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From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Willem de Bruijn" <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
	"Jason Wang" <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
	"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
	"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.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>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
	"Rusty Russell" <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	"Max Krasnyansky" <maxk@qualcomm.com>,
	"Paulos Yibelo" <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>,
	"Chris Arges" <carges@cloudflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:43:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.11ecc15463d9@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e66f7984fdeb8168e07fd7d0dad3deb8c30ead0a.1792067836.git.mst@redhat.com>

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> As reported first by Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com> (after which
> others, credited below, found more ways the bug can affect users) a
> virtio net header can place CHECKSUM_PARTIAL at any in-packet offset.
> If that state is retained, later checksum completion can modify the
> packet after protocol processing has made decisions from it.
> 
> Let's fix that: let's validate csum_start and csum_offset and only keep
> CHECKSUM_PARTIAL when csum_start and csum_offset match a parsed TCP or
> UDP header, while handling VLAN headers, IPv4 options and IPv6 extension
> headers.  Complete other non-GSO checksums immediately, before any
> protocol processing runs.
> 
> We can't easily "complete the checksum" for GSO we don't recognize - GSO
> assumes knowledge of the protocol. We could segment ignoring the
> checksum then do whatever csum_start and csum_offset say, but that
> seems like an overkill for something that shouldn't happen.
> 
> There's some risk here:
> - non-gso packets which can't be parsed get checksum calculated in
>   software, adding performance overhead
> - gso packets which can't be parsed get dropped
> 
> To mitigate the risks, the following patch will add a sysctl knob to
> bypass the resolution. This is reasonable if the setup is such that
> there is no protocol processing at all.
> 
> UDP tunnel headers get the same handling on the inner header.
> 
> Packets without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM are unaffected.
> 
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Reported-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Chris Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>
> Tested-by: Chris Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>
> Fixes: f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr")
> Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/virtio_net.h | 251 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 241 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> index d6466f96cdd0..357115ff0ec2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> +++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> @@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
>  #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
>  #include <linux/ip.h>
>  #include <linux/ipv6.h>
> +#include <linux/netdevice.h>
>  #include <linux/udp.h>
> +#include <net/gso.h>
> +#include <net/ip.h>
> +#include <net/ipv6.h>
>  #include <net/tcp.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/tcp.h>
>  #include <uapi/linux/virtio_net.h>
> @@ -48,6 +52,171 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +/* TODO: nothing virtio specific here, move to ip.h */
> +
> +/*
> + * Pull and minimally validate the IPv4 header at @nhoff.
> + * Returns the header and stores the transport header offset in
> + * @thoff, or NULL if truncated or malformed.  Only the fixed header
> + * is guaranteed linear; callers that need the options or the
> + * transport header must pull further.
> + */

nit: comment basically describes the code (what), which is quite
self explanatory. I'd drop. Or else consider converting to kdoc fmt.

> +static inline struct iphdr *virtio_net_ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
> +						  unsigned int nhoff,
> +						  unsigned int *thoff)
> +{
> +	struct iphdr *iph;
> +
> +	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, nhoff + sizeof(struct iphdr)))
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb->data + nhoff);
> +	if (iph->version != 4 ||
> +	    iph->ihl < sizeof(struct iphdr) / sizeof(u32))
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	*thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
> +	return iph;
> +}
> +
> +/* Where does the L3 header start, and what protocol is it?
> + * Handles Ethernet and VLAN headers; other devices use the
> + * network header offset the caller set up.
> + */
> +static inline bool
> +virtio_net_l3_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int *nhoff, __be16 *proto)
> +{
> +	if (skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {

Only since recent commit 44378d02c5aa ("net: always dissect GSO
packets in __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()") can skb->dev be relied on to be
non-zero.

We'll have to be careful that this does not get backported to stable
without that.

Perhaps an explicit precondition test and error return (and
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE) if a NULL skb->dev is encountered.

OTOH, it results in a hard crash so will be discoverd fast without
that too.


