From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Alice Mikityanska <alice.kernel@fastmail.im>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>,
Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 3/4] selftests: net: Test UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:50:53 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.351b61ea6fb41@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822115717.1161782-4-alice.kernel@fastmail.im>
Alice Mikityanska wrote:
> From: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
>
> Two previous commits fixed overflow of UDP length when setsockopt
> IP(V6)_MTU_DISCOVER is set to IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO or IP(V6)_PMTUDISC_PROBE,
> and a large packet is sent over a netdev with an unusually large MTU.
>
> This commit adds the selftests that replicate the described steps to
> reproduce for IPv6 and IPv4, and also one more test that ensures that
> sending UDP jumbograms over a raw socket is still possible after the
> fix.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 1 +
> tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py | 130 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 131 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> index 0f5c178bc224..c6d332c90a54 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ TEST_PROGS := \
> cmsg_so_mark.sh \
> cmsg_so_priority.sh \
> cmsg_time.sh \
> + cork_fragsize.py \
> double_udp_encap.sh \
> drop_monitor_tests.sh \
> ecmp_rehash.sh \
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py
> new file mode 100755
> index 000000000000..d89ef9892329
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cork_fragsize.py
> @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +# Test possible UDP length overflow in udp_send_skb/udp_v6_send_skb.
> +
> +from lib.py import ksft_run, ksft_exit, ksft_true, KsftSkipEx
> +from lib.py import ip, NetNS, NetNSEnter
> +import errno
> +import gzip
> +import os
> +import socket
> +import struct
> +import subprocess
Various pylint and ruff issues, such as ordering imports
> +
> +
> +IP_MTU_DISCOVER = 10
> +IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE = 3
> +IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER = 23
> +IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO = 2
> +IPV6_PMTUDISC_PROBE = 3
> +IPV6_TLV_JUMBO = 194
> +
> +
> +def check_kernel_config(option) -> bool | None:
> + for filename, method in [
> + ('/proc/config.gz', gzip.open),
> + (f'/boot/config-{os.uname().release}', open),
> + ]:
> + try:
> + with method(filename, 'rt') as config:
> + for line in config:
> + if line.rstrip() == f'{option}=y':
> + return True
> + return False
> + except OSError:
> + continue
> +
> +
> +def assert_debug_kernel() -> None:
> + res = check_kernel_config('CONFIG_DEBUG_NET')
> + if res is None:
> + print("WARN: Can't read kernel config; assuming debug kernel, and running the test")
> + elif not res:
> + raise KsftSkipEx('CONFIG_DEBUG_NET is not set')
> +
> +
> +def check_dmesg_clean(func) -> bool:
> + dmesg = subprocess.Popen(['dmesg'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
> + result = subprocess.run(['grep', '-q', f'WARNING:.*{func}'], stdin=dmesg.stdout)
> + dmesg.wait()
> + return result.returncode != 0 and dmesg.returncode == 0
> +
> +
> +def ip_setup(ns: NetNS, mtu: int, ipv6: bool) -> None:
> + ip('link add dummy type dummy', ns=ns)
> + ip(f'link set dummy mtu {mtu}', ns=ns)
> + ip('link set dummy up', ns=ns)
> + flag = '-6' if ipv6 else ''
> + nodad = 'nodad' if ipv6 else ''
> + addr_local = 'fd00::1/64' if ipv6 else '10.0.0.1/24'
> + addr_remote = 'fd00::2' if ipv6 else '10.0.0.2'
> + ip(f'{flag} addr add {addr_local} dev dummy {nodad}', ns=ns)
> + ip(f'{flag} neigh add {addr_remote} lladdr 02:00:00:00:00:02 dev dummy nud permanent', ns=ns)
> +
> +
> +def test_ipv6() -> None:
> + assert_debug_kernel()
> +
> + with NetNS() as ns:
> + ip_setup(ns, 65576, True)
> +
> + with NetNSEnter(ns):
> + with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as fd:
> + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER, IPV6_PMTUDISC_DO)
> + try:
> + fd.sendto(b' ' * 65528, ('fd00::2', 1234))
> + except OSError as e:
> + # Ignore EMSGSIZE: it happens on kernels with the fix.
> + if e.errno != errno.EMSGSIZE:
> + raise
> +
> + ip('link del dummy', ns=ns)
> +
> + ksft_true(check_dmesg_clean('udp_v6_send_skb'), 'WARNING detected in dmesg')
> +
> +
> +def test_ipv4() -> None:
> + assert_debug_kernel()
> +
> + with NetNS() as ns:
> + ip_setup(ns, 65556, False)
> +
> + with NetNSEnter(ns):
> + with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM) as fd:
> + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, IP_MTU_DISCOVER, IP_PMTUDISC_PROBE)
> + try:
> + fd.sendto(b' ' * 65528, ('10.0.0.2', 1234))
> + except OSError as e:
> + # Ignore EMSGSIZE: the check happens after the WARN is printed.
> + if e.errno != errno.EMSGSIZE:
> + raise
> +
> + ip('link del dummy', ns=ns)
> +
> + ksft_true(check_dmesg_clean('udp_send_skb'), 'WARNING detected in dmesg')
These two are identical apart from 7 constants.
Dedup and use @ksft_variants decorators?
> +def test_ipv6_jumbo() -> None:
> + with NetNS() as ns:
> + ip_setup(ns, 65584, True)
> +
> + with NetNSEnter(ns):
> + with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_RAW, socket.IPPROTO_UDP) as fd:
> + hopopts = struct.pack('!BBBBI', 0, 0, IPV6_TLV_JUMBO, 4, 65544)
> + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_HOPOPTS, hopopts)
> + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_CHECKSUM, 6)
> + fd.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MTU_DISCOVER, IPV6_PMTUDISC_PROBE)
> + udp = struct.pack('!HHHH', 1234, 1234, 0, 0) + b' ' * 65528
> + fd.sendto(udp, ('fd00::2', 0))
> +
> + ip('link del dummy', ns=ns)
Should this have some test at the end? check_dmesg_clean or perhaps
a socket receiving the data.
> +
> +
> +if __name__ == "__main__":
> + ksft_run([
> + test_ipv6,
> + test_ipv4,
> + test_ipv6_jumbo,
> + ])
> + ksft_exit()
> --
> 2.55.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 18:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 11:57 [PATCH net v3 0/4] Fix UDP length overflow in edge cases Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 1/4] net: ipv4: Fix UDP length overflow with PMTU discover and big MTU Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 18:35 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-08-22 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 2/4] net: ipv6: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 18:39 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-08-22 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 3/4] selftests: net: Test " Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 18:50 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-08-25 23:13 ` Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 11:57 ` [PATCH net v3 4/4] net: ipv6: Clamp to IP6_MAX_MTU in ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward Alice Mikityanska
2026-08-22 18:41 ` Willem de Bruijn
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