[PATCH 1/1] can: restore skb header initialisations in init_can_skb()
From: zjamg
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 02:38:24 EST
Commit 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
removed the skb_reset_mac_header()/skb_reset_network_header()/
skb_reset_transport_header() calls from init_can_skb(). As a result, RX
skbs from alloc_can_skb() and friends again carry mac_header = 0xFFFF.
When such an skb reaches packet_rcv_spkt() (SOCK_PACKET), the push length
calculation overflows and triggers skb_under_panic -> kernel BUG -> full
machine panic.
The same issue was originally reported in 2014 on linux-can and fixed by
commit 969439016d2c ("can: add missing initialisations in CAN related
skbuffs"). packet_rcv_spkt() itself has never been hardened: only
packet_rcv() and tpacket_rcv() gained dev_has_header() checks in
commit d549699048b4 ("net/packet: fix packet receive on L3 devices
without visible hard header").
Fixes: 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: zjamg <ndaugoing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..a0712e607b28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ static void init_can_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
+
+ /* Restore the initialisations that were present before
+ * 9f10374bb024 to prevent skb_under_panic in packet_rcv_spkt
+ * and similar consumers.
+ */
+ skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
}
struct sk_buff *alloc_can_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct can_frame **cf)
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2.53.0