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Tsirkin" To: Willem de Bruijn Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Willem de Bruijn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: gso: validate transport header before computing segment length Message-ID: <20261018121331-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Thanks for the quick review! I'll wait a bit for more comments and post v2. On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 10:16:23AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote: > Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > If a TCP GSO packet is processed in the stack before a transport > > TSO right. > > header was ever established, the TCP data offset is read through the > > unset header offset, far outside the packet. > > > > This was demonstrated by syzkaller, back when the input path did not > > dissect such packets: a virtio net header supplying a malformed > > network header was enough. Qdisc length estimation has carried a > > guard against exactly this since a0dce8752193 ("net: Skip GSO > > length estimation if transport header is not set"); the GSO length > > validators never got one. > > > > We used to, but we no longer allow such packets in: since 44378d02c5aa > > ("net: always dissect GSO packets in __virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()") the > > virtio net input path dissects all GSO packets. > > > > But as a defence in depth measure, let's also check before we read: if > > the TCP header is unset or outside the linear data, drop it. > > > > Fixes: f43798c27684 ("tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr") > > Cc: Willem de Bruijn > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > > --- > > > > Can be net or net-next, but given we have Eric's patch in net already, > > net-next seems more appropriate, and it's safer. > > > > include/linux/skbuff.h | 5 +++++ > > net/core/gso.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h > > index a3ff380d43f0..aa5bc608de06 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h > > +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h > > @@ -3041,6 +3041,11 @@ static inline bool skb_inner_network_header_was_set(const struct sk_buff *skb) > > return skb->inner_network_header > 0; > > } > > > > +static inline bool skb_inner_transport_header_was_set(const struct sk_buff *skb) > > +{ > > + return skb->inner_transport_header > 0; > > skb_transport_header_was_set has > > return skb->transport_header != (typeof(skb->transport_header))~0U; > > is that initialization different for inner_transport_header? > If so, slightly confusing. But also understandable that zero is the > default initialization, I guess. Indeed. > > +} > > + > > static inline unsigned char *skb_inner_mac_header(const struct sk_buff *skb) > > { > > return skb->head + skb->inner_mac_header; > > diff --git a/net/core/gso.c b/net/core/gso.c > > index e96ef6350064..d98acfd68595 100644 > > --- a/net/core/gso.c > > +++ b/net/core/gso.c > > @@ -131,6 +131,36 @@ struct sk_buff *__skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_gso_segment); > > > > +/* > > + * GSO processing (but not UDP/SCTP GSO, which uses fixed header > > TSO right. > > + * sizes) reads the TCP header as specified by > > + * skb->transport_header/inner_transport_header. Make sure it is > > + * there to read. > > + */ > > +static bool skb_gso_transport_header_ok(const struct sk_buff *skb) > > +{ > > + const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb); > > + unsigned int thoff; > > + > > + if (likely(!(shinfo->gso_type & (SKB_GSO_TCPV4 | SKB_GSO_TCPV6)))) > > + return true; > > The likely case for GSO is TSO. indeed. > > + > > + if (skb->encapsulation) { > > + if (!skb_inner_transport_header_was_set(skb)) > > + return false; > > + > > + thoff = skb_inner_transport_offset(skb); > > + } else { > > + if (!skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) > > + return false; > > + > > + thoff = skb_transport_offset(skb); > > + } > > This is not GSO specific. Could be a helper in skbuff.h? will do. > > + > > + /* A negative offset converts to a huge value and fails. */ > > + return thoff + sizeof(struct tcphdr) <= skb_headlen(skb); > > +} > > + > > /** > > * skb_gso_transport_seglen - Return length of individual segments of a gso packet > > * > > @@ -253,6 +283,9 @@ static inline bool skb_gso_size_check(const struct sk_buff *skb, > > */ > > bool skb_gso_validate_network_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int mtu) > > { > > + if (unlikely(!skb_gso_transport_header_ok(skb))) > > + return false; > > + > > seems weird to test a transport header feature in a network > header test? > > Should this instead where it is needed? > > return skb_gso_size_check(skb, skb_gso_network_seglen(skb), mtu); > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_network_len); > > @@ -268,6 +301,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_network_len); > > */ > > bool skb_gso_validate_mac_len(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len) > > { > > + if (unlikely(!skb_gso_transport_header_ok(skb))) > > + return false; > > + > > even more so in a link layer header test > skb_gso_transport_seglen maybe? I'll have to make it return int and make callers check that then. > > return skb_gso_size_check(skb, skb_gso_mac_seglen(skb), len); > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_gso_validate_mac_len); > > -- > > MST > > >