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The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x ba54bce747fa9e07896c1abd9b48545f7b4b31d2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2025052401-envious-gossip-9e66@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From ba54bce747fa9e07896c1abd9b48545f7b4b31d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Unterwurzacher <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 09:29:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: dsa: microchip: linearize skb for tail-tagging switches

The pointer arithmentic for accessing the tail tag only works for linear skbs.

For nonlinear skbs, it reads uninitialized memory inside the skb headroom, essentially randomizing the tag. I have observed it gets set to 6 most of the time.

Example where ksz9477_rcv thinks that the packet from port 1 comes from port 6 (which does not exist for the ksz9896 that's in use), dropping the packet. Debug prints added by me (not included in this patch):

	[  256.645337] ksz9477_rcv:323 tag0=6
	[  256.645349] skb len=47 headroom=78 headlen=0 tailroom=0
	               mac=(64,14) mac_len=14 net=(78,0) trans=78
	               shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=1 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0))
	               csum(0x0 start=0 offset=0 ip_summed=0 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)
	               hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x00f8 pkttype=1 iif=3
	               priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=0 vlan_all=0x0
	               encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0)
	[  256.645377] dev name=end1 feat=0x0002e10200114bb3
	[  256.645386] skb headroom: 00000000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645395] skb headroom: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645403] skb headroom: 00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645411] skb headroom: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645420] skb headroom: 00000040: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 1c 19 f2 e2 db 08 06
	[  256.645428] skb frag:     00000000: 00 01 08 00 06 04 00 01 00 1c 19 f2 e2 db 0a 02
	[  256.645436] skb frag:     00000010: 00 83 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 02 a0 2f 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645444] skb frag:     00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
	[  256.645452] ksz_common_rcv:92 dsa_conduit_find_user returned NULL

Call skb_linearize before trying to access the tag.

This patch fixes ksz9477_rcv which is used by the ksz9896 I have at hand, and also applies the same fix to ksz8795_rcv which seems to have the same problem.

Fixes 016e43a26bab ("net: dsa: ksz: Add KSZ8795 tag code")
Fixes 8b8010fb7876 ("dsa: add support for Microchip KSZ tail tagging")
net/dsa/tag_ksz.c +15 -4
index c33d4bf17929..0b7564b53790 100644
@@ -140,7 +140,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *ksz8795_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 static struct sk_buff *ksz8795_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	u8 *tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	u8 *tag;
+
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
+	tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
 
 	return ksz_common_rcv(skb, dev, tag[0] & KSZ8795_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M,
 			      KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN);
@@ -311,10 +316,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *ksz9477_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static struct sk_buff *ksz9477_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	/* Tag decoding */
-	u8 *tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
-	unsigned int port = tag[0] & KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M;
 	unsigned int len = KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	unsigned int port;
+	u8 *tag;
+
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Tag decoding */
+	tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	port = tag[0] & KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M;
 
 	/* Extra 4-bytes PTP timestamp */
 	if (tag[0] & KSZ9477_PTP_TAG_INDICATION) {
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PATCH 1/2 net: dsa: microchip: update tag_ksz masks for KSZ9477 family

From: Pieter Van Trappen <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 3f464b193d40e49299dcd087b10cc3b77cbbea68 ]

Remove magic number 7 by introducing a GENMASK macro instead. Remove magic number 0x80 by using the BIT macro instead.

Stable-dep-of: ba54bce747fa ("net: dsa: microchip: linearize skb for tail-tagging switches")

---
 net/dsa/tag_ksz.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
net/dsa/tag_ksz.c +3 -2
index 230ddf45dff0d..e949d374b26ab 100644
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ MODULE_ALIAS_DSA_TAG_DRIVER(DSA_TAG_PROTO_KSZ8795);
 
 #define KSZ9477_INGRESS_TAG_LEN		2
 #define KSZ9477_PTP_TAG_LEN		4
-#define KSZ9477_PTP_TAG_INDICATION	0x80
+#define KSZ9477_PTP_TAG_INDICATION	BIT(7)
 
