From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@kylinos.cn>,
	Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18 0789/1250] bonding: use skb_cow_head() in bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:09:44 +0100
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6.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 1746ef2e2df2ad71c66eca56364d56bde284523b ]

In bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit(), make sure to unclone
skb head via skb_cow_head() before modifying the source MAC address
(Ethernet header and ARP payload) to avoid silent corruption if
the skb is shared or cloned. Avoid caching the header pointers
across skb_cow_head().

In rlb_arp_xmit(), only modify arp->mac_src if it differs from
tx_slave->dev->dev_addr to avoid an unnecessary copy and head
reallocation.

Also, we should not assume mac header is set in output path.

Use skb_eth_hdr() instead of eth_hdr() to fix the issue,
and remove now redundant skb_reset_mac_header() calls.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@kylinos.cn>
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903143940.1180513-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 5073aeeba6c97..120673c8967fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -678,9 +678,15 @@ static struct slave *rlb_arp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
 	if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REPLY)) {
 		/* the arp must be sent on the selected rx channel */
 		tx_slave = rlb_choose_channel(skb, bond, arp);
-		if (tx_slave)
+		if (tx_slave &&
+		    !ether_addr_equal_64bits(arp->mac_src,
+					     tx_slave->dev->dev_addr)) {
+			if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
+				return NULL;
+			arp = (struct arp_pkt *)skb_network_header(skb);
 			bond_hw_addr_copy(arp->mac_src, tx_slave->dev->dev_addr,
 					  tx_slave->dev->addr_len);
+		}
 		netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "(slave %s): Server sent ARP Reply packet\n",
 			   tx_slave ? tx_slave->dev->name : "NULL");
 	} else if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST)) {
@@ -1340,7 +1346,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
 				    struct slave *tx_slave)
 {
 	struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
-	struct ethhdr *eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (!tx_slave) {
 		/* unbalanced or unassigned, send through primary */
@@ -1351,7 +1356,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
 
 	if (tx_slave && bond_slave_can_tx(tx_slave)) {
 		if (tx_slave != rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave)) {
-			ether_addr_copy(eth_data->h_source,
+			if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
+				return bond_tx_drop(bond->dev, skb);
+			ether_addr_copy(skb_eth_hdr(skb)->h_source,
 					tx_slave->dev->dev_addr);
 		}
 
@@ -1375,8 +1382,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_tlb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
 	struct ethhdr *eth_data;
 	u32 hash_index;
 
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-	eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
+	eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	/* Do not TX balance any multicast or broadcast */
 	if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_data->h_dest)) {
@@ -1428,8 +1434,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_alb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
 	u32 hash_index = 0;
 	int hash_size = 0;
 
-	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-	eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
+	eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
 
 	switch (ntohs(skb->protocol)) {
 	case ETH_P_IP: {
-- 
2.53.0