Re: [PATCH v2] net: geneve: modify IP header check in geneve6_xmit_skb and geneve_xmit_skb

From: Sabrina Dubroca
Date: Fri Apr 23 2021 - 09:41:31 EST


2021-04-23, 00:49:45 +0100, Phillip Potter wrote:
> Modify the header size check in geneve6_xmit_skb and geneve_xmit_skb
> to use pskb_inet_may_pull rather than pskb_network_may_pull. This fixes
> two kernel selftest failures introduced by the commit introducing the
> checks:
> IPv4 over geneve6: PMTU exceptions
> IPv4 over geneve6: PMTU exceptions - nexthop objects
>
> It does this by correctly accounting for the fact that IPv4 packets may
> transit over geneve IPv6 tunnels (and vice versa), and still fixes the
> uninit-value bug fixed by the original commit.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 6628ddfec758 ("net: geneve: check skb is large enough for IPv4/IPv6 header")
> Suggested-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Potter <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> V2:
> * Incorporated feedback from Sabrina Dubroca regarding pskb_inet_may_pull
> * Added Fixes: tag as requested by Eric Dumazet

Thanks Phillip.

Acked-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Jakub/David, it would be great if this could get in 5.12, otherwise
geneve is a bit broken:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212749

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Sabrina