Re: [PATCH net] net: xdp: pull ethernet header off packet after computing skb->protocol

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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 09:29:30 +0200

> When an XDP program changes the ethernet header protocol field,
> eth_type_trans is used to recalculate skb->protocol. In order for
> eth_type_trans to work correctly, the ethernet header must actually be
> part of the skb data segment, so the code first pushes that onto the
> head of the skb. However, it subsequently forgets to pull it back off,
> making the behavior of the passed-on packet inconsistent between the
> protocol modifying case and the static protocol case. This patch fixes
> the issue by simply pulling the ethernet header back off of the skb
> head.
> 
> Fixes: 297249569932 ("net: fix generic XDP to handle if eth header was mangled")
> Cc: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

Jesper, I wonder how your original patch was tested because it pushes a packet
with skb->data pointing at the ethernet header into the stack.  That should be
popped at this point as per this fix here.

Thanks.




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