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ipv6: account for fraggap on the paged allocation path
authorWongi Lee <qw3rtyp0@gmail.com>
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:46:17 +0000 (22:46 +0900)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:24:49 +0000 (15:24 -0700)
In __ip6_append_data(), when the paged-allocation branch is taken
(MSG_MORE / NETIF_F_SG / large fraglen), alloclen and pagedlen are
computed as

alloclen = fragheaderlen + transhdrlen;
pagedlen = datalen - transhdrlen;

datalen already includes fraggap (datalen = length + fraggap). When
fraggap is non-zero, this is not the first skb and transhdrlen is zero.
The fraggap bytes carried over from the previous skb are copied just past
the fragment headers in the new skb's linear area. The linear area is
therefore undersized by fraggap bytes while pagedlen is overstated by the
same amount, and the copy writes past skb->end into the trailing
skb_shared_info.

An unprivileged user can trigger this via a UDPv6 socket using
MSG_MORE together with MSG_SPLICE_PAGES.

The bad accounting was introduced by commit 773ba4fe9104 ("ipv6:
avoid partial copy for zc"). Before commit ce650a166335 ("udp6: Fix
__ip6_append_data()'s handling of MSG_SPLICE_PAGES"), the negative
copy value caused -EINVAL to be returned. That later commit allowed
MSG_SPLICE_PAGES to proceed in this case, making the corruption
triggerable.

The non-paged branch sets alloclen to fraglen, which already accounts
for fraggap because datalen does. Bring the paged branch in line by
adding fraggap to alloclen and subtracting it from pagedlen.

After this adjustment, copy no longer collapses to -fraggap on the
paged path, so remove the stale comment describing that old arithmetic.
Since a negative copy is no longer expected for a valid MSG_SPLICE_PAGES
case, remove the MSG_SPLICE_PAGES exception from the negative copy check.

Fixes: 773ba4fe9104 ("ipv6: avoid partial copy for zc")
Signed-off-by: Jungwoo Lee <jwlee2217@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wongi Lee <qw3rtyp0@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/ajFTqRljatR17fFy@DESKTOP-19IMU7U.localdomain
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv6/ip6_output.c

index 9f1e0e4f74641550ddc08136e93a0cd283fa4c92..368e4fa3b43ca2a96f53fa4f3bc14fd6832c346f 100644 (file)
@@ -1667,8 +1667,8 @@ alloc_new_skb:
                                  !(rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)))
                                alloclen = fraglen;
                        else {
-                               alloclen = fragheaderlen + transhdrlen;
-                               pagedlen = datalen - transhdrlen;
+                               alloclen = fragheaderlen + transhdrlen + fraggap;
+                               pagedlen = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap;
                        }
                        alloclen += alloc_extra;
 
@@ -1683,10 +1683,7 @@ alloc_new_skb:
                        fraglen = datalen + fragheaderlen;
 
                        copy = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap - pagedlen;
-                       /* [!] NOTE: copy may be negative if pagedlen>0
-                        * because then the equation may reduces to -fraggap.
-                        */
-                       if (copy < 0 && !(flags & MSG_SPLICE_PAGES)) {
+                       if (copy < 0) {
                                err = -EINVAL;
                                goto error;
                        }