Commit 513e23857a3a for kernel
commit 513e23857a3a64fa73a1deb36a385eecd4ad7690
Author: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Date: Wed Oct 7 13:57:30 2026 -0400
net/packet: call packet_parse_headers after virtio_net_hdr_to_skb
SOCK_RAW packet sockets incorrectly drop VLAN-tagged GSO packets
without VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM.
packet_parse_headers() sets skb->protocol to VLAN but advances
skb->network_header past the VLAN tags. virtio_net_hdr_to_skb()
then flow dissects these packets, which parses the network header as a
VLAN tag, and fails.
Call packet_parse_headers() after virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() instead.
This matches tun_get_user() and tap_get_user() and thus simplifies
overall complexity.
Commit 01fdecc0480d ("net: packet: fix wrong transport_header when
sending VLAN-tagged frame") fixed the same issue for the transport
header probe in packet_parse_headers(). That probe is now skipped if
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() already set the transport header, avoiding a
redundant dissection.
Implementation details:
- Do not set skb->protocol to the RX wildcard ETH_P_ALL. SOCK_RAW then
derives it from the link layer header, as before. SOCK_DGRAM now
leaves it 0, or derives it from gso_type for GSO with NEEDS_CSUM.
- Keep virtio_net_hdr_set_proto() last, so that the link layer protocol
takes priority over gso_type.
Reported-by: Junnan Zhang <zhangjn_dev@163.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260821085722.24036-1-zhangjn_dev@163.com/
Fixes: dfed913e8b55 ("net/af_packet: add VLAN support for AF_PACKET SOCK_RAW GSO")
Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261007175816.3138556-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 6ff16eef24f4..52ae3d875e97 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1943,8 +1943,7 @@ static void packet_parse_headers(struct sk_buff *skb, struct socket *sock)
/* On TX skb->data is the L2 header; anchor it for all socket types. */
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
- if ((!skb->protocol || skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_ALL)) &&
- sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
+ if (!skb->protocol && sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
skb->protocol = dev_parse_header_protocol(skb);
skb_probe_transport_header(skb);
@@ -2614,7 +2613,8 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct page *page;
int err;
- skb->protocol = proto;
+ if (proto != htons(ETH_P_ALL))
+ skb->protocol = proto;
skb->dev = dev;
skb->priority = sockc->priority;
skb->mark = sockc->mark;
@@ -2678,8 +2678,6 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (unlikely(!skb->len))
return -EINVAL;
- packet_parse_headers(skb, sock);
-
return tp_len;
}
@@ -2919,9 +2917,13 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
tp_len = -EINVAL;
goto tpacket_error;
}
- virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, &vnet_hdr);
}
+ packet_parse_headers(skb, po->sk.sk_socket);
+
+ if (has_vnet_hdr)
+ virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, &vnet_hdr);
+
uarg = kmalloc(sizeof(*uarg), GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!uarg)) {
if (likely(len_sum > 0))
@@ -3122,7 +3124,8 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
goto out_free;
}
- skb->protocol = proto;
+ if (proto != htons(ETH_P_ALL))
+ skb->protocol = proto;
skb->dev = dev;
skb->priority = sockc.priority;
skb->mark = sockc.mark;
@@ -3131,16 +3134,18 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
if (unlikely(extra_len == 4))
skb->no_fcs = 1;
- packet_parse_headers(skb, sock);
-
if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
err = virtio_net_hdr_to_skb(skb, &vnet_hdr, vio_le());
if (err)
goto out_free;
len += vnet_hdr_sz;
- virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, &vnet_hdr);
}
+ packet_parse_headers(skb, sock);
+
+ if (vnet_hdr_sz)
+ virtio_net_hdr_set_proto(skb, &vnet_hdr);
+
err = packet_xmit(po, skb);
if (unlikely(err != 0)) {