linux.git/drivers/net/tap.c, branch v7.2 Linux kernel source tree net: tap: fix wrong transport_header when sending VLAN-tagged frame 2026-08-11T11:14:00+00:00 Wei Fang wei.fang@nxp.com 2026-08-07T06:34:05+00:00 cbb35cbe8db268fefe34c23df15348cf99025298 In tap_get_user_xdp(), when processing a VLAN-tagged frame (e.g. ETH_P_8021Q), skb_set_network_header() is called first to advance network_header past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. skb_probe_transport_header() is then called with skb->protocol still set to ETH_P_8021Q, while nhoff (derived from skb_network_offset()) already points past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. In __skb_flow_dissect(), proto is initialized to ETH_P_8021Q and nhoff points past the VLAN tag. When the dissector hits case ETH_P_8021Q, it reads a struct vlan_hdr at the current nhoff via __skb_header_pointer(), but that offset contains the inner protocol header (e.g. an IP header). The bytes are misinterpreted as a VLAN header, yielding a garbage encapsulated EtherType that matches no known protocol. The dissector returns false, so skb_probe_transport_header() never calls skb_set_transport_header(), leaving transport_header at its uninitialized sentinel value (~0U). Move skb_set_network_header() to after skb_probe_transport_header(). At the time skb_probe_transport_header() is called, network_header still points to the VLAN header (offset ETH_HLEN), so nhoff is correct and the flow dissector can parse the VLAN header, extract the inner EtherType, and advance nhoff to the inner protocol header, allowing transport_header to be set correctly. Fixes: 8c76e77f9069 ("tap: call skb_probe_transport_header after setting skb->dev") Assisted-by: WChat:claude-opus-4-8 Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807063405.688780-3-wei.fang@oss.nxp.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> 
In tap_get_user_xdp(), when processing a VLAN-tagged frame (e.g.
ETH_P_8021Q), skb_set_network_header() is called first to advance
network_header past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header.
skb_probe_transport_header() is then called with skb->protocol still
set to ETH_P_8021Q, while nhoff (derived from skb_network_offset())
already points past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header.

In __skb_flow_dissect(), proto is initialized to ETH_P_8021Q and nhoff
points past the VLAN tag. When the dissector hits case ETH_P_8021Q, it
reads a struct vlan_hdr at the current nhoff via __skb_header_pointer(),
but that offset contains the inner protocol header (e.g. an IP header).
The bytes are misinterpreted as a VLAN header, yielding a garbage
encapsulated EtherType that matches no known protocol. The dissector
returns false, so skb_probe_transport_header() never calls
skb_set_transport_header(), leaving transport_header at its uninitialized
sentinel value (~0U).

Move skb_set_network_header() to after skb_probe_transport_header(). At
the time skb_probe_transport_header() is called, network_header still
points to the VLAN header (offset ETH_HLEN), so nhoff is correct and the
flow dissector can parse the VLAN header, extract the inner EtherType,
and advance nhoff to the inner protocol header, allowing transport_header
to be set correctly.

Fixes: 8c76e77f9069 ("tap: call skb_probe_transport_header after setting skb->dev")
Assisted-by: WChat:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260807063405.688780-3-wei.fang@oss.nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
net: tap: set skb->dev before parsing virtio net header in tap_get_user_xdp() 2026-08-06T00:32:55+00:00 Dongli Zhang dongli.zhang@oracle.com 2026-08-02T22:46:12+00:00 3874892dd27d5387aa9a06f58d9060f18f351d24 The commit 4f61f133f354 ("net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null") fixed a crash in tap_get_user() by assigning skb->dev before calling tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(). This is required because virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() may invoke dev_parse_header_protocol(), which dereferences skb->dev. Without the assignment, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. However, tap_get_user_xdp() still parses the virtio-net header before assigning skb->dev. When the vhost TX path passes an XDP buffer containing a GSO virtio-net header but the protocol is set to zero on purpose, tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb() can reach dev_parse_header_protocol() while skb->dev is still NULL, resulting in a crash. Fix this by looking up the tap device and assigning skb->dev before calling tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(), matching the ordering already used in tap_get_user(). Preserve the existing RCU read-side critical section across dev_queue_xmit(). Fixes: 924a9bc362a5 ("net: check if protocol extracted by virtio_net_hdr_set_proto is correct") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802224612.264563-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
The commit 4f61f133f354 ("net: tap: NULL pointer derefence in
dev_parse_header_protocol when skb->dev is null") fixed a crash in
tap_get_user() by assigning skb->dev before calling tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb().
This is required because virtio_net_hdr_to_skb() may invoke
dev_parse_header_protocol(), which dereferences skb->dev. Without the
assignment, a NULL pointer dereference can occur.

However, tap_get_user_xdp() still parses the virtio-net header before
assigning skb->dev. When the vhost TX path passes an XDP buffer containing
a GSO virtio-net header but the protocol is set to zero on purpose,
tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb() can reach dev_parse_header_protocol() while skb->dev
is still NULL, resulting in a crash.

Fix this by looking up the tap device and assigning skb->dev before calling
tun_vnet_hdr_to_skb(), matching the ordering already used in
tap_get_user(). Preserve the existing RCU read-side critical section across
dev_queue_xmit().

