Re: [PATCH net v5 1/2] net: validate virtio checksum start after network header

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> __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() rejects a CHECKSUM_PARTIAL start smaller than
> an estimated minimum network-header length. Its input offsets are relative
> to skb->data.
> 
> Using skb_network_offset() here is unsafe. TUN/TAP, virtio-net, and UML
> parse a received virtio header before skb->network_header is established.
> On an skb with headroom, the resulting negative offset enlarges the
> apparent distance to the transport header and can admit a checksum start
> inside the network header.
> 
> Pass the data-relative L3 offset to the converter explicitly. IFF_TUN uses
> zero, AF_PACKET supplies its established network offset, and Ethernet
> receive paths parse Ethernet and nested VLAN headers with
> skb_header_pointer(), without changing skb state. Use the same origin for
> tunnel-offset validation, and make UML propagate conversion failures.
> 
> This does not require a virtual-machine guest. A TUN or TAP device with
> virtio-net header support is sufficient to reach these paths.
> 
> Fixes: 49d14b54a527 ("net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()")
> Fixes: a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP GSO tunneling.")
> Reported-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260920004733.6473-2-habte.yibelo@gmail.com/
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>

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