[PATCH net v2 1/2] octeon_ep: fix skb frags overflow in the RX path

From: Maoyi Xie

Date: Thu Jul 02 2026 - 14:06:14 EST


__octep_oq_process_rx() builds an skb for a multi-buffer packet by adding
one fragment per buffer_size chunk:

data_len = buff_info->len - oq->max_single_buffer_size;
while (data_len) {
...
skb_add_rx_frag(skb, shinfo->nr_frags, buff_info->page, 0,
buff_info->len, buff_info->len);
...
}

buff_info->len comes from the device response header
(be64_to_cpu(resp_hw->length)). Nothing bounds the fragment count against
MAX_SKB_FRAGS. data_len can be close to 65535. buffer_size defaults to
about 3776 on 4K pages, so a full packet yields about 18 fragments. That
is one more than the default MAX_SKB_FRAGS of 17, so skb_add_rx_frag()
writes past shinfo->frags[].

The fragment count is now checked before build_skb(). A packet that needs
more fragments than the skb can hold is dropped. octep_oq_drop_rx()
consumes its descriptors like the build_skb failure path. The same class
was fixed in other RX paths, including commit 5ffcb7b890f6 ("net: atlantic:
fix fragment overflow handling in RX path") and commit f0813bcd2d9d ("net:
wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb->frags overflow in RX path").

Fixes: 37d79d059606 ("octeon_ep: add Tx/Rx processing and interrupt support")
Co-developed-by: Kaixuan Li <kaixuan.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kaixuan Li <kaixuan.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie <maoyixie.tju@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
index e6ebc7e44a..bdbed58c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_rx.c
@@ -453,6 +453,15 @@ static int __octep_oq_process_rx(struct octep_device *oct,

octep_oq_next_pkt(oq, buff_info, &read_idx, &desc_used);

+ if (buff_info->len > oq->max_single_buffer_size) {
+ u16 data_len = buff_info->len - oq->max_single_buffer_size;
+
+ if (DIV_ROUND_UP(data_len, oq->buffer_size) > MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
+ octep_oq_drop_rx(oq, buff_info, &read_idx, &desc_used);
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
skb = build_skb((void *)resp_hw, PAGE_SIZE);
if (!skb) {
octep_oq_drop_rx(oq, buff_info,
--
2.34.1