* [PATCH] net/packet: fix network header offset for non-VLAN raw packets on VLAN subinterfaces
@ 2026-08-21 8:57 Junnan Zhang
2026-08-22 19:21 ` Willem de Bruijn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Junnan Zhang @ 2026-08-21 8:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Willem de Bruijn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
Paolo Abeni
Cc: Simon Horman, Michael S . Tsirkin, Hangbin Liu, netdev,
linux-kernel, zhangjn_dev, Junnan Zhang, Shouxin Sun
From: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn11@chinatelecom.cn>
AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW reserves dev->hard_header_len bytes of headroom. For
VLAN subinterfaces, hard_header_len includes VLAN tag space (18 bytes)
while min_header_len is the real Ethernet header length (14 bytes). When
userspace sends a standard untagged Ethernet frame through a VLAN
subinterface, packet_parse_headers() only corrects network_header for
VLAN-tagged frames. For non-VLAN frames it leaves network_header at
hard_header_len, so the IP header is found 4 bytes too late and
inet_gso_segment() fails with -EINVAL.
Set network_header to min_header_len for non-VLAN SOCK_RAW frames on
Ethernet devices whose hard_header_len exceeds min_header_len, so the
L3/L4 header positions match the actual on-the-wire frame.
This fix is placed before skb_probe_transport_header() so that both the
transport header probe (which uses skb_network_offset() as nhoff) and
subsequent GSO see the right L3/L4 offsets. It complements
commit 01fdecc0480d ("net: packet: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame")
which only covers VLAN-tagged frames.
Fixes: dfed913e8b55 ("net/af_packet: add VLAN support for AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW GSO")
Signed-off-by: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn11@chinatelecom.cn>
Signed-off-by: Shouxin Sun <sunshx@chinatelecom.cn>
Signed-off-by: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn_dev@163.com>
---
net/packet/af_packet.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 1168bd6b09cd..4669320f551b 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1935,6 +1935,7 @@ static int packet_rcv_spkt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
{
int depth;
+ bool has_vlan;
/* On TX skb->data is the L2 header; anchor it for all socket types. */
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
@@ -1943,11 +1944,23 @@ static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
skb->protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
+ has_vlan = likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
+ eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol);
+
+ /* For non-VLAN raw frames on devices whose hard_header_len includes
+ * VLAN tag space (e.g. VLAN subinterfaces), the network header must be
+ * at the actual L2/L3 boundary, not hard_header_len, so that both the
+ * transport header probe below and subsequent GSO see the right L3.
+ */
+ if (!has_vlan && sock->type == SOCK_RAW &&
+ likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
+ skb->dev->min_header_len < skb->dev->hard_header_len)
+ skb_set_network_header(skb, skb->dev->min_header_len);
+
skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
/* Move network header to the right position for VLAN tagged packets */
- if (likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
- eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol) &&
+ if (has_vlan &&
vlan_get_protocol_and_depth(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0)
skb_set_network_header(skb, depth);
}
--
2.43.0
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH] net/packet: fix network header offset for non-VLAN raw packets on VLAN subinterfaces
2026-08-21 8:57 [PATCH] net/packet: fix network header offset for non-VLAN raw packets on VLAN subinterfaces Junnan Zhang
@ 2026-08-22 19:21 ` Willem de Bruijn
2026-08-24 17:37 ` [PATCH] net/packet: fix network header offset-VLAN " Junnan Zhang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Willem de Bruijn @ 2026-08-22 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Junnan Zhang, Willem de Bruijn, David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet,
Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni
Cc: Simon Horman, Michael S . Tsirkin, Hangbin Liu, netdev,
linux-kernel, zhangjn_dev, Junnan Zhang, Shouxin Sun
Junnan Zhang wrote:
> From: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn11@chinatelecom.cn>
>
> AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW reserves dev->hard_header_len bytes of headroom. For
> VLAN subinterfaces, hard_header_len includes VLAN tag space (18 bytes)
Does it?
vlan_dev_init:
dev->hard_header_len = real_dev->hard_header_len;
> while min_header_len is the real Ethernet header length (14 bytes). When
Which device did you observe this with?
> userspace sends a standard untagged Ethernet frame through a VLAN
> subinterface, packet_parse_headers() only corrects network_header for
> VLAN-tagged frames. For non-VLAN frames it leaves network_header at
> hard_header_len, so the IP header is found 4 bytes too late and
> inet_gso_segment() fails with -EINVAL.
Which path did you observe generating these untagged packets through
a VLAN interface?
>
> Set network_header to min_header_len for non-VLAN SOCK_RAW frames on
> Ethernet devices whose hard_header_len exceeds min_header_len, so the
> L3/L4 header positions match the actual on-the-wire frame.
>
> This fix is placed before skb_probe_transport_header() so that both the
> transport header probe (which uses skb_network_offset() as nhoff) and
> subsequent GSO see the right L3/L4 offsets. It complements
> commit 01fdecc0480d ("net: packet: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame")
> which only covers VLAN-tagged frames.
