Re: [PATCH bpf] veth: convert frag_list skbs before running XDP
From: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@toke.dk>
Date: 2026-07-17 09:56:44
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Matt Fleming [off-list ref] writes:
From: Matt Fleming <redacted>
A frag_list skb can reach veth with data_len set but nr_frags zero.
veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff() only converts skbs that are shared,
locked, have frags[], or do not have enough headroom. It later uses
skb_is_nonlinear() to decide whether to set XDP_FLAGS_HAS_FRAGS and
xdp_frags_size.
That exposes frag_list data to XDP as if it were stored in frags[], but
frags[] is empty. AF_XDP copy mode can then trust the bogus XDP fragment
metadata, walk an empty fragment entry, and crash in memcpy() from
__xsk_rcv().
Route frag_list skbs through skb_pp_cow_data() before exposing them to
XDP, and only advertise XDP frags when the resulting skb has frags[].
skb_copy_bits() already handles frag_list input, and skb_pp_cow_data()
builds frags[] output with skb_add_rx_frag(), which is the representation
XDP multi-buffer expects.
Fixes: 718a18a0c8a6 ("veth: Rework veth_xdp_rcv_skb in order to accept non-linear skb")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <redacted>Seems reasonable, but a few nits below:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- drivers/net/veth.c | 4 ++-- net/core/skbuff.c | 9 ++++----- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c index 1c5142149175..efb24aae1f26 100644 --- a/drivers/net/veth.c +++ b/drivers/net/veth.c@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq, u32 frame_sz; if (skb_shared(skb) || skb_head_is_locked(skb) || - skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags || + skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags || skb_has_frag_list(skb) ||
Isn't 'skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags || skb_has_frag_list(skb)' basically the same as 'skb_is_nonlinear(skb)'? Which, incidentally, is what generic XDP uses in the check that guards calling into the skb_pp_cow_data() path. Looking at those two places, generic XDP checks for 'skb_cloned(skb)', while veth checks 'skb_shared(skb) || skb_head_is_locked(skb)'. AFAICT, the latter is stricter; should we update the generic XDP check?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
skb_headroom(skb) < XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM) { if (skb_pp_cow_data(rq->page_pool, pskb, XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM)) goto drop;@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq, xdp_prepare_buff(xdp, skb->head, skb_headroom(skb), skb_headlen(skb), true); - if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) { + if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags) { skb_shinfo(skb)->xdp_frags_size = skb->data_len; xdp_buff_set_frags_flag(xdp); } else {diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c index 18dabb4e9cfa..1e837d01a908 100644 --- a/net/core/skbuff.c +++ b/net/core/skbuff.c@@ -936,12 +936,11 @@ int skb_pp_cow_data(struct page_pool *pool, struct sk_buff **pskb, int err, i, head_off; void *data; - /* XDP does not support fraglist so we need to linearize - * the skb. + /* + * skb_copy_bits() handles both frags[] and frag_list input. If the + * copied skb remains non-linear, it uses frags[], which is the + * representation used by XDP multi-buffer. */
This comment sorta reads like a function documentation comment, but it ends up sitting weirdly in the middle of the function body. The comment you're replacing was tied to the statement below, but this one isn't, really. Should we turn it into an actual function doc comment instead? -Toke