From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] udp: check frag_list IP family before using skb_segment_list()
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:42:18 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.2909f4c55db0f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106141727.2303218-1-edumazet@kernel.org>
Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
>
> UDP fraglist GRO uses SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 for both IPv4 and IPv6.
>
> __udp_gso_segment() reuses the frag_list skbs when the geometry of
> the head skb was not modified. skb_segment_list() keeps the network
> header of each frag_list skb as it was at GRO time and only adjusts
> the transport header offset.
>
> Nothing guarantees that the head skb still has the IP family of the
> frag_list skbs: helpers like skb_mpls_pop() let the caller choose
> the new protocol. In that case __udpv6_gso_segment_list_csum()
> handles the 20 byte IPv4 header of each frag_list skb as a struct
> ipv6hdr, and can write IPv6 addresses beyond its linear part.
>
> Check the IP version of the first frag_list skb. All skbs in the
> list belong to the same flow, so they share the same IP family.
> Use the skb_segment() fallback on a mismatch. Regular fraglist GRO
> traffic keeps the fast path.
>
> Fixes: b936a9b8d4a5 ("net: ipv6: fix UDPv6 GSO segmentation with NAT")
optionally older
Fixes: c3df39ac9b0e ("udp: ipv4: manipulate network header of NATed UDP GRO fraglist")
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@openai.com>
> [edumazet: simplified the fix, rewrote the comment and the changelog]
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
> ---
> This was found by an AI code review agent.
> The issue was not triggered, no reproducer was provided.
> The fix was tested with tools/testing/selftests/net/udpgro_fwd.sh.
>
> net/ipv4/udp_offload.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
> index cf07c3c6611a22c29b57a72420f2f940609f5e9a..802365b4780fdf7dc19ea7374d51d713e4eb736a 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/udp_offload.c
> @@ -514,9 +514,14 @@ struct sk_buff *__udp_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *gso_skb,
> }
>
> if (skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
> - /* Detect modified geometry and pass those to skb_segment. */
> + /* Detect modified geometry and pass those to skb_segment.
> + * SKB_GSO_UDP_L4 is used by both IPv4 and IPv6: also make sure
> + * the frag_list skbs still have the IP family we segment for,
> + * as their network headers are not rebuilt.
> + */
> if ((skb_pagelen(gso_skb) - sizeof(*uh) == skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_size) &&
> - !(skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY))
> + !(skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY) &&
> + ip_hdr(skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->frag_list)->version == (is_ipv6 ? 6 : 4))
> return __udp_gso_segment_list(gso_skb, features, is_ipv6);
>
> ret = __skb_linearize(gso_skb);
> --
> 2.53.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 16:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 14:17 [PATCH net] udp: check frag_list IP family before using skb_segment_list() Eric Dumazet
2026-11-06 16:42 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-11-10 14:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-10 17:34 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-11-11 9:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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