[PATCH RFC v7 2/5] um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header

From
Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Date
2026-10-29 18:53:44
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Michael S. Tsirkin, 2026-11-04
The vector receive path over-allocates the skb and only trims it
to the received length after the transport header is verified.

A follow up patch will complete the packet checksum in software within
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb so we need the packet trimmed (otherwise the
checksum would be computed incorrectly over the unreceived tail of the
buffer).

Trim first, so the import sees the packet as it was received.

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
index e902e78c5ff6..828bd61995b8 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
 
 	if (skb != NULL) {
 		if (pkt_len > vp->header_size) {
+			pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			if (vp->header_size > 0) {
 				header_check = vp->verify_header(
 					vp->header_rxbuffer, skb, vp);
@@ -887,7 +888,6 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
 					skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 				}
 			}
-			pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
 			vp->dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 			vp->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
 	for (i = 0; i < packet_count; i++) {
 		skb = (*skbuff_vector);
 		if (mmsg_vector->msg_len > vp->header_size) {
+			pskb_trim(skb,
+				mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			if (vp->header_size > 0) {
 				header_check = vp->verify_header(
 					mmsg_vector->msg_hdr.msg_iov->iov_base,
@@ -1013,8 +1015,6 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
 					skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 				}
 			}
-			pskb_trim(skb,
-				mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
 			/*
 			 * We do not need to lock on updating stats here
-- 
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