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>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>, Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>,
Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Jason Wang <jasowangio@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: act_vlan: reject short linear Ethernet headers after POP_ETH
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:21:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.38722ee638a21@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ACT-N6N4.v1.r0.20261022051412-1@mojatatu.com>
Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> The issue:
> act_vlan POP_ETH can leave a linear area shorter than ETH_HLEN; a
> subsequent eth_type_trans() may then BUG in __skb_pull() when the frame
> is redirected to an Ethernet device.
>
> The Fix:
> Drop the packet at the producer boundary when skb_headlen() is shorter
> than ETH_HLEN after skb_eth_pop().
>
> Conditions to recreate the bug:
> - egress tc filter on lo: action vlan pop_eth.
> - AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW with PACKET_VNET_HDR, hdr_len=28, and a non-linear
> eth / inner-eth frame.
> - The pop leaves skb_headlen(skb) < ETH_HLEN; a following
> eth_type_trans() can BUG in __skb_pull().
>
> Fixes: 19fbcb36a39e ("net/sched: act_vlan: Add {POP,PUSH}_ETH actions")
> Reported-by: Vega <vega@nebusec.ai>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/40fe2d7dfce13411bfbe9271c0f7c54fb7e88e3b.1782548651.git.bronzed_45_vested@icloud.com/
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Victor Nogueira <victor@mojatatu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>
> ---
> net/sched/act_vlan.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/act_vlan.c b/net/sched/act_vlan.c
> index 6a375fdc63dd..ddf03b08bfe8 100644
> --- a/net/sched/act_vlan.c
> +++ b/net/sched/act_vlan.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ TC_INDIRECT_SCOPE int tcf_vlan_act(struct sk_buff *skb,
> err = skb_eth_pop(skb);
> if (err)
> goto drop;
> + if (unlikely(skb_headlen(skb) < ETH_HLEN))
> + goto drop;
Could it try to pull the header and only drop if the packet is too short?
> break;
> case TCA_VLAN_ACT_PUSH_ETH:
> err = skb_eth_push(skb, p->tcfv_push_dst, p->tcfv_push_src);
> --
> 2.43.0
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 15:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 9:22 [PATCH net 0/5] net: reject short linear Ethernet headers from tc actions, tun and OVS Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: act_vlan: reject short linear Ethernet headers after POP_ETH Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/sched: act_mpls: reject short linear Ethernet headers after pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 3/5] net: tun: keep TUN short linear copy hints safe Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:22 ` [PATCH net 5/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on NSH pop Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 9:54 ` Jiri Benc
2026-10-22 12:42 ` Ilya Maximets
2026-10-22 17:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 12:41 ` [PATCH net 4/5] net: openvswitch: ensure a linear inner Ethernet header on TEB pop Ilya Maximets
2026-10-22 17:47 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 15:22 ` [PATCH net 3/5] net: tun: keep TUN short linear copy hints safe Willem de Bruijn
2026-10-22 16:17 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 18:00 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 20:18 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 17:52 ` [PATCH net 2/5] net/sched: act_mpls: reject short linear Ethernet headers after pop Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 15:21 ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2026-10-22 16:01 ` [PATCH net 1/5] net/sched: act_vlan: reject short linear Ethernet headers after POP_ETH Jamal Hadi Salim
2026-10-22 17:57 ` Eric Dumazet
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