>
> Fixes: dfed913e8b55 ("net/af_packet: add VLAN support for AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW GSO")
> Signed-off-by: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn11@chinatelecom.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Shouxin Sun <sunshx@chinatelecom.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn_dev@163.com>
> ---
> net/packet/af_packet.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> index 1168bd6b09cd..4669320f551b 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -1935,6 +1935,7 @@ static int packet_rcv_spkt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
> {
> int depth;
> + bool has_vlan;
nit: confusing variable, combining test on packet and device.
>
> /* On TX skb->data is the L2 header; anchor it for all socket types. */
> skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
> @@ -1943,11 +1944,23 @@ static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
> sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
> skb->protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
>
> + has_vlan = likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
> + eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol);
> +
> + /* For non-VLAN raw frames on devices whose hard_header_len includes
> + * VLAN tag space (e.g. VLAN subinterfaces), the network header must be
> + * at the actual L2/L3 boundary, not hard_header_len, so that both the
> + * transport header probe below and subsequent GSO see the right L3.
> + */
> + if (!has_vlan && sock->type == SOCK_RAW &&
> + likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
nit: repeat test, also included in that has_vlan
> + skb->dev->min_header_len < skb->dev->hard_header_len)
> + skb_set_network_header(skb, skb->dev->min_header_len);
> +
> skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
>
> /* Move network header to the right position for VLAN tagged packets */
> - if (likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
> - eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol) &&
> + if (has_vlan &&
> vlan_get_protocol_and_depth(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0)
> skb_set_network_header(skb, depth);
> }
> --
> 2.43.0
>
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH] net/packet: fix network header offset-VLAN raw packets on VLAN subinterfaces
2026-08-22 19:21 ` Willem de Bruijn
@ 2026-08-24 17:37 ` Junnan Zhang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Junnan Zhang @ 2026-08-24 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: willemdebruijn.kernel
Cc: davem, edumazet, horms, kuba, linux-kernel, liuhangbin, mst,
netdev, pabeni, sunshx, zhangjn11, zhangjn_dev
Hi Willem,
Thank you for the review.
> > AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW reserves dev->hard_header_len bytes of headroom. For
> > VLAN subinterfaces, hard_header_len VLAN tag space (18 bytes)
>
> Does it?
>
> vlan_dev_init:
>
> dev->hard_header_len = real_dev->hard_header_len;
You are right that this is only true when VLAN hardware offloading is
available, i.e. vlan_hw_offload_capable() returns true and vlan_dev_init()
takes the first branch. The bug I am fixing only happens in the else
branch:
dev->hard_header_len = real_dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN;
I observed it on a virtio_net device, which advertises
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER but not IF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX. So any VLAN
subinterface created on top of it uses software VLAN tag insertion and
has hard_header_len = 18 while min_header_len stays at 14.
> > while min_header_len is the real Ethernet header length (14 bytes). When
>
> Which device did you observe this with?
virtio_net (in a KVM/QEMU guest).
> > userspace sends a standard untagged Ethernet frame through a VLAN
> > subinterface, packet_parse_headers() only correct_header for
> > VLAN-tagged frames. For non-VLAN frames it leaves network_header at
> > hard_header_len, so the IP header is found 4 bytes too late and
> > inet_gso_segment() fails with -EINVAL.
>
> Which path did you observe generating these untagged packets through
> a VLAN interface?
The reproducer is an AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW socket bound to the VLAN
subinterface, with PACKET_VNET_HDR enabled. Userspace sends a large
IPv4/TCP frame that exceeds the path MTU; the virtio-net header in the
packet sets gso_type, so the skb goes through GSO. The userspace frame
contains a plain Ethernet + IP + TCP layout, without a VLAN tag. The VLAN
sub inserts the 802.1Q tag in vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit().
Before the fix, packet_snd() leaves network_header at base +
hard_header_len (18), while the real IP header starts at base + 14 + 14 =
base + 28. network_header points 4 bytes past the IP header, so
inet_gso_segment() gets a misaligned ip_hdr(skb) and returns -EINVAL.
> > + bool has_vlan;
>
> nit: confusing variable, combining test on packet and device.
Ag. In v2 I will restructure the function to test dev->type once and
use a clearly packet-only variable. For example:
if (likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER)) {
bool is_vlan = eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol);
if (!is_vlan && sock->type == SOCK_RAW &&
skb->dev->min_header_len < skb->dev->hard_header_len)
skb_set_network_header(skb, skb->dev->min_header_len);
skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
if (is_vlan &&
vlan_get_protocol_and_depth(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0)
skb_set_network_header(skb, depth);
} else {
skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
}
> > + likely(skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) &&
>
> nit: repeat test, also included in that has_vlan
Yes, this is fixed by the above restructuring. ARPHRD_ETHER is tested
only once.
I will update the commit message to make the "non-offload VLAN
subinterface" scope explicit, add the virtio_net observation and the
reproducer, and fix the code nits. I will then send v2 as a separate
thread per netdev posting rules.
Thanks,
Junnan Zhang
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