From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: "Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
"Willem de Bruijn" <willemb@google.com>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"Jason Wang" <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
"Hassan Sultan" <hassansultan@google.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 3/8] tun: clear stale skb->protocol of NAPI frags skbs
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:21:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.1afc96da83d57@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261105115715.1466924-4-edumazet@kernel.org>
Eric Dumazet wrote:
> With IFF_NAPI_FRAGS, tun_napi_alloc_frags() gets its skb from
> napi_get_frags(). If GRO merged the previous frame with
> GRO_MERGED_FREE, that skb was recycled by napi_reuse_skb(), which does
> not reset skb->protocol set by napi_frags_skb() for the previous frame.
>
> On the IFF_TAP path, tun_get_user() calls tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb()
> before eth_type_trans(), so the virtio header checks see the protocol
> of the previous frame: the outer protocol check of UDP tunnel GSO
> packets rejects a valid frame when the two ethertypes differ, and
> GSO packets without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM are dissected with
> the wrong protocol.
>
> This needs GRO to hold packets across writes, for example with
> napi_defer_hard_irqs and gro_flush_timeout set on the device.
>
> Clear skb->protocol for IFF_TAP frames, as for skbs allocated by
> tun_alloc_skb(). eth_type_trans() sets it right after.
>
> Fixes: 90e33d459407 ("tun: enable napi_gro_frags() for TUN/TAP driver")
> Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179386753589.488856.11455181721004759454@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/tun.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> index 3920b3dff1e8..6b648f21018c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> @@ -1941,6 +1941,11 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
> goto drop;
> }
> skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
> + /* A NAPI frags skb recycled by napi_reuse_skb() keeps the
> + * protocol of a previous frame. eth_type_trans() sets it
> + * below, the virtio header checks must not see a stale one.
> + */
> + skb->protocol = 0;
This resets it for all IFF_TAP.
Would it make sense to do this in tun_napi_alloc_frags if it is only
needed for IFF_NAPI_FRAGS?
> break;
> }
>
> --
> 2.53.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 4:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-05 11:57 [PATCH net v3 0/8] net: virtio: validate outer protocol of UDP tunnel GSO packets Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 1/8] " Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 2/8] net: virtio: do not use dev->type to find the outer L3 header Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:18 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-11-06 8:48 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 9:27 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-11-06 9:55 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 3/8] tun: clear stale skb->protocol of NAPI frags skbs Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:21 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-11-06 8:49 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 4/8] selftests: net: tuntap: fix UDP checksum length in build_udp_packet_csum() Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 5/8] selftests: net: tun: test outer protocol of UDP tunnel GSO packets Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 6/8] selftests: net: tun: test UDP tunnel GSO on retyped devices Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 4:25 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 7/8] selftests: net: tun: test more outer header mismatches of UDP tunnel GSO Eric Dumazet
2026-11-05 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 8/8] selftests: net: tuntap: write UDP tunnel offsets in little endian Eric Dumazet
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