[PATCH v7] net: gro: fix double aggregation of flush-marked skbs
Willem de Bruijn
willemdebruijn.kernel at gmail.com
Wed Jul 8 19:07:17 PDT 2026
Reminder to mark patches [PATCH net v7]
(or PATCH net-next when targeting that tree)
Shiming Cheng wrote:
> Commit 0ab03f353d36 ("net-gro: Fix GRO flush when receiving a GSO
> packet.") added a flush check to skb_gro_receive(), but
> skb_gro_receive_list() lacks the same validation.
>
> As a result, packets marked with NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush may still be
> re-aggregated.
>
> This allows already-GRO'd packets with existing frag_list to be
> re-aggregated into a new GRO session, corrupting the frag_list chain
> structure. When skb_segment() attempts to unpack these malformed packets,
> it encounters invalid state and triggers a kernel panic.
>
> Scenario (Tethering/Device forwarding):
> 1. Driver: Generated aggregated packet P1 via LRO with frag_list
> 2. Dev A: Receives aggregated fraglist packet and flush flag set
> 3. Dev A: Re-enters GRO, skb_gro_receive_list() is called
> 4. Missing flush check allows re-aggregation despite flush flag
> 5. Frag_list chain becomes corrupted (loops or dangling refs)
> 6. Dev B: TX path calls skb_segment(), crashes on corrupted frag_list
>
> Root cause in skb_segment():
> The check at line ~4891:
> if (hsize <= 0 && i >= nfrags && skb_headlen(list_skb) &&
> (skb_headlen(list_skb) == len || sg)) {
>
> When frag_list is corrupted by double aggregation, when list_skb is
> a NULL pointer from skb->next, skb_headlen(list_skb) dereference
> NULL/corrupted pointers occurs.
>
> Call Trace:
> skb_headlen(NULL skb)
> skb_segment
> tcp_gso_segment
> tcp4_gso_segment
> inet_gso_segment
> skb_mac_gso_segment
> __skb_gso_segment
> skb_gso_segment
> validate_xmit_skb
> validate_xmit_skb_list
> sch_direct_xmit
> qdisc_restart
> __qdisc_run
> qdisc_run
> net_tx_action
>
> Fix: Add NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush validation to the early-return check in
> skb_gro_receive_list(), matching the defensive programming pattern of
> skb_gro_receive().
>
> Fixes: 3a1296a38d0c ("net: Support GRO/GSO fraglist chaining.")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Shiming Cheng <shiming.cheng at mediatek.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb at google.com>
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