[PATCH net] rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present
Hyunwoo Kim
imv4bel at gmail.com
Thu May 7 23:07:49 PDT 2026
On Fri, May 08, 2026 at 01:57:15PM +0800, Qingfang Deng wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:35:55 +0900, Hyunwoo Kim wrote:
> >
> > The DATA-packet handler in rxrpc_input_call_event() and the RESPONSE
> > handler in rxrpc_verify_response() copy the skb to a linear one before
> > calling into the security ops only when skb_cloned() is true. An skb
> > that is not cloned but still carries paged fragments (skb->data_len != 0)
> > falls through to the in-place decryption path, which binds the frag
> > pages directly into the AEAD/skcipher SGL via skb_to_sgvec().
> >
> > Extend the gate so that any skb with non-linear data is also copied,
> > ensuring the security handler always operates on a fully linear skb.
> > The OOM/trace handling already in place is reused.
> >
> > Fixes: d0d5c0cd1e71 ("rxrpc: Use skb_unshare() rather than skb_cow_data()")
> > Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > net/rxrpc/call_event.c | 2 +-
> > net/rxrpc/conn_event.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> > index fdd683261226..6c924ef55208 100644
> > --- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> > +++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
> > @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ bool rxrpc_input_call_event(struct rxrpc_call *call)
> >
> > if (sp->hdr.type == RXRPC_PACKET_TYPE_DATA &&
> > sp->hdr.securityIndex != 0 &&
> > - skb_cloned(skb)) {
> > + (skb_cloned(skb) || skb->data_len)) {
>
> It's recommended to use skb_is_nonlinear() instead of open-coding
> skb->data_len.
>
> > /* Unshare the packet so that it can be
> > * modified by in-place decryption.
> > */
> > diff --git a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
> > index a2130d25aaa9..eab7c5f2517a 100644
> > --- a/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
> > +++ b/net/rxrpc/conn_event.c
> > @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int rxrpc_verify_response(struct rxrpc_connection *conn,
> > {
> > int ret;
> >
> > - if (skb_cloned(skb)) {
> > + if (skb_cloned(skb) || skb->data_len) {
>
> Ditto.
Thank you for the review.
I will submit a v2 patch.
Best regards,
Hyunwoo Kim
>
> > /* Copy the packet if shared so that we can do in-place
> > * decryption.
> > */
>
> Regards,
> Qingfang
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