Re: [PATCH net v4] net: use skb_header_pointer() only for DODGY TCPv4 GSO skbs

From: Willem de Bruijn

Date: Thu Mar 19 2026 - 09:18:20 EST


Guoyu Su wrote:
> Syzbot reported a KMSAN uninit-value warning in gso_features_check()
> called from netif_skb_features() [1].
>
> The current direct skb->len check is not sufficient for SKB_GSO_DODGY
> packets. In the AF_PACKET/PACKET_VNET_HDR path, packet_snd() can build
> a DODGY GSO skb whose total length is large enough, while the IPv4
> header is not fully available as initialized linear data for a direct
> iph->frag_off access.
>
> Use skb_header_pointer() to fetch the IPv4 header only for DODGY packets
> and clear mangleid_features conservatively if the header cannot be
> accessed or the DF bit is not set.
>
> Keep the existing direct ip_hdr()/inner_ip_hdr() access for non-DODGY
> packets so that buggy internal callers are still exposed.
>
> [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1543a7d954d9c6d00407
>
> Fixes: cbc53e08a793 ("GSO: Add GSO type for fixed IPv4 ID")
> Reported-by: syzbot+1543a7d954d9c6d00407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1543a7d954d9c6d00407
> Tested-by: syzbot+1543a7d954d9c6d00407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Guoyu Su <yss2813483011xxl@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> - Move struct iphdr _iph to the outer scope so a pointer returned by
> skb_header_pointer() remains valid when iph->frag_off is checked.
>
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260312104351.185370-1-yss2813483011xxl@xxxxxxxxx/
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260308083319.1255118-1-yss2813483011xxl@xxxxxxxxx/
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260307162905.3697050-1-yss2813483011xxl@xxxxxxxxx/
>
> net/core/dev.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> index 14a83f2035b9..d47bf7b1fa99 100644
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> @@ -3805,10 +3805,20 @@ static netdev_features_t gso_features_check(const struct sk_buff *skb,
> * segmentation-offloads.rst).
> */
> if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV4) {
> - struct iphdr *iph = skb->encapsulation ?
> - inner_ip_hdr(skb) : ip_hdr(skb);
> + int nhoff = skb->encapsulation ?
> + skb_inner_network_offset(skb) :
> + skb_network_offset(skb);

can be moved inside the unlikely branch

> + const struct iphdr *iph;
> + struct iphdr _iph;
> +
> + if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY)) {
> + iph = nhoff < 0 ? NULL :

why the negative check?
> + skb_header_pointer(skb, nhoff, sizeof(_iph), &_iph);
> + } else {
> + iph = skb->encapsulation ? inner_ip_hdr(skb) : ip_hdr(skb);
> + }
>
> - if (!(iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)))
> + if (!iph || !(iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)))
> features &= ~dev->mangleid_features;
> }
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>