From: Yuchao Zhang <ndaugoing@gmail.com>
To: netdev-bot+sashiko@kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, toke@redhat.com,
jhs@mojatatu.com, jiri@resnulli.us, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Yuchao Zhang <ndaugoing@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] net/sched: sch_cake: prevent shaper corruption and stall in cake_overhead()
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:41:24 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260922084124.36858-1-ndaugoing@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179000041222.2160803.11108326722307773525@kernel.org>
In cake_overhead(), the header length up to the transport layer is
computed using logic borrowed from qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init():
/* borrowed from qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() */
if (!skb->encapsulation)
hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
else
hdr_len = skb_inner_transport_offset(skb);
However, cake_overhead() suffers from several issues:
1. When segs == 0 (e.g. from dodgy GSO packets where gso_segs is not
recomputed), the multi-segment arithmetic underflows: (segs - 1) wraps
to 4294967295, causing cake_calc_overhead() * (segs - 1) to produce
an enormous length. When charged in cake_advance_shaper(),
time_next_packet is pushed decades into the future, permanently
stalling the CAKE dequeue queue.
Fix this by returning cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off) for segs <= 1.
2. When the transport header was never set, skb->transport_header holds
the sentinel value ~0U. skb_transport_offset() returns ~65535, which
is not caught by a negative offset check. skb_header_pointer() fails,
and hdr_len stays ~65535, charging ~66 KB per segment to the shaper.
Fix this by mirroring qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() and checking
unlikely(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)).
3. Both skb_transport_offset() and skb_inner_transport_offset() return
signed int, but hdr_len is declared as unsigned int. If post-enqueue
mangling (such as BPF packet trimming via bpf_skb_net_shrink())
produces a negative offset, hdr_len wraps to near UINT_MAX, causing
corrupted header length accounting.
Fix this by declaring hdr_len as int and falling back to
cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off) if hdr_len is negative.
Fixes: a41851bea7bf ("net: account for encap headers in qdisc pkt len")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yuchao Zhang <ndaugoing@gmail.com>
---
v2:
- Accurately describe the impact as shaper accounting corruption / stall
rather than OOB read past the allocation per Sashiko review.
- Fix pre-existing high-severity integer underflow when segs == 0 by
checking segs <= 1.
- Import companion check !skb_transport_header_was_set(skb) from
qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() to prevent unset transport header sentinel
(~0U) from inflating packet length to ~66 KB.
net/sched/sch_cake.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_cake.c b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
index dc93267029e7..45969c1b95fc 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_cake.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_cake.c
@@ -1413,21 +1413,28 @@ static u32 cake_calc_overhead(struct cake_sched_data *qd, u32 len, u32 off)
static u32 cake_overhead(struct cake_sched_data *q, const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
- unsigned int hdr_len, last_len = 0;
+ unsigned int last_len = 0;
u32 off = skb_network_offset(skb);
u16 segs = qdisc_pkt_segs(skb);
u32 len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
+ int hdr_len;
WRITE_ONCE(q->avg_netoff, cake_ewma(q->avg_netoff, off << 16, 8));
- if (segs == 1)
+ if (segs <= 1)
return cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off);
/* borrowed from qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() */
- if (!skb->encapsulation)
+ if (!skb->encapsulation) {
+ if (unlikely(!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)))
+ return cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off);
hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
- else
+ } else {
hdr_len = skb_inner_transport_offset(skb);
+ }
+
+ if (unlikely(hdr_len < 0))
+ return cake_calc_overhead(q, len, off);
/* + transport layer */
if (likely(shinfo->gso_type & (SKB_GSO_TCPV4 |
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-22 8:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 12:21 [PATCH 0/2] net: fix negative transport offset handling in GSO pkt len calculation zjamg
2026-09-17 12:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] net: fix OOB read in qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init() on negative transport offset zjamg
2026-09-17 12:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] net/sched: sch_cake: check negative transport offset in cake_overhead() zjamg
2026-09-21 14:20 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-22 8:41 ` Yuchao Zhang
2026-09-22 8:41 ` Yuchao Zhang [this message]
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