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>
next prev 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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