linux/net/netfilter/ipvs
Yingnan Zhang 69bee27edb ipvs: fix MTU check for GSO packets in tunnel mode
[ Upstream commit 67bf42cae4 ]

Currently, IPVS skips MTU checks for GSO packets by excluding them with
the !skb_is_gso(skb) condition. This creates problems when IPVS tunnel
mode encapsulates GSO packets with IPIP headers.

The issue manifests in two ways:

1. MTU violation after encapsulation:
   When a GSO packet passes through IPVS tunnel mode, the original MTU
   check is bypassed. After adding the IPIP tunnel header, the packet
   size may exceed the outgoing interface MTU, leading to unexpected
   fragmentation at the IP layer.

2. Fragmentation with problematic IP IDs:
   When net.ipv4.vs.pmtu_disc=1 and a GSO packet with multiple segments
   is fragmented after encapsulation, each segment gets a sequentially
   incremented IP ID (0, 1, 2, ...). This happens because:

   a) The GSO packet bypasses MTU check and gets encapsulated
   b) At __ip_finish_output, the oversized GSO packet is split into
      separate SKBs (one per segment), with IP IDs incrementing
   c) Each SKB is then fragmented again based on the actual MTU

   This sequential IP ID allocation differs from the expected behavior
   and can cause issues with fragment reassembly and packet tracking.

Fix this by properly validating GSO packets using
skb_gso_validate_network_len(). This function correctly validates
whether the GSO segments will fit within the MTU after segmentation. If
validation fails, send an ICMP Fragmentation Needed message to enable
proper PMTU discovery.

Fixes: 4cdd34084d ("netfilter: nf_conntrack_ipv6: improve fragmentation handling")
Signed-off-by: Yingnan Zhang <342144303@qq.com>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-06-01 17:35:39 +02:00
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ip_vs_app.c ipvs: fix WARNING in ip_vs_app_net_cleanup() 2022-11-10 18:15:29 +01:00
ip_vs_conn.c ipvs: increase ip_vs_conn_tab_bits range for 64BIT 2023-07-23 13:47:34 +02:00
ip_vs_core.c netfilter: ipvs: Fix reuse connection if RS weight is 0 2021-12-01 09:04:45 +01:00
ip_vs_ctl.c ipvs: properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service 2025-05-02 07:44:22 +02:00
ip_vs_dh.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_est.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_fo.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_ftp.c ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup 2025-10-19 16:21:36 +02:00
ip_vs_lblc.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_lblcr.c net: delete "register" keyword 2019-08-08 18:03:42 -07:00
ip_vs_lc.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_mh.c netfilter: remove unnecessary spaces 2019-08-13 12:08:48 +02:00
ip_vs_nfct.c netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix expectation clash 2019-07-16 13:16:59 +02:00
ip_vs_nq.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_ovf.c net: Fix various misspellings of "connect" 2019-10-28 13:41:59 -07:00
ip_vs_pe.c ipvs: don't ignore errors in case refcounting ip_vs module fails 2019-10-24 11:53:19 +02:00
ip_vs_pe_sip.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for more missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
ip_vs_proto.c ipvs: fix UB due to uninitialized stack access in ip_vs_protocol_init() 2024-12-14 19:51:26 +01:00
ip_vs_proto_ah_esp.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500 2019-06-19 17:09:55 +02:00
ip_vs_proto_sctp.c ipvs: Avoid unnecessary calls to skb_is_gso_sctp 2024-08-19 05:44:57 +02:00
ip_vs_proto_tcp.c ipvs: adjust the debug info in function set_tcp_state 2020-10-20 13:54:46 +02:00
ip_vs_proto_udp.c treewide: Use fallthrough pseudo-keyword 2020-08-23 17:36:59 -05:00
ip_vs_rr.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_sched.c ipvs: don't ignore errors in case refcounting ip_vs module fails 2019-10-24 11:53:19 +02:00
ip_vs_sed.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_sh.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_sync.c net: prevent address rewrite in kernel_bind() 2023-10-19 23:05:33 +02:00
ip_vs_twos.c ipvs: add weighted random twos choice algorithm 2021-01-26 01:09:46 +01:00
ip_vs_wlc.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_wrr.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
ip_vs_xmit.c ipvs: fix MTU check for GSO packets in tunnel mode 2026-06-01 17:35:39 +02:00
Kconfig ipvs: increase ip_vs_conn_tab_bits range for 64BIT 2023-07-23 13:47:34 +02:00
Makefile ipvs: add weighted random twos choice algorithm 2021-01-26 01:09:46 +01:00