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[PATCH 6.1.y 2/3] net: gso: fix tcp fraglist segmentation after pull from frag_list

From: Li hongliang <hidden>
Date: 2026-03-02 06:51:16
Also in: bpf, linux-arm-kernel, linux-mediatek, linux-patches, lkml, stable
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [tcp], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Neal Cardwell, Linus Torvalds

From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>

[ Upstream commit 17bd3bd82f9f79f3feba15476c2b2c95a9b11ff8 ]

Detect tcp gso fraglist skbs with corrupted geometry (see below) and
pass these to skb_segment instead of skb_segment_list, as the first
can segment them correctly.

Valid SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST skbs
- consist of two or more segments
- the head_skb holds the protocol headers plus first gso_size
- one or more frag_list skbs hold exactly one segment
- all but the last must be gso_size

Optional datapath hooks such as NAT and BPF (bpf_skb_pull_data) can
modify these skbs, breaking these invariants.

In extreme cases they pull all data into skb linear. For TCP, this
causes a NULL ptr deref in __tcpv4_gso_segment_list_csum at
tcp_hdr(seg->next).

Detect invalid geometry due to pull, by checking head_skb size.
Don't just drop, as this may blackhole a destination. Convert to be
able to pass to regular skb_segment.

Approach and description based on a patch by Willem de Bruijn.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240428142913.18666-1-shiming.cheng@mediatek.com/ (local)
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240922150450.3873767-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com/ (local)
Fixes: bee88cd5bd83 ("net: add support for segmenting TCP fraglist GSO packets")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240926085315.51524-1-nbd@nbd.name
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Li hongliang <redacted>
---
 net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c   | 10 ++++++++--
 net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c | 10 ++++++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
index 3d244a787011..9fbb70312159 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c
@@ -103,8 +103,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp4_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(struct tcphdr)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST)
-		return __tcp4_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
+		struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
+
+		if (skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
+			return __tcp4_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
+
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
 		const struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
index fab13afaa7c1..81959fd6fe36 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c
@@ -105,8 +105,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*th)))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST)
-		return __tcp6_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
+	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
+		struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
+
+		if (skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
+			return __tcp6_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
+
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
 		const struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
-- 
2.34.1

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