From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@nxp.com>,
Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com>, Clark Wang <xiaoning.wang@nxp.com>,
Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 3/3] net: enetc: let core segment GSO super-skb when headers exceed TSO_HEADER_SIZE
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 01:31:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111233149.479596-4-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111233149.479596-1-vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Like many other drivers, both the software TSO path
(enetc_map_tx_tso_buffs()) and the LSO path (enetc_lso_map_hdr()) copy
the L2+L3+L4 headers of the skb into a fixed-size TSO_HEADER_SIZE (256
byte) slot of the per-ring dma_alloc_coherent() header area, without
checking that they fit.
Sashiko casually points out during review of an unrelated patch:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/179294166520.3134.18097439321876673016@kernel.org/
that TSO_HEADER_SIZE does not constitute the maximum size that packet
headers can have for GSO super-skbs, but rather, an essentially
arbitrary number.
An example where headers can exceed TSO_HEADER_SIZE is with an IPv6
extension named Segment Routing Header, set through setsockopt(IPV6_RTHDR),
with a type 4 routing header. With 11 or more segments, the headers of a
TCP/IPv6 packet exceed 256 bytes:
Ethernet 14
IPv6 40
SRH, 12 segments 8 + 12 * 16 = 200
TCP (with timestamps) 32
---
286 (30 bytes too many)
No privileges are required to request this socket option (but it will
cause driver writes outside allocated memory). A reproducer sketch can
be found at:
https://gist.github.com/vladimiroltean/7cecf636b788b29f361a2fbdae646010
Bizarrely, enetc is the only affected driver, because the core
accidentally protects most other drivers against this bug in
gso_features_check(). There, we have this logic that saves the day:
/* NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM does not support IPv6 extension headers,
* so neither does TSO that depends on it.
*/
if (features & NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM &&
skb_has_ipv6_extension_hdr(skb))
features &= ~(NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO6 | NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4);
enetc is the outlier because it only advertises the more complete
NETIF_F_HW_CSUM, so for it, this fixup does not clear the NETIF_F_TSO6
and NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4 bits.
[ astute reviewers may ask: what if we disable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM at
runtime, via ethtool -k, so as to bypass this fixup, don't we make
all drivers vulnerable?
No, because netdev_fix_features() will trigger the code path which
also prints "Dropping TSO6 features since no CSUM feature.\n".
So TSO super-skbs will now be segmented in the stack. ]
Surveying every driver that uses `TSO_HEADER_SIZE`:
Driver | TSO6 | Checksum feature | Core guard fires? | Verdict
---------------|---------------------|-------------------|---------
enetc | yes | `NETIF_F_HW_CSUM` | no | vulnerable
bnxt | yes | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | yes | safe
nicvf | yes | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | yes | safe
otx2 | yes | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | yes | safe
fec | no | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | n/a | safe
mvneta | no | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | n/a | safe
mvpp2 | no | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | n/a | safe
mv643xx | no | `NETIF_F_IP_CSUM` | n/a | safe
dpaa2 | no | `NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM` | n/a | safe (*)
(*) dpaa2 also uses a fixed-size `kmalloc(TSO_HEADER_SIZE)` per segment,
so the identical overflow would apply if it ever gained `NETIF_F_TSO6`.
The above survey is what influenced the decision to make a localized
patch in enetc_features_check() rather than create a huge disturbance in
the core, even though, IMO, TSO_HEADER_SIZE is a huge foot gun.
Fixes: fb8629e2cbfc ("net: enetc: add support for software TSO")
Fixes: 69797ff888d3 ("net: enetc: add LSO support for i.MX95 ENETC PF")
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
index 7f089a84d9a6..3c5478238e35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,15 @@ netdev_features_t enetc_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
features = vlan_features_check(skb, features);
- if (!skb_is_gso(skb) || enetc_skb_uses_lso(priv, skb))
+ if (!skb_is_gso(skb))
+ return features;
+
+ if (enetc_lso_get_hdr_len(skb) > TSO_HEADER_SIZE) {
+ features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK;
+ return features;
+ }
+
+ if (enetc_skb_uses_lso(priv, skb))
return features;
if (enetc_tso_count_descs(skb) >= priv->tx_bd_count)
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 23:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-11 23:31 [PATCH net 0/3] ENETC GSO fixes Vladimir Oltean
2026-11-11 23:31 ` [PATCH net 1/3] net: enetc: let core segment GSO super-skb when TSO would not fit the TX ring Vladimir Oltean
2026-11-11 23:31 ` [PATCH net 2/3] net: enetc: reserve VLAN extension BDs for software TSO Vladimir Oltean
2026-11-11 23:31 ` Vladimir Oltean [this message]
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