From: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mst@redhat.com, jasowangio@gmail.com, eperezma@redhat.com,
xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
dsahern@kernel.org, idosch@nvidia.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
horms@kernel.org, willemb@google.com, hannes@stressinduktion.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v4 1/2] net: validate virtio checksum start after network header
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 20:47:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920004733.6473-2-habte.yibelo@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260920004733.6473-1-habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
__virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() rejects a CHECKSUM_PARTIAL start smaller than an
estimated minimum network-header length. The comparison currently uses the
offset from skb->data rather than the offset from skb_network_header().
For an AF_PACKET frame, skb->data can still point at the Ethernet header
while skb_network_header() points past nested link-layer headers. A
checksum start at the network header can therefore pass, then target byte
zero after those headers are removed.
This does not require a virtual-machine guest. A TUN device with
virtio-net header support can supply the same checksum metadata.
Keep the existing data-relative lower bound and also require checksum
start to follow the estimated minimum relative to skb_network_header().
Fixes: 49d14b54a527 ("net: test for not too small csum_start in virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()")
Reported-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Paulos Yibelo <habte.yibelo@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- State explicitly that a TUN device is sufficient and no guest is required,
as noted by Michael S. Tsirkin. No code changes.
Changes in v3:
- Keep the network-relative comparison on one line for readability, as
requested by David Ahern.
Changes in v2:
- Make nh_min_len an int and remove the casts, as suggested by Michael S.
Tsirkin.
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index c381b91..a95ad46 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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)
{
- unsigned int nh_min_len = sizeof(struct iphdr);
+ int nh_min_len = sizeof(struct iphdr);
unsigned int gso_type = 0;
unsigned int thlen = 0;
unsigned int p_off = 0;
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ static inline int __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, start, off))
return -EINVAL;
- if (skb_transport_offset(skb) < nh_min_len)
+ if (skb_transport_offset(skb) < nh_min_len ||
+ skb_transport_offset(skb) - skb_network_offset(skb) < nh_min_len)
return -EINVAL;
nh_min_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-20 0:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-20 0:47 [PATCH net v4 0/2] net: prevent partial checksums from modifying IPv4 headers Paulos Yibelo
2026-09-20 0:47 ` Paulos Yibelo [this message]
2026-09-20 1:11 ` [PATCH net v4 1/2] net: validate virtio checksum start after network header David Ahern
2026-09-20 0:47 ` [PATCH net v4 2/2] ipv4: reject partial checksums covering the IP header Paulos Yibelo
2026-09-20 1:12 ` David Ahern
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