Re: [PATCH net v2] seg6: Fix unset mac header in SRv6 End.DT VRF decapsulation
From: Willem de Bruijn
Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 11:57:37 EST
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reported-by: co+98d7de09cd94fec5@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Boyan Liu <yymhvert@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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@xxxxxxxxx/
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.