@@ -1000,6 +1000,83 @@ static bool nft_ll_write_ok(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt, int offset)
 	return offset <= skb_network_offset(pkt->skb);
 }
 
+static bool nft_payload_validate_inet_csum_offset(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
+						  const struct nft_payload_set *priv)
+{
+	switch (priv->base) {
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_LL_HEADER:
+		break;
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER:
+		if (ctx->family == NFPROTO_IPV4) {
+			if (offsetof(struct iphdr, check) == priv->csum_offset)
+				return true;
+
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true; /* run time validation required */
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER:
+		if (priv->csum_flags) /* makes no sense, asks for "re-update" of L4 checksum */
+			return false;
+
+		/* no further check here; offset can't be negative so bogus
+		 * offsets can corrupt L4 or payload but not l3 headers.
+		 * We already allow arbitrary l4/inner payload writes.
+		 */
+		return true;
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER:
+		return true;
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* do not allow arbitrary network header mangling via bogus csum_off.
+ * We only support ipv4.  Only NFPROTO_IPV4 can be checked from control
+ * plane.
+ */
+static bool nft_payload_csum_nh_write_ok(const struct nft_payload_set *priv,
+					 const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
+{
+	switch (pkt->state->pf) {
+	case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+		/* Warning: NFPROTO_INET was not checked; we can't return true here. */
+		return priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+	case NFPROTO_IPV6:
+		return false;
+	case NFPROTO_BRIDGE:
+		return pkt->ethertype == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
+		       priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+	case NFPROTO_NETDEV:
+		return pkt->skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) &&
+		       priv->csum_offset == offsetof(struct iphdr, check);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool nft_payload_csum_write_ok(const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt,
+				      const struct nft_payload_set *priv)
+{
+	switch (priv->base) {
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_LL_HEADER:
+		break;
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER:
+		return nft_payload_csum_nh_write_ok(priv, pkt);
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER:
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER:
+		/* neither offsets are validated, offsets cannot be
+		 * negative so real l3 headers cannot be mangled.
+		 */
+		return true;
+	case NFT_PAYLOAD_TUN_HEADER:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void nft_payload_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 				 struct nft_regs *regs,
 				 const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)

@@ -1064,6 +1141,7 @@ static void nft_payload_set_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 		tsum = csum_partial(src, priv->len, 0);
 
 		if (priv->csum_type == NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_INET &&
+		    nft_payload_csum_write_ok(pkt, priv) &&
 		    nft_payload_csum_inet(skb, src, fsum, tsum, csum_offset))
 			goto err;
 

@@ -1130,7 +1208,26 @@ static int nft_payload_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 	switch (csum_type) {
 	case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_NONE:
+		if (priv->csum_offset) /* nonsensical */
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (priv->csum_flags == 0)
+			break;
+
+		/* Userspace requests L4 checksum update, e.g.:
+		 * - IPv6 stateless NAT (no l3 csum)
+		 * - transport header mangling
+		 * - inner data mangling
+		 */
+		if (priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_NETWORK_HEADER ||
+		    priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER ||
+		    priv->base == NFT_PAYLOAD_INNER_HEADER)
+			break;
+
+		return -EINVAL;
 	case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_INET:
+		if (!nft_payload_validate_inet_csum_offset(ctx, priv))
+			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	case NFT_PAYLOAD_CSUM_SCTP:
 		if (priv->base != NFT_PAYLOAD_TRANSPORT_HEADER)

@@ -1138,6 +1235,9 @@ static int nft_payload_set_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		if (priv->csum_offset != offsetof(struct sctphdr, checksum))
 			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (priv->csum_flags)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	default:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;