Re: [PATCH 1/2 net-next] net: openvswitch: skip IPv4 later fragments on TCP/UDP set actions
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From: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Date: 2026-10-16 19:15:09
On 10/15/26 2:47 PM, Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
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An IPv4 later fragment carries no L4 header, but key extraction leaves ip.proto set to the real protocol and the flow may wildcard the frag field, so validate_set() accepts such packets. set_tcp() and set_udp() then treat the first bytes of the fragment payload as an L4 header, rewrite them as ports and patch the bytes at the checksum offset, corrupting the packet. Skip these actions for OVS_FRAG_TYPE_LATER. IPv6 later fragments are not affected, since their ip.proto is NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT and validate_set() rejects L4 set actions for them. Fixes: ccb1352e76cf ("net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.") Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <redacted> --- net/openvswitch/actions.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c index 27152bca8a8c..4aade471afc4 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c@@ -595,6 +595,9 @@ static int set_udp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *flow_key, __be16 src, dst; int err; + if (flow_key->ip.frag == OVS_FRAG_TYPE_LATER) + return 0; + err = skb_ensure_writable(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct udphdr)); if (unlikely(err))@@ -638,6 +641,9 @@ static int set_tcp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *flow_key, __be16 src, dst; int err; + if (flow_key->ip.frag == OVS_FRAG_TYPE_LATER) + return 0; + err = skb_ensure_writable(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb) + sizeof(struct tcphdr)); if (unlikely(err))
Ideally, we would not allow this actions to be installed in the first place, but that would require quite a bit of rework in the flow parsing and needs some extra assessment on the uAPI impact. Though it would be a more complete fix and LLMs may complain that the current patch is not. But, IMO, it's good enough for what it is trying to achieve right now. Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>