From: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org,
David Lebrun <david.lebrun@uclouvain.be>,
Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
Mathieu Xhonneux <m.xhonneux@gmail.com>,
David Lebrun <dlebrun@google.com>,
Hangbin Liu <hangbin.liu@linux.dev>,
Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>,
Andrea Mayer <andrea@common-net.org>,
Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
Subject: [PATCH net 2/6] seg6: update skb checksum when ipv6_srh_rcv() decrements the Hop Limit
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:50:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031225033.64-3-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031225033.64-1-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
When the next segment is a local address, ipv6_srh_rcv() processes it
directly and also decrements the Hop Limit. With CHECKSUM_COMPLETE,
skb->csum is not updated for this change. If the packet is then delivered
on the same node and skb->csum was computed in software, for instance by
conntrack, UDP can drop the packet as a checksum error. With skb->csum
computed by the device, TCP can instead log a "hw csum failure", as if the
device had computed a wrong skb->csum.
Update skb->csum for the Hop Limit decrement with update_csum_diff4().
Depends on patch "seg6: fix skb checksum update helpers".
Found by manual code inspection, and reproduced in a VM without kernel
changes or error injection. A following commit adds a selftest that
reproduces the problem with a tc ct action. With this patch, the selftest
passes for the path with local SRH segments. Also tested against the srv6
selftests, and with a ConnectX-6 Lx NIC (mlx5) that provides
CHECKSUM_COMPLETE.
Fixes: 1ababeba4a21 ("ipv6: implement dataplane support for rthdr type 4 (Segment Routing Header)")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
net/ipv6/exthdrs.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 96c8402a27a5..9d3ba310065a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev)
}
if (skb_dst_dev(skb)->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) {
+ /* payload_len, nexthdr and hop_limit */
+ __be32 *hlim_word = (__be32 *)ipv6_hdr(skb) + 1;
+ __be32 old;
+
if (ipv6_hdr(skb)->hop_limit <= 1) {
__IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS);
icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_TIME_EXCEED,
@@ -467,8 +471,12 @@ static int ipv6_srh_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev)
kfree_skb_reason(skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_IP_TTL_EXCEEDED);
return -1;
}
+ old = *hlim_word;
ipv6_hdr(skb)->hop_limit--;
+ if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE)
+ update_csum_diff4(skb, old, *hlim_word);
+
skb_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb));
goto looped_back;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-31 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-31 22:50 [PATCH net 0/6] seg6: fix skb checksum updates with CHECKSUM_COMPLETE Andrea Mayer
2026-10-31 22:50 ` [PATCH net 1/6] seg6: fix skb checksum update helpers Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 1:25 ` Hangbin Liu
2026-10-31 22:50 ` Andrea Mayer [this message]
2026-11-03 1:27 ` [PATCH net 2/6] seg6: update skb checksum when ipv6_srh_rcv() decrements the Hop Limit Hangbin Liu
2026-10-31 22:50 ` [PATCH net 3/6] seg6: update skb checksum when SRv6 behaviors advance to the next SID Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 2:15 ` Hangbin Liu
2026-10-31 22:50 ` [PATCH net 4/6] seg6: discard CHECKSUM_COMPLETE after the End.BPF program Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 2:28 ` Hangbin Liu
2026-10-31 22:50 ` [PATCH net 5/6] seg6: account for the MAC header in skb checksum on L2 encapsulation Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 2:37 ` Hangbin Liu
2026-10-31 22:50 ` [PATCH net 6/6] selftests: seg6: add test for skb checksum with CHECKSUM_COMPLETE Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 3:26 ` Hangbin Liu
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