[PATCH net 0/6] xsk: harden TX metadata validation against races

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Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>:

On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:19:53 -0700 you wrote:
> Cen Zhang reported a KASAN out-of-bounds read when AF_XDP is configured
> with a TX metadata area smaller than struct xsk_tx_metadata. The metadata
> is also shared with user space, so reading its flags more than once can
> produce inconsistent validation and processing decisions.
> 
> Require enough space for the flags and one request field, validate the
> launch-time field against the configured metadata length, and use one
> snapshot of the flags while processing each request. Carry the validated
> decision through completion handling so later user-space changes cannot
> enable an unrequested completion timestamp.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,1/6] xsk: require at least 16 bytes of TX metadata
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1bb30b181d9f
  - [net,2/6] xsk: pass TX metadata pointer by reference
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/19366db6dfcc
  - [net,3/6] xsk: clear metadata pointer when no timestamp is requested
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/9f60a67df8d3
  - [net,4/6] xsk: validate launch-time metadata size
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/439ce2dddf3d
  - [net,5/6] xsk: move xsk_tx_metadata_request() to xdp_sock_drv.h
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/ddd0d6c5bfe2
  - [net,6/6] xsk: validate metadata when processing requests
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/849b1664dbda

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