kernel/linux.git/include/linux/skbuff.h, branch v6.18.21

net: add skb_header_pointer_careful() helper

2026-02-11T12:41:54+00:00

[ Upstream commit 13e00fdc9236bd4d0bff4109d2983171fbcb74c4 ] This variant of skb_header_pointer() should be used in contexts where @offset argument is user-controlled and could be negative. Negative offsets are supported, as long as the zone starts between skb->head and skb->data. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128141539.3404400-2-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Stable-dep-of: cabd1a976375 ("net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful()") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

net: datagram: introduce datagram_poll_queue for custom receive queues

2025-10-23T13:46:04+00:00

Some protocols using TCP encapsulation (e.g., espintcp, openvpn) deliver userspace-bound packets through a custom skb queue rather than the standard sk_receive_queue. Introduce datagram_poll_queue that accepts an explicit receive queue, and convert datagram_poll into a wrapper around datagram_poll_queue. This allows protocols with custom skb queues to reuse the core polling logic without relying on sk_receive_queue. Cc: Sabrina Dubroca Cc: Antonio Quartulli Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca Reviewed-by: Antonio Quartulli Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251021100942.195010-2-ralf@mandelbit.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: gso: restore ids of outer ip headers correctly

2025-09-25T10:42:49+00:00

Currently, NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID indicates that the inner-most ID can be mangled. Outer IDs can always be mangled. Make GSO preserve outer IDs by default, with NETIF_F_TSO_MANGLEID allowing both inner and outer IDs to be mangled. This commit also modifies a few drivers that use SKB_GSO_FIXEDID directly. Signed-off-by: Richard Gobert Reviewed-by: Edward Cree # for sfc Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250923085908.4687-4-richardbgobert@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

net: modify core data structures for PSP datapath support

2025-09-18T10:32:06+00:00

Add pointers to psp data structures to core networking structs, and an SKB extension to carry the PSP information from the drivers to the socket layer. Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Co-developed-by: Daniel Zahka Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917000954.859376-4-daniel.zahka@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

2025-08-29T18:48:01+00:00

Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.17-rc4). No conflicts. Adjacent changes: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c 02614eee26fb ("idpf: do not linearize big TSO packets") 6c4e68480238 ("idpf: remove obsolete stashing code") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Introduce skb_copy_datagram_from_iter_full()

2025-08-22T00:47:57+00:00

In a similar manner to copy_from_iter()/copy_from_iter_full(), introduce skb_copy_datagram_from_iter_full() which reverts the iterator to its initial state when returning an error. A subsequent fix for a vsock regression will make use of this new function. Cc: Christian Brauner Cc: Alexander Viro Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818180355.29275-2-will@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Add skb_dst_check_unset

2025-08-20T00:54:44+00:00

To prevent dst_entry leaks, add warning when the non-NULL dst_entry is rewritten. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818154032.3173645-8-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: Add skb_dstref_steal and skb_dstref_restore

2025-08-20T00:54:13+00:00

Going forward skb_dst_set will assert that skb dst_entry is empty during skb_dst_set to prevent potential leaks. There are few places that still manually manage dst_entry not using the helpers. Convert them to the following new helpers: - skb_dstref_steal that resets dst_entry and returns previous dst_entry value - skb_dstref_restore that restores dst_entry previously reset via skb_dstref_steal Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818154032.3173645-2-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

2025-08-01T21:40:53+00:00

syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers leading to an overflow of skb->transport_header. This 16bit field has a limited range. Add skb_reset_transport_header_careful() helper and use it from ipv6_gso_segment() WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5871 at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5871 Comm: syz-executor211 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-g7abc678e3084 #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025 RIP: 0010:skb_reset_transport_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3032 [inline] RIP: 0010:ipv6_gso_segment+0x15e2/0x21e0 net/ipv6/ip6_offload.c:151 Call Trace: skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53 nsh_gso_segment+0x54a/0xe10 net/nsh/nsh.c:110 skb_mac_gso_segment+0x31c/0x640 net/core/gso.c:53 __skb_gso_segment+0x342/0x510 net/core/gso.c:124 skb_gso_segment include/net/gso.h:83 [inline] validate_xmit_skb+0x857/0x11b0 net/core/dev.c:3950 validate_xmit_skb_list+0x84/0x120 net/core/dev.c:4000 sch_direct_xmit+0xd3/0x4b0 net/sched/sch_generic.c:329 __dev_xmit_skb net/core/dev.c:4102 [inline] __dev_queue_xmit+0x17b6/0x3a70 net/core/dev.c:4679 Fixes: d1da932ed4ec ("ipv6: Separate ipv6 offload support") Reported-by: syzbot+af43e647fd835acc02df@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/688a1a05.050a0220.5d226.0008.GAE@google.com/T/#u Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Dawid Osuchowski Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250730131738.3385939-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: splice: Drop unused @gfp

2025-07-08T15:37:15+00:00

Since its introduction in commit 2e910b95329c ("net: Add a function to splice pages into an skbuff for MSG_SPLICE_PAGES"), skb_splice_from_iter() never used the @gfp argument. Remove it and adapt callers. No functional change intended. Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Michal Luczaj Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250702-splice-drop-unused-v3-2-55f68b60d2b7@rbox.co Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski