* [PATCH net v3 1/8] net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state
2026-10-19 12:03 [PATCH net v3 0/8] more virtio-net csum hardening Michael S. Tsirkin
@ 2026-10-19 12:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 2/8] um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures Michael S. Tsirkin
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Simon Horman
The following patch will add ingress resolution of uncommon virtio net
hdr checksum metadata (software checksum completion at ingress) which
adds performance overhead to the packet processing.
We should make it visible, so a hypothetical workload relying on
uncommon metadata can be distinguished from none at all. This way issues
in the parsing will be reported and not quietly pay the host-CPU
checksum overhead instead of offload.
Flip every call to virtio_net_hdr_to_skb to test for negative errno
only, and have tun count these events per device as rx_csum_sw, exposed
via ethtool -S.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/tap.c | 4 ++--
drivers/net/tun.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +-
net/packet/af_packet.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index ff67d99deb39..73e883394446 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static ssize_t tap_get_user(struct tap_queue *q, void *msg_control,
if (vnet_hdr_len) {
err = tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(q->flags, skb, &vnet_hdr);
- if (err) {
+ if (err < 0) {
rcu_read_unlock();
drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_DEV_HDR;
goto err_kfree;
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static int tap_get_user_xdp(struct tap_queue *q, struct xdp_buff *xdp)
if (vnet_hdr_len) {
err = tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(q->flags, skb, gso);
- if (err) {
+ if (err < 0) {
rcu_read_unlock();
goto err_kfree;
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 242899f7fd07..19cb443c89b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ struct tun_struct {
u32 flow_count;
u32 rx_batched;
atomic_long_t rx_frame_errors;
+ atomic64_t rx_csum_sw;
struct bpf_prog __rcu *xdp_prog;
struct tun_prog __rcu *steering_prog;
struct tun_prog __rcu *filter_prog;
@@ -1935,11 +1936,16 @@ static ssize_t tun_get_user(struct tun_struct *tun, struct tun_file *tfile,
break;
}
- if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, &hdr)) {
+ err = tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, &hdr);
+ if (err < 0) {
atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
err = -EINVAL;
goto free_skb;
}
+ if (err > 0) {
+ atomic64_inc(&tun->rx_csum_sw);
+ err = 0;
+ }
if ((tun->flags & TUN_TYPE_MASK) == IFF_TAP)
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
@@ -2605,12 +2611,15 @@ static int tun_xdp_one(struct tun_struct *tun,
tnl_hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *)gso;
skb->dev = tun->dev;
skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
- if (tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, tnl_hdr)) {
+ ret = tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_to_skb(tun->flags, features, skb, tnl_hdr);
+ if (ret < 0) {
atomic_long_inc(&tun->rx_frame_errors);
kfree_skb(skb);
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
+ if (ret > 0)
+ atomic64_inc(&tun->rx_csum_sw);
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, tun->dev);
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
@@ -3739,7 +3748,35 @@ static void tun_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
channels->max_combined = tun->flags & IFF_MULTI_QUEUE ? MAX_TAP_QUEUES : 1;
}
+#define TUN_STATS_LEN 1
+static const char tun_ethtool_strings[TUN_STATS_LEN][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
+ "rx_csum_sw",
+};
+
+static int tun_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
+{
+ return sset == ETH_SS_STATS ? TUN_STATS_LEN : -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static void tun_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
+{
+ if (stringset == ETH_SS_STATS)
+ memcpy(data, tun_ethtool_strings,
+ sizeof(tun_ethtool_strings));
+}
+
+static void tun_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *data)
+{
+ struct tun_struct *tun = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+ data[0] = atomic64_read(&tun->rx_csum_sw);
+}
+
static const struct ethtool_ops tun_ethtool_ops = {
+ .get_sset_count = tun_get_sset_count,
+ .get_strings = tun_get_strings,
+ .get_ethtool_stats = tun_get_ethtool_stats,
.supported_coalesce_params = ETHTOOL_COALESCE_RX_MAX_FRAMES,
.get_drvinfo = tun_get_drvinfo,
.get_msglevel = tun_get_msglevel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index daab43ac92ce..2e6fd81df9c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ static void virtnet_receive_done(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *
skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
if (virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(skb, &hdr->tnl_hdr, vi->rx_tnl,
vi->rx_tnl_csum,
- virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev))) {
+ virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev)) < 0) {
net_warn_ratelimited("%s: bad gso: type: %x, size: %u, flags %x tunnel %d tnl csum %d\n",
dev->name, hdr->hdr.gso_type,
hdr->hdr.gso_size, hdr->hdr.flags,
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 52ae3d875e97..e6aec9ecfa99 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2913,7 +2913,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
}
if (has_vnet_hdr) {
- if (virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &vnet_hdr, vio_le())) {
+ if (virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &vnet_hdr, vio_le()) < 0) {
tp_len = -EINVAL;
goto tpacket_error;
}
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
err = virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &vnet_hdr, vio_le());
- if (err)
+ if (err < 0)
goto out_free;
len += vnet_hdr_sz;
}
--
MST
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@ 2026-10-19 12:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 3/8] um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header Michael S. Tsirkin
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Richard Weinberger, Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg,
linux-um
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() refuses packets whose checksum metadata
it cannot make sense of, but the vector raw transport ignored
its return value: rejected packets went on into the stack with
their metadata unvalidated.
Propagate the failure.
Note that a follow-up patch will modify virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()
to return a negative value on error and a non-negative value on
success. This is why we don't just propagate its return value
directly.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
index e1fb2a76fdff..8b7548458663 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
@@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ static int raw_verify_header(
return 1;
skb_set_network_header(skb, ETH_HLEN);
- virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, vheader, virtio_legacy_is_little_endian());
+ if (virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, vheader,
+ virtio_legacy_is_little_endian()) < 0)
+ return -1;
return 0;
}
--
MST
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2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 1/8] net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 2/8] um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures Michael S. Tsirkin
@ 2026-10-19 12:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 4/8] virtio_net: parse tunnel csum_start little-endian Michael S. Tsirkin
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Richard Weinberger, Anton Ivanov, Johannes Berg,
linux-um
The vector receive path over-allocates the skb and only trims it
to the received length after the transport header is verified.
A follow up patch will complete the packet checksum in software within
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb so we need the packet trimmed (otherwise the
checksum would be computed incorrectly over the unreceived tail of the
buffer).
Trim first, so the import sees the packet as it was received.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
index 8a70b3a62553..1afbef78df72 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
if (skb != NULL) {
if (pkt_len > vp->header_size) {
+ pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
if (vp->header_size > 0) {
header_check = vp->verify_header(
vp->header_rxbuffer, skb, vp);
@@ -879,7 +880,6 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
}
}
- pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
vp->dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
vp->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
for (i = 0; i < packet_count; i++) {
skb = (*skbuff_vector);
if (mmsg_vector->msg_len > vp->header_size) {
+ pskb_trim(skb,
+ mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
if (vp->header_size > 0) {
header_check = vp->verify_header(
mmsg_vector->msg_hdr.msg_iov->iov_base,
@@ -1005,8 +1007,6 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
}
}
- pskb_trim(skb,
- mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
/*
* We do not need to lock on updating stats here
--
MST
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell
<glm>
The tunnel header format is only produced by standard-compliant
devices, so all of its fields, csum_start included, are
little-endian. The nested virtio net header import already
parsed csum_start that way, but the inner transport offset was
parsed with the endianness specified by the interface.
On an interface in legacy big-endian mode the two parses of the
same field disagreed, and the value stored in
skb->inner_transport_header - which is only bounds-checked from
below - could point past the end of the packet, where GSO
segmentation later dereferences it.
</glm>
Parse the field little-endian in both places.
Fixes: a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP GSO tunneling.")
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index d6466f96cdd0..013c6c7e2dea 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
inner_l3min = virtio_l3min(inner_isv6);
outer_l3min = ETH_HLEN + virtio_l3min(outer_isv6);
- inner_th = __virtio16_to_cpu(little_endian, hdr->csum_start);
+ inner_th = __virtio16_to_cpu(true, hdr->csum_start);
inner_nh = le16_to_cpu(vhdr->inner_nh_offset);
outer_th = le16_to_cpu(vhdr->outer_th_offset);
if (outer_th < outer_l3min ||
--
MST
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Paulos Yibelo
As reported first by Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com> (after which
others, credited below, found more ways the bug can affect users) a
virtio net header can place CHECKSUM_PARTIAL at any in-packet offset.
If that state is retained, later checksum completion can modify the
packet after protocol processing has made decisions from it.
Let's fix that: let's validate csum_start and csum_offset and only keep
CHECKSUM_PARTIAL when csum_start and csum_offset match a parsed TCP or
UDP header, while handling VLAN headers, IPv4 options and IPv6 extension
headers. Complete other non-GSO checksums immediately, before any
protocol processing runs.
We can't easily "complete the checksum" for GSO we don't recognize - GSO
assumes knowledge of the protocol. We could segment ignoring the
checksum then do whatever csum_start and csum_offset say, but that
seems like an overkill for something that shouldn't happen.
There's some risk here:
- non-gso packets which can't be parsed get checksum calculated in
software, adding performance overhead
- gso packets which can't be parsed get dropped
To mitigate the risks, the following patch will add a sysctl knob to
bypass the resolution. This is reasonable if the setup is such that
there is no protocol processing at all.
UDP tunnel headers get the same handling on the inner header.
Packets without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM are unaffected.
Assisted-by: LLM
Reported-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Chris Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>
Tested-by: Chris Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>
Fixes: f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr")
Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 272 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 268 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 013c6c7e2dea..97b554ef7123 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/udp.h>
+#include <net/gso.h>
+#include <net/ip.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
#include <net/tcp.h>
#include <uapi/linux/tcp.h>
#include <uapi/linux/virtio_net.h>
@@ -48,6 +52,198 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
+/* TODO: nothing virtio specific here, move to ip.h */
+
+/*
+ * Pull and minimally validate the IPv4 header at @nhoff.
+ * Returns the header and stores the transport header offset in
+ * @thoff, or NULL if truncated or malformed. Only the fixed header
+ * is guaranteed linear; callers that need the options or the
+ * transport header must pull further.
+ */
+static inline struct iphdr *virtio_net_ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ unsigned int nhoff,
+ unsigned int *thoff)
+{
+ struct iphdr *iph;
+
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, nhoff + sizeof(struct iphdr)))
+ return NULL;
+
+ iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb->data + nhoff);
+ if (iph->version != 4 ||
+ iph->ihl < sizeof(struct iphdr) / sizeof(u32))
+ return NULL;
+
+ *thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
+ return iph;
+}
+
+/* Where does the L3 header start, and what protocol is it?
+ * Handles Ethernet and VLAN headers; other devices use the
+ * network header offset the caller set up.
+ */
+static inline bool
+virtio_net_l3_start(struct sk_buff *skb, int *nhoff, __be16 *proto)
+{
+ /* skb->dev is only guaranteed to be set since 44378d02c5aa
+ * ("net: always dissect GSO packets in
+ * __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()"), do not crash when it is not.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!skb->dev))
+ return false;
+
+ if (skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN))
+ return false;
+ *nhoff = ETH_HLEN;
+ *proto = eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto;
+ if (eth_type_vlan(*proto)) {
+ *proto = __vlan_get_protocol(skb, *proto, nhoff);
+ if (!*proto)
+ return false;
+ }
+ } else {
+ *nhoff = skb_network_offset(skb);
+ /* An unset network header shows up as an offset
+ * outside of the packet.
+ */
+ if (*nhoff < 0 || (unsigned int)*nhoff >= skb->len)
+ return false;
+ *proto = skb->protocol;
+ if (!*proto) {
+ u8 version;
+
+ /* A packet socket bound to ETH_P_ALL leaves the
+ * protocol unset: infer it from the IP version
+ * nibble at the network header.
+ */
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, *nhoff + 1))
+ return false;
+ version = skb->data[*nhoff] >> 4;
+ if (version == 4)
+ *proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
+ else if (version == 6)
+ *proto = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* Walk the L3 header at @nhoff: where does its transport header
+ * start, and which protocol is it? Returns false if the header
+ * is truncated, malformed or fragmented.
+ */
+static inline bool
+virtio_net_l4_start(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int nhoff, __be16 proto,
+ unsigned int *thoff, int *ip_proto)
+{
+ if (proto == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+ const struct iphdr *iph = virtio_net_ip4_parse(skb, nhoff, thoff);
+
+ if (!iph || ip_is_fragment(iph))
+ return false;
+ *ip_proto = iph->protocol;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+ const struct ipv6hdr *iph;
+ int flags = 0;
+
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, nhoff + sizeof(*iph)))
+ return false;
+ iph = (const void *)(skb->data + nhoff);
+ if (iph->version != 6)
+ return false;
+ *thoff = nhoff + sizeof(*iph);
+ *ip_proto = iph->nexthdr;
+ if (*ip_proto != IPPROTO_TCP && *ip_proto != IPPROTO_UDP) {
+ *thoff = nhoff;
+ *ip_proto = ipv6_find_hdr(skb, thoff, -1, NULL,
+ &flags);
+ if (*ip_proto < 0 || flags & IP6_FH_F_FRAG)
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ return false;
+}
+
+/* Does checksum metadata match a known TCP or UDP header? */
+static inline bool
+virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 hdr_gso_type,
+ unsigned int nhoff, __be16 proto)
+{
+ unsigned int thoff;
+ int ip_proto;
+
+ if (!virtio_net_l4_start(skb, nhoff, proto, &thoff, &ip_proto))
+ return false;
+
+ if (skb_checksum_start_offset(skb) != thoff)
+ return false;
+
+ switch (ip_proto) {
+ case IPPROTO_TCP:
+ if (skb->csum_offset != offsetof(struct tcphdr, check) ||
+ !pskb_may_pull(skb, thoff + sizeof(struct tcphdr)))
+ return false;
+ break;
+ case IPPROTO_UDP:
+ if (skb->csum_offset != offsetof(struct udphdr, check) ||
+ !pskb_may_pull(skb, thoff + sizeof(struct udphdr)))
+ return false;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ switch (hdr_gso_type & ~VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN) {
+ case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE:
+ return true;
+ case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4:
+ return proto == htons(ETH_P_IP) && ip_proto == IPPROTO_TCP;
+ case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6:
+ return proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6) && ip_proto == IPPROTO_TCP;
+ case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP:
+ case VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP_L4:
+ return ip_proto == IPPROTO_UDP;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
+static inline bool
+virtio_net_csum_partial_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 hdr_gso_type)
+{
+ int nhoff;
+ __be16 proto;
+
+ if (!virtio_net_l3_start(skb, &nhoff, &proto))
+ return false;
+
+ return virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(skb, hdr_gso_type, nhoff,
+ proto);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handle a packet whose checksum metadata does not match the packet:
+ * GSO packets are dropped, as segmentation needs one checksum per
+ * segment; others are completed in software.
+ *
+ * Return 1 if the checksum was completed in software, else a negative
+ * errno.
+ */
+static inline int virtio_net_resolve_csum_partial_mismatch(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ if (skb_is_gso(skb))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return skb_checksum_help(skb) ?: 1;
+}
+
static inline int __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
bool little_endian, u8 hdr_gso_type)
@@ -194,11 +390,36 @@ static inline int __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Return value:
+ * 0 - success
+ * >0 - checksum was completed in software (slow path)
+ * <0 - failure
+ */
static inline int virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
bool little_endian)
{
- return __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, hdr, little_endian, hdr->gso_type);
+ typeof(skb->transport_header) old_transport = skb->transport_header;
+ int ret = __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, hdr, little_endian,
+ hdr->gso_type);
+
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL ||
+ virtio_net_csum_partial_ok(skb, hdr->gso_type))
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Here we do not trust the checksum metadata.
+ * __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb set the transport header to csum_start
+ * from virtio hdr, restore it to a known good value.
+ */
+ skb->transport_header = old_transport;
+ ret = virtio_net_resolve_csum_partial_mismatch(skb);
+
+ return ret;
}
/* This function must be called after virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(). */
@@ -282,6 +503,35 @@ static inline unsigned int virtio_l3min(bool is_ipv6)
return is_ipv6 ? sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) : sizeof(struct iphdr);
}
+/* Do the tunnel offsets match the outer headers in the frame?
+ * The L3 header the tunnel claims must be the one the frame
+ * carries, with UDP following it at @outer_th.
+ */
+static inline bool
+virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, bool outer_isv6,
+ unsigned int outer_th)
+{
+ int nhoff;
+ __be16 proto;
+ unsigned int thoff;
+ int ip_proto;
+
+ if (!virtio_net_l3_start(skb, &nhoff, &proto))
+ return false;
+ if (outer_isv6 != (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)))
+ return false;
+ if (!virtio_net_l4_start(skb, nhoff, proto, &thoff, &ip_proto))
+ return false;
+
+ return ip_proto == IPPROTO_UDP && outer_th == thoff;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return value:
+ * 0 - success
+ * >0 - checksum was completed in software (slow path)
+ * <0 - failure
+ */
static inline int
virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *vhdr,
@@ -293,6 +543,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
unsigned int inner_nh, outer_th, inner_th;
unsigned int inner_l3min, outer_l3min;
u8 gso_inner_type, gso_tunnel_type;
+ __be16 inner_proto;
bool outer_isv6, inner_isv6;
int ret;
@@ -335,9 +586,12 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
/* Let the basic parsing deal with plain GSO features. */
ret = __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, hdr, true,
hdr->gso_type & ~gso_tunnel_type);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ if (!virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(skb, outer_isv6, outer_th))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* In case of USO, the inner protocol is still unknown and
* `inner_isv6` is just a guess, additional parsing is needed.
* The previous validation ensures that accessing an ipv4 inner
@@ -353,7 +607,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
}
skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) :
- htons(ETH_P_IP));
+ htons(ETH_P_IP));
if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM) {
if (!tnl_csum_negotiated)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -368,7 +622,17 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
skb->inner_mac_header = inner_nh + skb_headroom(skb);
skb->transport_header = outer_th + skb_headroom(skb);
skb->encapsulation = 1;
- return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * We know VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM was set so __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb
+ * set CHECKSUM_PARTIAL.
+ */
+ inner_proto = inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) : htons(ETH_P_IP);
+ if (virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(skb, gso_inner_type, inner_nh,
+ inner_proto))
+ return 0;
+
+ return virtio_net_resolve_csum_partial_mismatch(skb);
}
/* Checksum-related fields validation for the driver */
--
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2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 5/8] net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress Michael S. Tsirkin
@ 2026-10-19 12:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 14:19 ` Björn Töpel
2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 7/8] net: add ip4_parse() Michael S. Tsirkin
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9 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Jonathan Corbet, Shuah Khan, Randy Dunlap,
Simon Horman, linux-doc
The ingress validation as implemented by the previous
patch is stricter than what it replaced: GSO
packets whose checksum metadata matches no transport header are
dropped, and non-GSO ones get their checksum completed in place.
Such packets used to pass with the metadata unvalidated,
and with no overhead.
I judge that this should not affect any deployments, but there is still
some risk that it does. In case a deployment depends on them anyway,
provide a per-netns switch to get the old behavior back:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/core/virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
The default is validating.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 19 ++++++++
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 23 +++++++++
include/net/netns/core.h | 1 +
net/core/dev.c | 6 +++
net/core/net_namespace.c | 1 +
net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
index e586e17fc7a5..b1a1c4714b22 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ processes are dropped unless socket option SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY is set.
Default: 1 (on)
+virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
+-------------------------
+
+When processing packets with a virtio net header (through tun, tap, a
+packet socket or a virtio network device) that request checksum offload
+(VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM), validate the packet: complete the checksum
+in software, or drop the packet where the header does not match it.
+
+When disabled, the header is trusted not to corrupt the packet, and the
+checksum is offloaded to hardware (or not verified if it never reaches
+hardware). This is only safe if no protocol is processing the packets.
+
+The setting is per network namespace, but only writable by the host
+root: root inside a network namespace created by an unprivileged user
+cannot disable the validation.
+
+Default: 1 (on)
+
+
wmem_default
------------
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 97b554ef7123..25aa95c11e31 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/udp.h>
#include <net/gso.h>
@@ -78,6 +79,19 @@ static inline struct iphdr *virtio_net_ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
*thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
return iph;
}
+/* Defined in net/core/dev.c, enabled while any network namespace
+ * has net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check set to 0.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
+
+/* Failsafe: a namespace can disable the check with
+ * net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check.
+ */
+static inline bool virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return static_branch_unlikely(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key) &&
+ !READ_ONCE(dev_net(skb->dev)->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check);
+}
/* Where does the L3 header start, and what protocol is it?
* Handles Ethernet and VLAN headers; other devices use the
@@ -179,6 +193,12 @@ virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 hdr_gso_type,
unsigned int thoff;
int ip_proto;
+ /* Failsafe: a namespace opted out of the validation,
+ * trust the checksum metadata as before.
+ */
+ if (virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(skb))
+ return true;
+
if (!virtio_net_l4_start(skb, nhoff, proto, &thoff, &ip_proto))
return false;
@@ -516,6 +536,9 @@ virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, bool outer_isv6,
unsigned int thoff;
int ip_proto;
+ if (virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(skb))
+ return true;
+
if (!virtio_net_l3_start(skb, &nhoff, &proto))
return false;
if (outer_isv6 != (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)))
diff --git a/include/net/netns/core.h b/include/net/netns/core.h
index 9ef3d70e5e9c..ae8110772c97 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/core.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/core.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct netns_core {
u8 sysctl_txrehash;
u8 sysctl_tstamp_allow_data;
u8 sysctl_bypass_prot_mem;
+ u8 sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
struct prot_inuse __percpu *prot_inuse;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e76762e29360..d14950b1af3a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2389,6 +2389,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_sw_enabled_key);
DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(netstamp_needed_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netstamp_needed_key);
+
+/* Enabled while any network namespace has net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
+ * set to 0.
