From: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2025 20:19:40 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: bpf: Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f38499ff45f567c932d0911e6a30b8ca022b9b52;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git

bpf: Unclone skb head on bpf_dynptr_write to skb metadata

Currently bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta() marks the dynptr as read-only when
the skb is cloned, preventing writes to metadata.

Remove this restriction and unclone the skb head on bpf_dynptr_write() to
metadata, now that the metadata is preserved during uncloning. This makes
metadata dynptr consistent with skb dynptr, allowing writes regardless of
whether the skb is cloned.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@cloudflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251105-skb-meta-rx-path-v4-3-5ceb08a9b37b@cloudflare.com
---

diff --git a/include/linux/filter.h b/include/linux/filter.h
index e116de7edc587..a104b39942305 100644
--- a/include/linux/filter.h
+++ b/include/linux/filter.h
@@ -1781,6 +1781,8 @@ int __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, void *buf, u32 len);
 void *bpf_xdp_pointer(struct xdp_buff *xdp, u32 offset, u32 len);
 void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off,
 		      void *buf, unsigned long len, bool flush);
+int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+			       const void *from, u32 len, u64 flags);
 void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset);
 #else /* CONFIG_NET */
 static inline int __bpf_skb_load_bytes(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
@@ -1817,6 +1819,13 @@ static inline void bpf_xdp_copy_buf(struct xdp_buff *xdp, unsigned long off, voi
 {
 }
 
+static inline int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+					     const void *from, u32 len,
+					     u64 flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset)
 {
 	return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
index eb25e70e0bdc0..3e830fd31f5ff 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
@@ -1842,10 +1842,8 @@ int __bpf_dynptr_write(const struct bpf_dynptr_kern *dst, u32 offset, void *src,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		return __bpf_xdp_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src, len);
 	case BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META:
-		if (flags)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		memmove(bpf_skb_meta_pointer(dst->data, dst->offset + offset), src, len);
-		return 0;
+		return __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(dst->data, dst->offset + offset, src,
+						  len, flags);
 	default:
 		WARN_ONCE(true, "bpf_dynptr_write: unknown dynptr type %d\n", type);
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 52721efba332f..673299fd3d589 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -12102,6 +12102,18 @@ void *bpf_skb_meta_pointer(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset)
 	return skb_metadata_end(skb) - skb_metadata_len(skb) + offset;
 }
 
+int __bpf_skb_meta_store_bytes(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 offset,
+			       const void *from, u32 len, u64 flags)
+{
+	if (unlikely(flags))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (unlikely(bpf_try_make_writable(skb, 0)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	memmove(bpf_skb_meta_pointer(skb, offset), from, len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 __bpf_kfunc_start_defs();
 __bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb(struct __sk_buff *s, u64 flags,
 				    struct bpf_dynptr *ptr__uninit)
@@ -12129,9 +12141,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb(struct __sk_buff *s, u64 flags,
  * XDP context with bpf_xdp_adjust_meta(). Serves as an alternative to
  * &__sk_buff->data_meta.
  *
- * If passed @skb_ is a clone which shares the data with the original, the
- * dynptr will be read-only. This limitation may be lifted in the future.
- *
  * Return:
  * * %0         - dynptr ready to use
  * * %-EINVAL   - invalid flags, dynptr set to null
@@ -12149,9 +12158,6 @@ __bpf_kfunc int bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta(struct __sk_buff *skb_, u64 flags,
 
 	bpf_dynptr_init(ptr, skb, BPF_DYNPTR_TYPE_SKB_META, 0, skb_metadata_len(skb));
 
-	if (skb_cloned(skb))
-		bpf_dynptr_set_rdonly(ptr);
-
 	return 0;
 }