> +		if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN))
> +			return false;
> +		*nhoff = ETH_HLEN;
> +		*proto = eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto;

When called from virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb, according to my LLM mac
header may not be set yet. Have not verified yet.

skb_reset_mac_header(skb) is called inside __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb,
which is then not called yet.

> +		if (eth_type_vlan(*proto)) {
> +			*proto = __vlan_get_protocol(skb, *proto, nhoff);
> +			if (!*proto)
> +				return false;
> +		}
> +	} else {
> +		*nhoff = skb_network_offset(skb);

The same is true for skb->network_header. Since an uninitialized/zero
value there causes more subtle issues, here an explicit check may be
more valuable (even) than for skb->dev.

> +		*proto = skb->protocol;
> +	}
> +	return true;
> +}
> +

>  
>  /* This function must be called after virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(). */
> @@ -282,6 +470,35 @@ static inline unsigned int virtio_l3min(bool is_ipv6)
>  	return is_ipv6 ? sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) : sizeof(struct iphdr);
>  }
>  
> +/* Do the tunnel offsets match the outer headers in the frame?
> + * The L3 header the tunnel claims must be the one the frame
> + * carries, with UDP following it at @outer_th.
> + */
> +static inline bool
> +virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, bool outer_isv6,
> +			  unsigned int outer_th)
> +{
> +	int nhoff;
> +	__be16 proto;
> +	unsigned int thoff;
> +	int ip_proto;
> +
> +	if (!virtio_net_l3_start(skb, &nhoff, &proto))
> +		return false;
> +	if (outer_isv6 != (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)))
> +		return false;
> +	if (!virtio_net_l4_start(skb, nhoff, proto, &thoff, &ip_proto))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	return ip_proto == IPPROTO_UDP && outer_th == thoff;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Return value:
> + * 0 - success
> + * >0 - checksum was completed in software (slow path)
> + * <0 - failure
> + */
>  static inline int
>  virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  			  const struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *vhdr,
> @@ -293,6 +510,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	unsigned int inner_nh, outer_th, inner_th;
>  	unsigned int inner_l3min, outer_l3min;
>  	u8 gso_inner_type, gso_tunnel_type;
> +	__be16 inner_proto;
>  	bool outer_isv6, inner_isv6;
>  	int ret;
>  
> @@ -332,10 +550,13 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	    inner_th < inner_nh + inner_l3min)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	if (!virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(skb, outer_isv6, outer_th))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
>  	/* Let the basic parsing deal with plain GSO features. */
>  	ret = __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, hdr, true,
>  				      hdr->gso_type & ~gso_tunnel_type);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  	/* In case of USO, the inner protocol is still unknown and
> @@ -353,7 +574,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	}
>  
>  	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) :
> -						 htons(ETH_P_IP));
> +			    htons(ETH_P_IP));
>  	if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM) {
>  		if (!tnl_csum_negotiated)
>  			return -EINVAL;
> @@ -368,7 +589,17 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	skb->inner_mac_header = inner_nh + skb_headroom(skb);
>  	skb->transport_header = outer_th + skb_headroom(skb);
>  	skb->encapsulation = 1;
> -	return 0;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We know VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM was set so __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb
> +	 * set CHECKSUM_PARTIAL.
> +	 */
> +	inner_proto = inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) : htons(ETH_P_IP);
> +	if (virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(skb, gso_inner_type, inner_nh,
> +						 inner_proto))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	return virtio_net_resolve_csum_partial_mismatch(skb);
>  }
>  
>  /* Checksum-related fields validation for the driver */
> -- 
> MST
> 



  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-15 17:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-15 12:41 [PATCH net-next v2 0/7] more virtio-net csum hardening Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/7] um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:47   ` Johannes Berg
2026-10-15 12:52     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:55       ` Johannes Berg
2026-10-15 17:19   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/7] um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/7] net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 17:43   ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-10-15 18:04   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/7] net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 17:50   ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 6/7] net: add ip4_parse() Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-15 12:41 ` [PATCH net-next v2 7/7] virtio_net: cleanup protocol calculation Michael S. Tsirkin

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