+ */
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
static atomic_t netstamp_needed_deferred;
static atomic_t netstamp_wanted;
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index da5f881fbd3b..2d340fafba85 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ static __net_init void preinit_net_sysctl(struct net *net)
net->core.sysctl_optmem_max = 128 * 1024;
net->core.sysctl_txrehash = SOCK_TXREHASH_ENABLED;
net->core.sysctl_tstamp_allow_data = 1;
+ net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check = 1;
net->core.sysctl_txq_reselection = msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
}
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index eb35da3556f4..c65ff86cc5f9 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
#include <linux/hex.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <net/ip.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
@@ -678,6 +679,54 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
},
};
+/* Defined in net/core/dev.c, declared for the gate in
+ * include/linux/virtio_net.h.
+ */
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
+
+/*
+ * Protects changes to virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key and each
+ * net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check. Readers don't use a lock.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_mutex);
+
+static int virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *table,
+ int write, void *buffer,
+ size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct net *net = (struct net *)table->data;
+ /* checkpatch warns but this can't be const: tmp.data is set below */
+ struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
+ u8 old;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* Root in a user namespace must not be able to weaken the
+ * validation for the network namespace it controls.
+ */
+ if (write && !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key counts zero values of
+ * net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check.
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_mutex);
+
+ old = net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
+ tmp.data = &net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
+ ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (write && !ret && old != net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check) {
+ if (net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check)
+ static_branch_dec(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
+ else
+ static_branch_inc(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
+ }
+
+ mutex_unlock(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static const struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS)
{
@@ -737,6 +786,15 @@ static const struct ctl_table netns_core_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
+ {
+ .procname = "virtio_net_hdr_csum_check",
+ .data = &init_net,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(u8),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_sysctl,
+ .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+ .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
+ },
/* sysctl_core_net_init() will set the values after this
* to readonly in network namespaces
*/
@@ -841,6 +899,8 @@ static __net_exit void sysctl_core_net_exit(struct net *net)
tbl = net->core.sysctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;
unregister_net_sysctl_table(net->core.sysctl_hdr);
BUG_ON(tbl == netns_core_table);
+ if (!net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check)
+ static_branch_dec(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RPS)
kfree(net->core.rps_default_mask);
#endif
--
MST
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2026-10-19 12:03 ` [PATCH net v3 6/8] net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation Michael S. Tsirkin
@ 2026-10-19 14:19 ` Björn Töpel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Björn Töpel @ 2026-10-19 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael S. Tsirkin, linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Phil Sutter, Jason Wang,
Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev,
virtualization, Max Krasnyansky, Rusty Russell, Jonathan Corbet,
Shuah Khan, Randy Dunlap, Simon Horman, linux-doc
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> The ingress validation as implemented by the previous
> patch is stricter than what it replaced: GSO
> packets whose checksum metadata matches no transport header are
> dropped, and non-GSO ones get their checksum completed in place.
> Such packets used to pass with the metadata unvalidated,
> and with no overhead.
>
> I judge that this should not affect any deployments, but there is still
> some risk that it does. In case a deployment depends on them anyway,
> provide a per-netns switch to get the old behavior back:
>
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/core/virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
>
> The default is validating.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 19 ++++++++
> include/linux/virtio_net.h | 23 +++++++++
> include/net/netns/core.h | 1 +
> net/core/dev.c | 6 +++
> net/core/net_namespace.c | 1 +
> net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 6 files changed, 110 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
> index e586e17fc7a5..b1a1c4714b22 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst
> @@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ processes are dropped unless socket option SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_TSONLY is set.
> Default: 1 (on)
>
>
> +virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
> +-------------------------
> +
> +When processing packets with a virtio net header (through tun, tap, a
> +packet socket or a virtio network device) that request checksum offload
> +(VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM), validate the packet: complete the checksum
> +in software, or drop the packet where the header does not match it.
> +
> +When disabled, the header is trusted not to corrupt the packet, and the
> +checksum is offloaded to hardware (or not verified if it never reaches
> +hardware). This is only safe if no protocol is processing the packets.
> +
> +The setting is per network namespace, but only writable by the host
> +root: root inside a network namespace created by an unprivileged user
> +cannot disable the validation.
> +
> +Default: 1 (on)
> +
> +
> wmem_default
> ------------
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> index 97b554ef7123..25aa95c11e31 100644
> --- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> +++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
> #include <linux/ip.h>
> #include <linux/ipv6.h>
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
> #include <linux/netdevice.h>
> #include <linux/udp.h>
> #include <net/gso.h>
> @@ -78,6 +79,19 @@ static inline struct iphdr *virtio_net_ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
> *thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
> return iph;
> }
> +/* Defined in net/core/dev.c, enabled while any network namespace
> + * has net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check set to 0.
> + */
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
> +
> +/* Failsafe: a namespace can disable the check with
> + * net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check.
> + */
> +static inline bool virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> + return static_branch_unlikely(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key) &&
> + !READ_ONCE(dev_net(skb->dev)->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check);
> +}
>
> /* Where does the L3 header start, and what protocol is it?
> * Handles Ethernet and VLAN headers; other devices use the
> @@ -179,6 +193,12 @@ virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 hdr_gso_type,
> unsigned int thoff;
> int ip_proto;
>
> + /* Failsafe: a namespace opted out of the validation,
> + * trust the checksum metadata as before.
> + */
> + if (virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(skb))
> + return true;
> +
> if (!virtio_net_l4_start(skb, nhoff, proto, &thoff, &ip_proto))
> return false;
>
> @@ -516,6 +536,9 @@ virtio_net_tnl_offsets_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, bool outer_isv6,
> unsigned int thoff;
> int ip_proto;
>
> + if (virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled(skb))
> + return true;
> +
> if (!virtio_net_l3_start(skb, &nhoff, &proto))
> return false;
> if (outer_isv6 != (proto == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)))
> diff --git a/include/net/netns/core.h b/include/net/netns/core.h
> index 9ef3d70e5e9c..ae8110772c97 100644
> --- a/include/net/netns/core.h
> +++ b/include/net/netns/core.h
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct netns_core {
> u8 sysctl_txrehash;
> u8 sysctl_tstamp_allow_data;
> u8 sysctl_bypass_prot_mem;
> + u8 sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> struct prot_inuse __percpu *prot_inuse;
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index e76762e29360..d14950b1af3a 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -2389,6 +2389,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcf_sw_enabled_key);
>
> DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(netstamp_needed_key);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(netstamp_needed_key);
> +
> +/* Enabled while any network namespace has net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check
> + * set to 0.
