Re: [PATCH] can: dev: fix missing skb header initialization in init_can_skb
From: Oliver Hartkopp
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 13:34:15 EST
Hallo Shaunak,
many thanks for your patch. But there's already a fix awaiting upstream:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-can/20260917123716.63116-1-ndaugoing@xxxxxxxxx/
Best regards,
Oliver
On 18.09.26 17:16, Shaunak Datar wrote:
__alloc_skb() sets skb->mac_header to (typeof(skb->mac_header))~0U via
__finalize_skb_around(). skb_reset_mac_len() checks if the value has been
updated via the skb_mac_header_was_set() and fires
DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(1) if not.
init_can_skb() previously included three header reset calls:
- skb_reset_mac_header(skb)
- skb_reset_network_header(skb)
- skb_reset_transport_header(skb)
Commit 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom
infrastructure") dropped these calls which leads to the skb->mac_header
retaining the original value.
Restore the three missing calls in the init_can_skb().
Fixes: 9f10374bb024 ("can: remove private CAN skb headroom infrastructure")
Reported-by: syzbot+1aae11dc8d42ec1a87ec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1aae11dc8d42ec1a87ec
Signed-off-by: Shaunak Datar <shaunakkdatar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
index 95fcdc1026f8..9cbddc1edd41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev/skb.c
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ 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)