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Re: [PATCH net v2] seg6: Fix unset mac header in SRv6 End.DT VRF decapsulation

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From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-10-17 15:57:26
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Boyan Liu wrote:
SRv6 End.DT4/End.DT6 VRF decapsulation unsets the mac header in
end_dt_vrf_rcv() so that the VRF device can rebuild it for packet
sniffers. The VRF rx handler only performs the rebuild when a
sniffer is actually attached to the VRF device (ptype_all
non-empty); otherwise the packet continues up the stack with
mac_header == 0xffff.

Every other receive path delivers packets with a valid mac header:
NIC drivers set it in eth_type_trans(), and tunnels without an L2
header (ipip, sit, gre, tun) reset it to the network header after
decapsulation. skb_mac_header() even warns on the unset state with
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE().

If the decapsulated packet is an unexpected UDP GSO packet,
udp_queue_rcv_skb() re-segments it after restoring skb->data to the
mac header with __skb_push(skb, -skb_mac_offset(skb)). With the mac
header unset, skb_mac_offset() returns a large positive value,
which the unsigned __skb_push() argument turns into a huge length:
skb->data moves far outside the buffer and skb->len is corrupted,
so segmentation reads out of bounds:

    BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in inet_gso_segment (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1383)
    Read of size 1 at addr ffff88800da7ffff by task exploit/149
    Call Trace:
     inet_gso_segment (net/ipv4/af_inet.c:1383)
     skb_mac_gso_segment (net/core/gso.c:53)
     __skb_gso_segment (net/core/gso.c:124)
     udp_queue_rcv_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:2476 net/ipv4/udp.c:2466)
     udp_unicast_rcv_skb (net/ipv4/udp.c:2620)
     ip_local_deliver (net/ipv4/ip_input.c:262)
     seg6_local_input_core (net/ipv6/seg6_local.c:1640)
     lwtunnel_input (net/core/lwtunnel.c:465)
     ipv6_rcv (net/ipv6/ip6_input.c:351)

Restore a valid mac header, pointing at the network header, once
the VRF rx handler returns. The sniffer rebuild happens inside the
handler while the header is still unset, so tap behavior is
unchanged; when no rebuild happened, the packet now carries the
same mac header state as any packet received on an L3 device.

Fixes: 664d6f86868b ("seg6: add support for the SRv6 End.DT4 behavior")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: co+98d7de09cd94fec5@bugs.sh
Signed-off-by: Boyan Liu <redacted>
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v2:
- Move the fix from the UDP GSO path to seg6local.
- Restore the mac header after the VRF rx handler returns, preserving
  the VRF sniffer behavior.
- Verify the original reproducer, datagram delivery, and VRF sniffer
  output under QEMU.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261010073015.7665-1-yymhvert@gmail.com/ (local)
Thanks. As discussed in v1, this sounds the better approach to me too.
But it would be better to get the opinion of experts on VRF and SRv6.
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