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 5/6] seg6: account for the MAC header in skb checksum on L2 encapsulation
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:50:32 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261031225033.64-6-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261031225033.64-1-andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
In L2ENCAP and L2ENCAP_RED mode, seg6_do_srh() puts the MAC header back
in front of the frame with skb_push(), without adding it to skb->csum.
The encapsulation then calls skb_postpush_rcsum() only for the outer
headers. With CHECKSUM_COMPLETE the MAC header is missing from
skb->csum, which no longer covers the whole packet as required.
For a forwarded packet, ip6_forward() sets ip_summed to CHECKSUM_NONE with
skb_forward_csum(), and End.DX2 does the same before sending the frame.
When the packet is delivered on the same node, a raw socket with
IPV6_CHECKSUM still reads skb->csum. With skb->csum computed by the device,
the kernel can then log a "hw csum failure", as if the device had computed
a wrong skb->csum.
Use skb_push_rcsum(), which also calls skb_postpush_rcsum() for the MAC
header.
Found by manual code inspection of the skb->csum updates in the SRv6 code,
and observed in a VM without kernel changes or error injection: with
skb->csum computed by a tc ct action, a BPF tracing program on
ip6_forward() shows skb->csum missing the MAC header. With this patch,
skb->csum covers it. Also tested against the srv6 selftests, and with a
ConnectX-6 Lx NIC (mlx5) that provides CHECKSUM_COMPLETE.
Fixes: 38ee7f2d4756 ("ipv6: sr: add support for encapsulation of L2 frames")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
---
net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 0d39a38a5dd2..3821d8e1409e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int seg6_do_srh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *cache_dst)
return err;
skb_mac_header_rebuild(skb);
- skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
+ skb_push_rcsum(skb, skb->mac_len);
if (tinfo->mode == SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP)
err = __seg6_do_srh_encap(skb, tinfo->srh,
--
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 ` [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 ` Andrea Mayer [this message]
2026-11-03 2:37 ` [PATCH net 5/6] seg6: account for the MAC header in skb checksum on L2 encapsulation 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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