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net: Fix skb_network_offset in neigh_resolve_output and neigh_connected_output

PATCH New Abdelrhman Ahmed 1 participant 1 message Jun 16, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 net: Fix skb_network_offset in neigh_resolve_output and neigh_connected_output

Commit e1f165032c8bade3a6bdf546f8faf61fda4dd01c ("net: Fix skb_under_panic oops in neigh_resolve_output") resets the skb to network_header, but this will discard header or data which is inserted by netfilter hooks (e.g. POSTROUTING) between network layer and hardware header only for the first packet(s) before using cached hardware header and this will lead to inconsistent behavior for outgoing packets. The fix is to reset with reference to skb's data pointer before loop instead of network header.

core/neighbour.c 2016-06-16 08:09:54.577222828 +0200 renamed from core/neighbour.c.orig 2016-06-16 05:52:26.521301488 +0200 +12 -4
@@ -1293,15 +1293,19 @@ int neigh_resolve_output(struct neighbou
     int rc = 0;
 
     if (!neigh_event_send(neigh, skb)) {
-        int err;
+        int err, offset;
         struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
+        unsigned char *data;
         unsigned int seq;
 
         if (dev->header_ops->cache && !neigh->hh.hh_len)
             neigh_hh_init(neigh);
 
+        data = skb->data;
+
         do {
-            __skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));
+            offset = data - skb->data;
+            __skb_pull(skb, offset);
             seq = read_seqbegin(&neigh->ha_lock);
             err = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
                           neigh->ha, NULL, skb->len);
@@ -1326,11 +1330,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(neigh_resolve_output);
 int neigh_connected_output(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
     struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
+    unsigned char *data;
     unsigned int seq;
-    int err;
+    int err, offset;
+
+    data = skb->data;
 
     do {
-        __skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));
+        offset = data - skb->data;
+        __skb_pull(skb, offset);
         seq = read_seqbegin(&neigh->ha_lock);
         err = dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
                       neigh->ha, NULL, skb->len);
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Abdelrhman