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From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: 4ncienth@gmail.com,pabeni@redhat.com,sd@queasysnail.net
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:14:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026072122-thriving-elevator-16fa@gregkh> (raw)


The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f5089008f90c0a7c5520dff3934e0af00adf322d
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026072122-thriving-elevator-16fa@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From f5089008f90c0a7c5520dff3934e0af00adf322d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daehyeon Ko <4ncienth@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 17:36:33 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt()

macsec_encrypt() reads the Ethernet header via eth_hdr(skb)
(skb->head + skb->mac_header) to memmove() the 12 source/destination MAC
bytes forward and make room for the SecTAG.

On the AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW + PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS transmit path the skb
reaches the macsec ndo_start_xmit() with the MAC header unset, so
eth_hdr(skb) resolves to skb->head + (u16)~0 and the read is out of
bounds: a 12-byte heap over-read that is also emitted on the wire as the
frame's outer source/destination MAC. KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds
read in macsec_start_xmit() on 6.0; on current mainline a CONFIG_DEBUG_NET
build flags it as an unset mac header in skb_mac_header().

On the TX path the L2 header is at skb->data, so use skb_eth_hdr(), added
by commit 96cc4b69581d ("macvlan: do not assume mac_header is set in
macvlan_broadcast()") for exactly this purpose.

Fixes: c09440f7dcb3 ("macsec: introduce IEEE 802.1AE driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Daehyeon Ko <4ncienth@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260703083634.2035145-1-4ncienth@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index fb009120a924..dd89282f0179 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *macsec_encrypt(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	unprotected_len = skb->len;
-	eth = eth_hdr(skb);
+	eth = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 	sci_present = macsec_send_sci(secy);
 	hh = skb_push(skb, macsec_extra_len(sci_present));
 	memmove(hh, eth, 2 * ETH_ALEN);


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-21  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-21  9:14 gregkh [this message]
2026-07-21 23:41 ` [PATCH 5.10.y] macsec: don't read an unset MAC header in macsec_encrypt() Daehyeon Ko

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