[PATCH net-next v2 3/7] um: vector: trim skbs before verifying the header

Michael S. Tsirkin mst at redhat.com
Thu Oct 15 05:41:24 PDT 2026


The vector receive path over-allocates the skb and only trims it
to the received length after the transport header is verified.

A follow up patch will complete the packet checksum in software within
virtio_net_hdr_to_skb so we need the packet trimmed (otherwise the
checksum would be computed incorrectly over the unreceived tail of the
buffer).

Trim first, so the import sees the packet as it was received.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
index 8a70b3a62553..1afbef78df72 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
 
 	if (skb != NULL) {
 		if (pkt_len > vp->header_size) {
+			pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			if (vp->header_size > 0) {
 				header_check = vp->verify_header(
 					vp->header_rxbuffer, skb, vp);
@@ -879,7 +880,6 @@ static int vector_legacy_rx(struct vector_private *vp)
 					skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 				}
 			}
-			pskb_trim(skb, pkt_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
 			vp->dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 			vp->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
@@ -981,6 +981,8 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
 	for (i = 0; i < packet_count; i++) {
 		skb = (*skbuff_vector);
 		if (mmsg_vector->msg_len > vp->header_size) {
+			pskb_trim(skb,
+				mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			if (vp->header_size > 0) {
 				header_check = vp->verify_header(
 					mmsg_vector->msg_hdr.msg_iov->iov_base,
@@ -1005,8 +1007,6 @@ static int vector_mmsg_rx(struct vector_private *vp, int budget)
 					skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 				}
 			}
-			pskb_trim(skb,
-				mmsg_vector->msg_len - vp->rx_header_size);
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
 			/*
 			 * We do not need to lock on updating stats here
-- 
MST




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