> + */
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
> #ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL
> static atomic_t netstamp_needed_deferred;
> static atomic_t netstamp_wanted;
> diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> index da5f881fbd3b..2d340fafba85 100644
> --- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
> +++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
> @@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ static __net_init void preinit_net_sysctl(struct net *net)
> net->core.sysctl_optmem_max = 128 * 1024;
> net->core.sysctl_txrehash = SOCK_TXREHASH_ENABLED;
> net->core.sysctl_tstamp_allow_data = 1;
> + net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check = 1;
> net->core.sysctl_txq_reselection = msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
> }
>
> diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
> index eb35da3556f4..c65ff86cc5f9 100644
> --- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
> +++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/sched/isolation.h>
> #include <linux/hex.h>
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
>
> #include <net/ip.h>
> #include <net/sock.h>
> @@ -678,6 +679,54 @@ static struct ctl_table net_core_table[] = {
> },
> };
>
> +/* Defined in net/core/dev.c, declared for the gate in
> + * include/linux/virtio_net.h.
> + */
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key);
> +
> +/*
> + * Protects changes to virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key and each
> + * net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check. Readers don't use a lock.
> + */
nit: OCD doesn't like mixing old netdev comments with vanilla style...
one VVV as well.
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_mutex);
> +
> +static int virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_sysctl(const struct ctl_table *table,
> + int write, void *buffer,
> + size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + struct net *net = (struct net *)table->data;
> + /* checkpatch warns but this can't be const: tmp.data is set
> below */
nit: Redundant comment...
> + struct ctl_table tmp = *table;
...and here, can't we instead get rid of tmp, and do something like:
| u8 *value = table->data;
| u8 old, new;
> + u8 old;
> + int ret;
> +
> + /* Root in a user namespace must not be able to weaken the
> + * validation for the network namespace it controls.
> + */
> + if (write && !capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
> + return -EPERM;
> +
> + /*
> + * Make sure virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_disabled_key counts zero values of
> + * net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check.
> + */
> + mutex_lock(&virtio_net_hdr_csum_check_mutex);
> +
> + old = net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
> + tmp.data = &net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check;
> + ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + if (write && !ret && old != net->core.sysctl_virtio_net_hdr_csum_check) {
and then:
| old = READ_ONCE(*value);
| ret = proc_dou8vec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
| new = READ_ONCE(*value);
|
| if (write && !ret && old != new) {
at least that's easier to read for me. (No blocker!)
Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
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From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell, Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal,
Nikolay Aleksandrov, Ido Schimmel, Simon Horman, David Ahern,
netfilter-devel, coreteam, bridge
Multiple places in the net stack open-code the same minimal IPv4 header
validation: pull the fixed header, check version 4 and IHL >= 5 (where 5
is the fixed header size in 32-bit units) - and locate the transport
header at IHL * 4 past the network header.
Add a helper for doing that: it returns the validated header and
the transport header offset, or NULL if truncated or malformed.
As noted by Phil Sutter, there are more places that could use this
helper, e.g. ip_mc_check_iphdr(). They will be converted in a follow-up
patch.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
---
include/linux/ip.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 28 +---------------------------
net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c | 15 +++++----------
net/ipv4/ip_input.c | 13 +++++--------
net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c | 13 +++++--------
5 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/ip.h b/include/linux/ip.h
index d11c25f5030a..7dc666e55a72 100644
--- a/include/linux/ip.h
+++ b/include/linux/ip.h
@@ -56,4 +56,31 @@ static inline void iph_set_totlen(struct iphdr *iph, unsigned int len)
{
iph->tot_len = len <= IP_MAX_MTU ? htons(len) : 0;
}
+
+/**
+ * ip4_parse - pull and minimally validate an IPv4 header
+ * @skb: buffer to parse
+ * @nhoff: offset of the IPv4 header within the linear data
+ * @thoff: returns the transport header offset
+ *
+ * Only the fixed header is guaranteed linear on return: callers
+ * that need the options or the transport header must pull
+ * further.
+ */
+static inline struct iphdr *ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ unsigned int nhoff,
+ unsigned int *thoff)
+{
+ struct iphdr *iph;
+
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, nhoff + sizeof(struct iphdr)))
+ return NULL;
+
+ iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb->data + nhoff);
+ if (iph->version != 4 || iph->ihl < sizeof(struct iphdr) / sizeof(u32))
+ return NULL;
+
+ *thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
+ return iph;
+}
#endif /* _LINUX_IP_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 25aa95c11e31..beaecd9cd28d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -53,32 +53,6 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
return 0;
}
-/* TODO: nothing virtio specific here, move to ip.h */
-
-/*
- * Pull and minimally validate the IPv4 header at @nhoff.
- * Returns the header and stores the transport header offset in
- * @thoff, or NULL if truncated or malformed. Only the fixed header
- * is guaranteed linear; callers that need the options or the
- * transport header must pull further.
