[PATCH net v2] rxrpc: Also unshare DATA/RESPONSE packets when paged frags are present

Hyunwoo Kim imv4bel at gmail.com
Thu May 7 23:42:28 PDT 2026


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()")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel at gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use skb_is_nonlinear() instead of skb->data_len
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/afKV2zGR6rrelPC7@v4bel/
---
 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..a6ad5ff6ec5f 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_is_nonlinear(skb))) {
 				/* 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..632cbeff1f5d 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_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
 		/* Copy the packet if shared so that we can do in-place
 		 * decryption.
 		 */
-- 
2.43.0




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