[PATCH net v1] net: devmem: prevent mixing fragments from different bindings

From: Mina Almasry

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 23:40:15 EST


validate_xmit_unreadable_skb() only inspects shinfo->frags[0] and
assumes all fragments in an unreadable skb belong to that same devmem
binding. However, tcp_sendmsg_locked() only checks that readability
matches the presence of a binding (skb_frags_readable(skb) != !binding),
allowing consecutive sendmsg() calls with different dmabuf bindings to
collapse into the same skb and bypass per-device and unbind checks in
validate_xmit_unreadable_skb().

Add net_devmem_skb_binding() to query the binding associated with an
skb, reuse it in validate_xmit_unreadable_skb(), and check in
zerocopy_fill_skb_from_devmem() that existing fragments match the target
binding.

Fixes: bd61848900bff ("net: devmem: Implement TX path")
Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/datagram.c | 2 +-
net/core/dev.c | 14 ++++----------
net/core/devmem.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index 173b5d97bd409..ed8f1045f3cca 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ zerocopy_fill_skb_from_devmem(struct sk_buff *skb, struct iov_iter *from,
size_t virt_addr, size, off;
struct net_iov *niov;

- if (i && skb_frags_readable(skb))
+ if (i && net_devmem_skb_binding(skb) != binding)
return -EFAULT;

/* Devmem filling works by taking an IOVEC from the user where the
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e76762e29360e..ad2b587dfee27 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4054,8 +4054,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *sk_validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_unreadable_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev)
{
- struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
- struct net_iov *niov;
+ struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *binding;

if (likely(skb_frags_readable(skb) ||
dev->netmem_tx == NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA))
@@ -4064,14 +4063,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_unreadable_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
if (dev->netmem_tx == NETMEM_TX_NONE)
goto out_free;

- shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
-
- if (shinfo->nr_frags > 0) {
- niov = netmem_to_net_iov(skb_frag_netmem(&shinfo->frags[0]));
- if (net_is_devmem_iov(niov) &&
- READ_ONCE(net_devmem_iov_binding(niov)->dev) != dev)
- goto out_free;
- }
+ binding = net_devmem_skb_binding(skb);
+ if (binding && READ_ONCE(binding->dev) != dev)
+ goto out_free;

out:
return skb;
diff --git a/net/core/devmem.h b/net/core/devmem.h
index 4a293a7d1149c..8c74037633ae8 100644
--- a/net/core/devmem.h
+++ b/net/core/devmem.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#ifndef _NET_DEVMEM_H
#define _NET_DEVMEM_H

+#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <net/netmem.h>
#include <net/netdev_netlink.h>

@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ net_devmem_iov_binding(const struct net_iov *niov)
return net_devmem_iov_to_chunk_owner(niov)->binding;
}

+static inline struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *
+net_devmem_skb_binding(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ const struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
+ const struct net_iov *niov;
+
+ if (skb_frags_readable(skb) || !shinfo->nr_frags)
+ return NULL;
+
+ niov = skb_frag_net_iov(&shinfo->frags[0]);
+ if (!niov || !net_is_devmem_iov(niov))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return net_devmem_iov_binding(niov);
+}
+
static inline u32 net_devmem_iov_binding_id(const struct net_iov *niov)
{
return net_devmem_iov_binding(niov)->id;
@@ -243,6 +260,12 @@ net_devmem_iov_binding(const struct net_iov *niov)
{
return NULL;
}
+
+static inline struct net_devmem_dmabuf_binding *
+net_devmem_skb_binding(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
#endif

#endif /* _NET_DEVMEM_H */

base-commit: 6d25ffca055a77787c21a36b66c253f76239411b
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2.56.0.385.gd3acb90ef8-goog