[PATCH net] xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto

Subsystems: networking [general], networking [ipsec], the rest

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[PATCH net] xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto

From: <hidden>
Date: 2018-03-04 19:04:17

From: Yossi Kuperman <redacted>

Artem Savkov reported that commit 5efec5c655dd leads to a packet loss under
IPSec configuration. It appears that his setup consists of a TUN device,
which does not have a MAC header.

Make sure MAC header exists.

Note: TUN device sets a MAC header pointer, although it does not have one.

Fixes: 5efec5c655dd ("xfrm: Fix eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto to reflect inner IP version")
Reported-by: Artem Savkov <redacted>
Tested-by: Artem Savkov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yossi Kuperman <redacted>
---
 net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c | 3 ++-
 net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c
index 63faeee..2a9764b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static int xfrm4_mode_tunnel_input(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb_mac_header_rebuild(skb);
-	eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto = skb->protocol;
+	if (skb->mac_len)
+		eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto = skb->protocol;
 
 	err = 0;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c
index bb935a3..de1b0b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ static int xfrm6_mode_tunnel_input(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	skb_mac_header_rebuild(skb);
-	eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto = skb->protocol;
+	if (skb->mac_len)
+		eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto = skb->protocol;
 
 	err = 0;
 
-- 
2.8.1

Re: [PATCH net] xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Date: 2018-03-07 12:57:14

On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 09:03:52PM +0200, yossiku@mellanox.com wrote:
From: Yossi Kuperman <redacted>

Artem Savkov reported that commit 5efec5c655dd leads to a packet loss under
IPSec configuration. It appears that his setup consists of a TUN device,
which does not have a MAC header.

Make sure MAC header exists.

Note: TUN device sets a MAC header pointer, although it does not have one.

Fixes: 5efec5c655dd ("xfrm: Fix eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto to reflect inner IP version")
Reported-by: Artem Savkov <redacted>
Tested-by: Artem Savkov <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yossi Kuperman <redacted>
Applied, thanks Yossi!
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