Fixes: 924a9bc362a5 ("net: check if protocol extracted by virtio_net_hdr_set_proto is correct")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260802224612.264563-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
tap: free page on error paths in tap_get_user_xdp() 2026-05-22T17:08:59+00:00 Weiming Shi bestswngs@gmail.com 2026-05-21T16:32:31+00:00 3bcf7aec6a9d16438f2cec29f5d7c8d5b8edf9b2 tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL, and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk. Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one(). Fixes: 0efac27791ee ("tap: accept an array of XDP buffs through sendmsg()") Fixes: ed7f2afdd0e0 ("tap: add missing verification for short frame") Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu> Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521163230.1478627-2-bestswngs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
tap_get_user_xdp() rejects a frame shorter than ETH_HLEN with -EINVAL,
and returns -ENOMEM when build_skb() fails. Both paths jump to the err
label without freeing the page that vhost_net_build_xdp() allocated for
the frame. tap_sendmsg() discards the per-buffer return value and always
returns 0, so vhost_tx_batch() takes the success path and never frees
the page; each rejected frame in a batch leaks one page-frag chunk.

Free the page on both error paths, before the skb is built. This is the
tap counterpart of the same leak in tun_xdp_one().

Fixes: 0efac27791ee ("tap: accept an array of XDP buffs through sendmsg()")
Fixes: ed7f2afdd0e0 ("tap: add missing verification for short frame")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521163230.1478627-2-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
tap: fix stack info leak in tap_ioctl() SIOCGIFHWADDR 2026-05-21T15:16:12+00:00 Weiming Shi bestswngs@gmail.com 2026-05-20T07:57:38+00:00 bddc09212c24934643bd44fc794748d2bbb3b6cd In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddr_storage to userspace via ifr_hwaddr, but netif_get_mac_address() only writes sa_family and dev->addr_len (6 for Ethernet) bytes, leaving sa_data[6..13] uninitialised. Those 8 trailing bytes leak kernel stack contents; SIOCGIFHWADDR on a macvtap chardev returns kernel .text and direct-map pointers, defeating KASLR. Initialise ss at declaration. Fixes: 3b23a32a6321 ("net: fix dev_ifsioc_locked() race condition") Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu> Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520075736.3415676-3-bestswngs@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
In the SIOCGIFHWADDR path, tap_ioctl() copies 16 bytes of an
uninitialised on-stack struct sockaddr_storage to userspace via
ifr_hwaddr, but netif_get_mac_address() only writes sa_family and
dev->addr_len (6 for Ethernet) bytes, leaving sa_data[6..13] uninitialised.

Those 8 trailing bytes leak kernel stack contents; SIOCGIFHWADDR on a
macvtap chardev returns kernel .text and direct-map pointers, defeating
KASLR.

Initialise ss at declaration.

Fixes: 3b23a32a6321 ("net: fix dev_ifsioc_locked() race condition")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520075736.3415676-3-bestswngs@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument 2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2026-02-22T00:37:42+00:00 bf4afc53b77aeaa48b5409da5c8da6bb4eff7f43 This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' | xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/' to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL argument to just drop that argument. Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered: they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically. For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate conversion. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types 2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2026-02-21T07:49:23+00:00 69050f8d6d075dc01af7a5f2f550a8067510366f This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> 
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
net: s/dev_get_mac_address/netif_get_mac_address/ 2025-07-19T00:27:46+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-07-17T17:23:28+00:00 af1d017377c1c1931bfb898e719ab712cf79f944 Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality") introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate. netif_get_mac_address is used only by tun/tap, so move it into NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-3-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_get_mac_address is used only by tun/tap, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250717172333.1288349-3-sdf@fomichev.me
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
tun: remove unnecessary tun_xdp_hdr structure 2025-07-02T22:29:46+00:00 Jason Wang jasowang@redhat.com 2025-07-01T01:03:51+00:00 4d313f2bd22213caace3fe4fb02977b527f9c6c3 With f95f0f95cfb7("net, xdp: Introduce xdp_init_buff utility routine"), buffer length could be stored as frame size so there's no need to have a dedicated tun_xdp_hdr structure. We can simply store virtio net header instead. Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250701010352.74515-1-jasowang@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 
With f95f0f95cfb7("net, xdp: Introduce xdp_init_buff utility routine"),
buffer length could be stored as frame size so there's no need to have
a dedicated tun_xdp_hdr structure. We can simply store virtio net
header instead.

Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250701010352.74515-1-jasowang@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net: core: Convert dev_set_mac_address_user() to use struct sockaddr_storage 2025-05-27T06:25:43+00:00 Kees Cook kees@kernel.org 2025-05-21T20:46:16+00:00 ae9fcd5a0f8ab7e12619e1c66312a03b842935c3 Convert callers of dev_set_mac_address_user() to use struct sockaddr_storage. Add sanity checks on dev->addr_len usage. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250521204619.2301870-8-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> 
Convert callers of dev_set_mac_address_user() to use struct
sockaddr_storage. Add sanity checks on dev->addr_len usage.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250521204619.2301870-8-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Revert "net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock" 2025-03-19T17:52:00+00:00 Stanislav Fomichev sdf@fomichev.me 2025-03-12T19:05:12+00:00 8033d2aef51722fe74068b52553625ed91ea256c This reverts commit df43d8bf10316a7c3b1e47e3cc0057a54df4a5b8. Cc: Kohei Enju <enjuk@amazon.com> Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com> Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock") Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-2-sdf@fomichev.me Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> 
This reverts commit df43d8bf10316a7c3b1e47e3cc0057a54df4a5b8.

Cc: Kohei Enju <enjuk@amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
Fixes: df43d8bf1031 ("net: replace dev_addr_sem with netdev instance lock")
Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312190513.1252045-2-sdf@fomichev.me
Tested-by: Lei Yang <leiyang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>