG in
> __skb_pull():
>
>   kernel BUG at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:2830!
>   RIP: 0010:eth_type_trans+0x335/0x500
>   internal_dev_recv
>   ovs_vport_send
>   do_output
>   do_execute_actions
>   ovs_execute_actions
>   ovs_dp_process_packet
>   ovs_vport_receive
>   internal_dev_xmit
>
> Conditions to recreate the bug:
> On a system with 4 KiB pages and CONFIG_OPENVSWITCH and CONFIG_PACKET
> enabled, use CAP_NET_ADMIN to create an OVS datapath and bring its local
> internal port up with MTU 9000.  Install a flow matching an Ethernet/MPLS
> packet with one bottom-of-stack label and actions pop_eth,
> pop_mpls(0x6558), output to the local port.  With CAP_NET_RAW, send a
> 4128-byte AF_PACKET/SOCK_RAW frame containing outer Ethernet, the MPLS
> label, inner Ethernet and 4096 payload bytes.  The two pops consume the
> linear headers and expose the inner Ethernet header in page fragments.
>
> The Fix:
> Pull the inner Ethernet header into the linear area before restoring
> MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET.
>
> Fixes: f66b53fdbb22 ("openvswitch: New MPLS actions for layer 2 tunnelling")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/e85fa16e-df3c-43dd-bb3a-9edca07200ea@kernel.org/
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com>


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-23 18:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-23 11:59 [PATCH net v2 0/6] net: pull short linear Ethernet headers before eth_type_trans() Jamal Hadi Salim
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           ` Aaron Conole [this message]
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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