+#define KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M	GENMASK(2, 0)
 #define KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_OVERRIDE	BIT(9)
 #define KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_LOOKUP		BIT(10)
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ksz9477_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	/* Tag decoding */
 	u8 *tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
-	unsigned int port = tag[0] & 7;
+	unsigned int port = tag[0] & KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M;
 	unsigned int len = KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
 
 	/* Extra 4-bytes PTP timestamp */
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PATCH 2/2 net: dsa: microchip: linearize skb for tail-tagging switches

From: Jakob Unterwurzacher <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit ba54bce747fa9e07896c1abd9b48545f7b4b31d2 ]

The pointer arithmentic for accessing the tail tag only works for linear skbs.

For nonlinear skbs, it reads uninitialized memory inside the skb headroom, essentially randomizing the tag. I have observed it gets set to 6 most of the time.

Example where ksz9477_rcv thinks that the packet from port 1 comes from port 6 (which does not exist for the ksz9896 that's in use), dropping the packet. Debug prints added by me (not included in this patch):

	[  256.645337] ksz9477_rcv:323 tag0=6
	[  256.645349] skb len=47 headroom=78 headlen=0 tailroom=0
	               mac=(64,14) mac_len=14 net=(78,0) trans=78
	               shinfo(txflags=0 nr_frags=1 gso(size=0 type=0 segs=0))
	               csum(0x0 start=0 offset=0 ip_summed=0 complete_sw=0 valid=0 level=0)
	               hash(0x0 sw=0 l4=0) proto=0x00f8 pkttype=1 iif=3
	               priority=0x0 mark=0x0 alloc_cpu=0 vlan_all=0x0
	               encapsulation=0 inner(proto=0x0000, mac=0, net=0, trans=0)
	[  256.645377] dev name=end1 feat=0x0002e10200114bb3
	[  256.645386] skb headroom: 00000000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645395] skb headroom: 00000010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645403] skb headroom: 00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645411] skb headroom: 00000030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645420] skb headroom: 00000040: ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 1c 19 f2 e2 db 08 06
	[  256.645428] skb frag:     00000000: 00 01 08 00 06 04 00 01 00 1c 19 f2 e2 db 0a 02
	[  256.645436] skb frag:     00000010: 00 83 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 02 a0 2f 00 00 00 00
	[  256.645444] skb frag:     00000020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01
	[  256.645452] ksz_common_rcv:92 dsa_conduit_find_user returned NULL

Call skb_linearize before trying to access the tag.

This patch fixes ksz9477_rcv which is used by the ksz9896 I have at hand, and also applies the same fix to ksz8795_rcv which seems to have the same problem.

Fixes 016e43a26bab ("net: dsa: ksz: Add KSZ8795 tag code")
Fixes 8b8010fb7876 ("dsa: add support for Microchip KSZ tail tagging")
---
 net/dsa/tag_ksz.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
net/dsa/tag_ksz.c +15 -4
index e949d374b26ab..836dadb8ab347 100644
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *ksz8795_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 static struct sk_buff *ksz8795_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				  struct packet_type *pt)
 {
-	u8 *tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	u8 *tag;
+
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
+	tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
 
 	return ksz_common_rcv(skb, dev, tag[0] & 7, KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN);
 }
@@ -134,10 +139,16 @@ static struct sk_buff *ksz9477_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 static struct sk_buff *ksz9477_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				   struct packet_type *pt)
 {
-	/* Tag decoding */
-	u8 *tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
-	unsigned int port = tag[0] & KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M;
 	unsigned int len = KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	unsigned int port;
+	u8 *tag;
+
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Tag decoding */
+	tag = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - KSZ_EGRESS_TAG_LEN;
+	port = tag[0] & KSZ9477_TAIL_TAG_EG_PORT_M;
 
 	/* Extra 4-bytes PTP timestamp */
 	if (tag[0] & KSZ9477_PTP_TAG_INDICATION)
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