linux/net/openvswitch
Norbert Szetei 48db11e115 openvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop
commit 0dbc2398fc upstream.

queue_userspace_packet() borrows the packet skb -- it only copies it into
a private netlink message (user_skb) and does not own it; on return
do_execute_actions() keeps forwarding it through the flow's remaining
actions. Its error path nevertheless calls skb_tx_error(skb), which via
skb_zcopy_clear() does skb_shinfo(skb)->flags &= ~SKBFL_ALL_ZEROCOPY,
stripping SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG from that live skb (skb_tx_error()'s kerneldoc
says "skb must be freed afterwards").

For a MSG_ZEROCOPY skb carrying page-cache frags, SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG is
what makes esp_input() skb_cow_data() before in-place AEAD; once it is
stripped a later local ESP-in-UDP delivery decrypts in place over pages
the sender does not own -- an unprivileged page-cache write (the
"Fragnesia" primitive).
do_execute_actions() ignores output_userspace()'s return value, so any
action after a failed USERSPACE upcall inherits the stripped skb.

Move the skb_tx_error() to the flow-miss drop path - the "default"
branch of ovs_dp_process_packet()'s switch(error), before kfree_skb().

The call has been here since commit 36d5fe6a00 ("core, nfqueue,
openvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors") but was
harmless until esp_input() began relying on SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG to gate
in-place decrypt; only then did stripping it on a still-forwarded skb
become a page-cache write primitive.

Fixes: 36d5fe6a00 ("core, nfqueue, openvswitch: Orphan frags in skb_zerocopy and handle errors")
Fixes: f4c50a4034 ("xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5
Signed-off-by: Norbert Szetei <norbert@doyensec.com>
Reviewed-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Tested-by: Jongmin Jang <payload.jang@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/55A52703-7548-4A55-A9CE-2A37145BDCAD@doyensec.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2026-09-14 13:20:11 +02:00
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actions.c net: openvswitch: fix skb leak on flow key update failure during recirculation 2026-08-19 17:14:12 +02:00
conntrack.c openvswitch: move key and ovs_cb update out of handle_fragments 2026-08-23 14:17:30 +02:00
conntrack.h net/sched: act_api: fix miss set post_ct for ovs after do conntrack in act_ct 2021-03-16 15:22:18 -07:00
datapath.c openvswitch: only skb_tx_error() a packet we are about to drop 2026-09-14 13:20:11 +02:00
datapath.h openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow 2026-08-19 17:14:05 +02:00
dp_notify.c net: openvswitch: use netif_ovs_is_port() instead of opencode 2019-07-08 15:53:25 -07:00
flow.c net/openvswitch: check Ethernet header length in key_extract() 2026-08-19 17:14:13 +02:00
flow.h treewide: Use sizeof_field() macro 2019-12-09 10:36:44 -08:00
flow_netlink.c net: openvswitch: reject oversized nested action attrs 2026-07-24 15:51:55 +02:00
flow_netlink.h net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields 2025-12-07 06:09:31 +09:00
flow_table.c openvswitch: Optimize operation for key comparison 2021-07-01 11:13:10 -07:00
flow_table.h net: openvswitch: fix to make sure flow_lookup() is not preempted 2020-10-18 12:29:36 -07:00
Kconfig treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
Makefile openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
meter.c net: openvswitch: fix potential UAF on meter attach failure 2026-08-19 17:14:11 +02:00
meter.h net: openvswitch: use u64 for meter bucket 2020-04-23 18:26:11 -07:00
openvswitch_trace.c openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
openvswitch_trace.h openvswitch: add trace points 2021-06-22 10:47:32 -07:00
vport-geneve.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
vport-gre.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-internal_dev.c net: openvswitch: use core API to update/provide stats 2020-11-14 16:59:32 -08:00
vport-internal_dev.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-netdev.c net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes 2026-04-18 10:33:24 +02:00
vport-netdev.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport-vxlan.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 269 2019-06-05 17:30:29 +02:00
vport.c openvswitch: fix GSO userspace truncation underflow 2026-08-19 17:14:05 +02:00
vport.h openvswitch: Fix a typo 2021-03-22 12:59:46 -07:00