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 4/6] seg6: discard CHECKSUM_COMPLETE after the End.BPF program
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:50:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031225033.64-5-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031225033.64-1-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
The End.BPF program can change the packet through the seg6 BPF helpers,
for instance the SRH Tag with bpf_lwt_seg6_store_bytes(). After the
program, seg6_bpf_has_valid_srh() can also rewrite the SRH Hdr Ext Len.
With CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, the program does not always update skb->csum for
the bytes it writes, and seg6_bpf_has_valid_srh() does not either. 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.
Discard CHECKSUM_COMPLETE with skb_checksum_complete_unset() after the
program, since input_action_end_bpf() does not know which bytes the program
changed. The checksum is then verified in software.
Found by manual code inspection and reproduced in a VM without kernel
changes or error injection: with skb->csum computed by a tc ct action, an
End.BPF program that writes the SRH Tag, followed by End.B6.Encaps and a
local End.DT6 SID, makes UDP drop the packet. With this patch, the packet
is delivered. Also tested against the lwt_seg6local BPF selftest, and with
a ConnectX-6 Lx NIC (mlx5) that provides CHECKSUM_COMPLETE.
Fixes: 004d4b274e2a ("ipv6: sr: Add seg6local action End.BPF")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
net/ipv6/seg6_local.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
index 57a82477ce3f..3045a351f4e9 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_local.c
@@ -1582,6 +1582,12 @@ static int input_action_end_bpf(struct sk_buff *skb,
goto drop;
}
+ /* The program may have changed the packet and seg6_bpf_has_valid_srh()
+ * may rewrite the SRH Hdr Ext Len below.
+ * skb->csum may then no longer be the checksum of the full packet.
+ */
+ skb_checksum_complete_unset(skb);
+
if (srh_state->srh && !seg6_bpf_has_valid_srh(skb))
goto drop;
local_unlock_nested_bh(&seg6_bpf_srh_states.bh_lock);
--
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 ` [PATCH net 2/6] seg6: update skb checksum when ipv6_srh_rcv() decrements the Hop Limit Andrea Mayer
2026-11-03 1:27 ` 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 ` Andrea Mayer [this message]
2026-11-03 2:28 ` [PATCH net 4/6] seg6: discard CHECKSUM_COMPLETE after the End.BPF program 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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