From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>,
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>,
"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>,
Martin Varghese <martin.varghese@nokia.com>,
Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@ovn.org>, Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>,
John Hurley <john.hurley@netronome.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/6] net/sched: act_mpls: pull the inner Ethernet header after POP
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:09:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.26d1ddb3bd2ae@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ACT-N6N4.v2.r0.20261022191829-2@mojatatu.com>
Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> The issue:
> act_mpls POP can leave the inner Ethernet header in a page fragment after
> skb_mpls_pop(), either on an L3 device (mac_len == 0) or chained after
> act_vlan POP_ETH. A following eth_type_trans() can then BUG in
> __skb_pull().
>
> The Fix:
> After the pop, if the original MAC header is shorter than ETH_HLEN, pull
> the inner Ethernet header into the linear area and drop only when
> pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN) fails. skb_mpls_pop() does nothing when the
> skb was not MPLS, so no separate state is needed.
>
> Conditions to recreate the bug:
> - egress tc filter on lo: action vlan pop_eth action mpls pop
> (chained), or on an L3 device where mac_len == 0.
> - AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW with PACKET_VNET_HDR, hdr_len=28, and a non-linear
> eth / mpls / inner-eth frame.
> - The inner header is in page frags; a following eth_type_trans() can BUG
> in __skb_pull().
>
> Fixes: 2a2ea50870ba ("net: sched: add mpls manipulation actions to TC")
> Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/40fe2d7dfce13411bfbe9271c0f7c54fb7e88e3b.1782548651.git.bronzed_45_vested@icloud.com/
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAL4WiiqSMdYQYeeW0Fk_GK6ekR4xiS4zPrGKrbB9wZknpqf1-w@mail.gmail.com/
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
> ---
> net/sched/act_mpls.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/act_mpls.c b/net/sched/act_mpls.c
> index 4ea8b2e08c3a..5363bca892fb 100644
> --- a/net/sched/act_mpls.c
> +++ b/net/sched/act_mpls.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_mpls_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
> if (skb_mpls_pop(skb, p->tcfm_proto, mac_len,
> skb->dev && skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER))
> goto drop;
> + if (mac_len < ETH_HLEN && !pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN))
> + goto drop;
Is this first condition needed?
More importantly, can it hide a bug?
Simply running pskb_may_pull is cheap if no pull is needed.
> break;
> case TCA_MPLS_ACT_PUSH:
> new_lse = tcf_mpls_get_lse(NULL, p, !eth_p_mpls(skb_protocol(skb, true)));
> --
> 2.43.0
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-23 16:09 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 ` [PATCH net v2 5/6] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Aaron Conole
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 [this message]
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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