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xfrm: Prevent locally generated packets from direct output in tunnel mode
authorJianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:50:25 +0000 (11:50 +0200)
committerSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:52:38 +0000 (11:52 +0100)
Add a check to ensure locally generated packets (skb->sk != NULL) do
not use direct output in tunnel mode, as these packets require proper
L2 header setup that is handled by the normal XFRM processing path.

Fixes: 5eddd76ec2fd ("xfrm: fix tunnel mode TX datapath in packet offload mode")
Signed-off-by: Jianbo Liu <jianbol@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
net/xfrm/xfrm_output.c

index a98b5bf55ac31a7116531cb89c60d505116ae5d0..54222fcbd7fd81d3b90fbf82749285b33d897990 100644 (file)
@@ -772,8 +772,12 @@ int xfrm_output(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
                /* Exclusive direct xmit for tunnel mode, as
                 * some filtering or matching rules may apply
                 * in transport mode.
+                * Locally generated packets also require
+                * the normal XFRM path for L2 header setup,
+                * as the hardware needs the L2 header to match
+                * for encryption, so skip direct output as well.
                 */
-               if (x->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL)
+               if (x->props.mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL && !skb->sk)
                        return xfrm_dev_direct_output(sk, x, skb);
 
                return xfrm_output_resume(sk, skb, 0);