- */
-static inline struct iphdr *virtio_net_ip4_parse(struct sk_buff *skb,
- unsigned int nhoff,
- unsigned int *thoff)
-{
- struct iphdr *iph;
-
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, nhoff + sizeof(struct iphdr)))
- return NULL;
-
- iph = (struct iphdr *)(skb->data + nhoff);
- if (iph->version != 4 ||
- iph->ihl < sizeof(struct iphdr) / sizeof(u32))
- return NULL;
-
- *thoff = nhoff + iph->ihl * sizeof(u32);
- return iph;
-}
/* Defined in net/core/dev.c, enabled while any network namespace
* has net.core.virtio_net_hdr_csum_check set to 0.
*/
@@ -153,7 +127,7 @@ virtio_net_l4_start(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int nhoff, __be16 proto,
unsigned int *thoff, int *ip_proto)
{
if (proto == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
- const struct iphdr *iph = virtio_net_ip4_parse(skb, nhoff, thoff);
+ const struct iphdr *iph = ip4_parse(skb, nhoff, thoff);
if (!iph || ip_is_fragment(iph))
return false;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c b/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
index 0a394e5f4391..e89da0e41542 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
@@ -206,18 +206,13 @@ static inline void nf_bridge_pull_encap_header_rcsum(struct sk_buff *skb)
static int br_validate_ipv4(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
const struct iphdr *iph;
- u32 len;
+ u32 len, thoff;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr)))
+ iph = ip4_parse(skb, 0, &thoff);
+ if (!iph)
goto inhdr_error;
- iph = ip_hdr(skb);
-
- /* Basic sanity checks */
- if (iph->ihl < 5 || iph->version != 4)
- goto inhdr_error;
-
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, iph->ihl*4))
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, thoff))
goto inhdr_error;
iph = ip_hdr(skb);
@@ -228,7 +223,7 @@ static int br_validate_ipv4(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb)
if (skb->len < len) {
__IP_INC_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INTRUNCATEDPKTS);
goto drop;
- } else if (len < (iph->ihl*4))
+ } else if (len < thoff)
goto inhdr_error;
if (pskb_trim_rcsum(skb, len)) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 9860178752b8..5adf01763e85 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net)
{
const struct iphdr *iph;
int drop_reason;
- u32 len;
+ u32 len, thoff;
/* When the interface is in promisc. mode, drop all the crap
* that it receives, do not try to analyse it.
@@ -520,10 +520,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net)
}
drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr)))
- goto inhdr_error;
-
- iph = ip_hdr(skb);
/*
* RFC1122: 3.2.1.2 MUST silently discard any IP frame that fails the checksum.
@@ -536,7 +532,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net)
* 4. Doesn't have a bogus length
*/
- if (iph->ihl < 5 || iph->version != 4)
+ iph = ip4_parse(skb, 0, &thoff);
+ if (!iph)
goto inhdr_error;
BUILD_BUG_ON(IPSTATS_MIB_ECT1PKTS != IPSTATS_MIB_NOECTPKTS + INET_ECN_ECT_1);
@@ -546,7 +543,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net)
IPSTATS_MIB_NOECTPKTS + (iph->tos & INET_ECN_MASK),
max_t(unsigned short, 1, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs));
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, iph->ihl*4))
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, thoff))
goto inhdr_error;
iph = ip_hdr(skb);
@@ -559,7 +556,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ip_rcv_core(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net)
drop_reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_PKT_TOO_SMALL;
__IP_INC_STATS(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INTRUNCATEDPKTS);
goto drop;
- } else if (len < (iph->ihl*4))
+ } else if (len < thoff)
goto inhdr_error;
/* Our transport medium may have padded the buffer out. Now we know it
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
index 59ec465a9df9..42d639854ddf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
@@ -25,22 +25,19 @@ nf_reject_ip_tcphdr_get(struct sk_buff *oldskb,
static int nf_reject_iphdr_validate(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct iphdr *iph;
- u32 len;
+ u32 len, thoff;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr)))
- return 0;
-
- iph = ip_hdr(skb);
- if (iph->ihl < 5 || iph->version != 4)
+ iph = ip4_parse(skb, 0, &thoff);
+ if (!iph)
return 0;
len = ntohs(iph->tot_len);
if (skb->len < len)
return 0;
- else if (len < (iph->ihl*4))
+ else if (len < thoff)
return 0;
- if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, iph->ihl*4))
+ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, thoff))
return 0;
return 1;
--
MST
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@ 2026-10-19 12:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 12:09 ` [PATCH net v3 0/8] more virtio-net csum hardening netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-19 16:51 ` Chris Arges
9 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Cc: Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell
A trivial cleanup removing a duplicated code line.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index beaecd9cd28d..bb9b5d016ce8 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
return -EINVAL;
}
- skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) :
- htons(ETH_P_IP));
+ inner_proto = inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) : htons(ETH_P_IP);
+ skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, inner_proto);
if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM) {
if (!tnl_csum_negotiated)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -624,7 +624,6 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
* We know VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM was set so __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb
* set CHECKSUM_PARTIAL.
*/
- inner_proto = inner_isv6 ? htons(ETH_P_IPV6) : htons(ETH_P_IP);
if (virtio_net_csum_partial_ok_at_offset(skb, gso_inner_type, inner_nh,
inner_proto))
return 0;
--
MST
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2026-10-19 12:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-10-19 16:51 ` Chris Arges
9 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: netdev-bot+sinfo @ 2026-10-19 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael S. Tsirkin
Cc: linux-kernel, Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges,
Björn Töpel, Phil Sutter, Jason Wang,
Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev,
virtualization, Max Krasnyansky, Rusty Russell
Hi!
This is an automated message. This series looks like a fix, but its
commit messages seem to be missing some information:
- Whether the issue was actually triggered, or is only theoretical
(e.g. found by code inspection). If it was triggered please include
the symptoms, like the stack trace or error messages.
