[PATCH v2] can: restore skb header initialisations in init_can_skb()

From: zjamg

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 09:37:28 EST


Commit 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
removed the skb_reset_mac_header()/skb_reset_network_header()/
skb_reset_transport_header() calls from init_can_skb(). As a result, RX
skbs from alloc_can_skb() and friends again carry mac_header = 0xFFFF.
When such an skb reaches packet_rcv_spkt() (SOCK_PACKET), the push length
calculation overflows and triggers skb_under_panic -> kernel BUG -> full
machine panic.

The same issue was originally reported in 2014 on linux-can and fixed by
commit 969439016d2c ("can: add missing initialisations in CAN related
skbuffs"). packet_rcv_spkt() itself has never been hardened: only
packet_rcv() and tpacket_rcv() gained dev_has_header() checks in
commit d549699048b4 ("net/packet: fix packet receive on L3 devices
without visible hard header").

Fixes: 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: zjamg <ndaugoing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Remove in-code comment per Oliver's feedback.
- Pick up Reviewed-by and Acked-by tags from Oliver Hartkopp.

drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..14edec5afb57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ static void init_can_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST;
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
+
+ skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+ skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
}

struct sk_buff *alloc_can_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct can_frame **cf)
--
2.53.0