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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
> 
> 



  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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