Please do not repost the series just to address the above. Instead,
reply to this email with the missing information, so that reviewers
can take it into account. If the series needs another revision for
other reasons, please include the information in the commit messages
then.
The evaluation is done by an LLM so it may be wrong, if you think
that is the case please reply and explain.
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@ 2026-10-19 12:21 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-10-19 12:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev-bot+sinfo
Cc: linux-kernel, Willem de Bruijn, Chris Arges,
Björn Töpel, Phil Sutter, Jason Wang,
Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo, Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller,
Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, netdev,
virtualization, Max Krasnyansky, Rusty Russell
On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 12:09:19PM +0000, netdev-bot+sinfo@kernel.org wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is an automated message. This series looks like a fix, but its
> commit messages seem to be missing some information:
>
> - Whether the issue was actually triggered, or is only theoretical
> (e.g. found by code inspection). If it was triggered please include
> the symptoms, like the stack trace or error messages.
>
> Please do not repost the series just to address the above. Instead,
> reply to this email with the missing information, so that reviewers
> can take it into account. If the series needs another revision for
> other reasons, please include the information in the commit messages
> then.
>
> The evaluation is done by an LLM so it may be wrong, if you think
> that is the case please reply and explain.
To answer the question, the virtio header is checked at input by
Eric's patch. I'm not aware of a way to bypass that, but given
the amount of pain and work this is causing, it seems prudent
to validate at several levels.
Patch 4 is a bugfix - i reproduced it easily but it is not normally
encountered in the field - the combination is non practical.
--
MST
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@ 2026-10-19 16:51 ` Chris Arges
9 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Chris Arges @ 2026-10-19 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael S. Tsirkin
Cc: linux-kernel, Willem de Bruijn, Björn Töpel,
Phil Sutter, Jason Wang, Eugenio Pérez, Xuan Zhuo,
Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni, netdev, virtualization, Max Krasnyansky,
Rusty Russell
On 2026-10-19 08:03:00, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>
> As reported first by Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com> (after which
> others, credited below, found more ways the bug can affect users):
>
> allowing untrusted hardware to specify csum start/offset for
> CHECKSUM_PARTIAL was not a good idea, because, if it edits the packet
> outside the actual checksum, and depending on the setup, the networking
> stack could be looking at the packet both before and after the edit, and
> seeing different results.
>
> Previously, commit 6785011f8b16 ("ipv4: validate checksum_start before
> completing checksum") validated all known instances where this
> causes the most grief, but the real fix is to make sure
> that either only actual checksum fields are ever edited,
> or the checksum is completed before the net stack looks at it,
> so it is always consistent.
>
>
> This basically goes back to
> what we did before f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr"),
> except in a narrow list of specified known good cases.
>
>
> Summary of the patchset:
>
> These are definitely net material (and seem to be too big for stable,
> or I would recommend backporting there, too):
>
> net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state
> - accounting, not the fix itself, dependency of the next one
> net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress
> - fix itself
> net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation
> - reducing risk of the fix by adding a sysctl to disable it
>
> These are cleanups, can be deferred to net-next, too:
>
> net: add ip4_parse()
> virtio_net: cleanup protocol calculation
> - cleanup resulting code duplication
> (kept separate to simplify backporting)
>
> Fixes: f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr")
>
> Changes since v1:
> - reorder patches to fix bisectability, addressing
> a comment by Björn Töpel.
> - code refactoring, different patch splitup,
> a sysctl knob to disable as suggested by Willem de Bruijn.
> - fix a bunch of minor issues spotted by LLMs
>
>
> Changes since v2:
>
> virtio_net: parse tunnel csum_start little-endian
> - new patch. correctly parsing the header is a dependency
> of validating it, otherwise i do not know what to validate
>
> net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state
> - make rx_csum_sw counter 64 bit so it won't wrap
> (spotted by LLM review)
>
> net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress
> - tunnel fixes to bugs noticed by Willem de Bruijn and
> Chris Arges
> - restore the csum_offset checks as suggested by Willem
> - parse csum_start in the tunnel header little-endian like
> the rest of it (spotted by LLM review)
>
> net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation
> - the knob is no longer writable by root inside a user
> namespace: changing it now requires capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)
> suggested by Willem de Bruijn
>
> net: add ip4_parse()
> - comment converted to kernel-doc format (Willem de Bruijn)
>
> um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures
> - commit log tweaks
>
> New patch:
> um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header
> found by code review
>
> Somewhat tested, tunnel also tested now, um part compiled only
>
I was able to run my tests and can confirm no more KASAN errors. I did
not test the um patches.
Tested-by: Chris Arges <carges@cloudflare.com>
>
> Michael S. Tsirkin (8):
> net: account for ingress-resolved virtio net hdr state
> um: vector: honor virtio net hdr conversion failures
> um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header
> virtio_net: parse tunnel csum_start little-endian
> net: resolve uncommon partial checksums at ingress
> net: add a sysctl to opt out of virtio net hdr checksum validation
> net: add ip4_parse()
> virtio_net: cleanup protocol calculation
>
> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/net.rst | 19 ++
> arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 6 +-
> arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c | 4 +-
> drivers/net/tap.c | 4 +-
> drivers/net/tun.c | 41 +++-
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/ip.h | 27 +++
> include/linux/virtio_net.h | 272 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/net/netns/core.h | 1 +
> net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c | 15 +-
> net/core/dev.c | 6 +
> net/core/net_namespace.c | 1 +
> net/core/sysctl_net_core.c | 60 +++++
> net/ipv4/ip_input.c | 13 +-
> net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c | 13 +-
> net/packet/af_packet.c | 4 +-
> 16 files changed, 445 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>
> --
> MST
>
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