[PATCH net v3 0/4] ipmr: forward GSO multicast packets
From: Julius Bairaktaris
Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 09:01:35 EST
With fraglist GRO or UDP GRO forwarding on, a routed IPv4 multicast
stream arrives as GSO packets. ipmr_prepare_xmit() drops every DF
aggregate larger than the MTU, and ip_encap() sets no tunnel GSO state,
so a GSO packet sent to a VIFF_TUNNEL vif is dropped during
segmentation. With that state set, a fraglist aggregate reaches
skb_segment_list() with tunnel headers, which can write before the head
of a frag_list member, and a TCP GRO packet keeps its fixed-ID flag on
what is now the outer header. Both also happen today when such a packet
is routed into a tunnel device.
Patch 1 makes room for the tunnel headers in skb_segment_list().
Patch 2 moves the TCP fixed-ID flag to the inner header on encapsulation.
Patch 3 sets up IPXIP4 GSO state and outer IP IDs in ip_encap().
Patch 4 lets DF GSO packets pass when their segments fit the MTU.
Tested in QEMU on veth, n=3 per arm: an MFC entry to a plain vif and a
tunnel vif, 4000 1316-byte datagrams per run, fraglist GRO, UDP GRO
forwarding and UDP_SEGMENT, DF set and clear, software segmentation on
egress; a fraglist stream routed into VXLAN over IPv4 and IPv6; and a
TCP stream with fixed IP IDs, merged by GRO and routed into an ipip
device with DF clear.
- net (7ec48f396a1d): DF aggregates dropped on both vifs (FragFails),
non-DF aggregates dropped on the tunnel vif (tx_dropped); VXLAN:
KASAN slab-out-of-bounds write in skb_segment_list() in 6 of 6
runs, then a panic.
- v2: outer IP IDs repeat on the tunnel vif in 18 of 18 runs.
- without patch 2: TCP over ipip repeats outer IP IDs (831 unique of
14666) and increments the fixed inner IDs, 3 of 3 runs.
- this series: every segment sent on both vifs, FragFails 0, no tx
drops, outer IP IDs unique in 18 of 18 runs; VXLAN: no KASAN report
in 6 of 6 runs; TCP over ipip: outer IDs unique, inner IDs kept, 3 of
3 runs.
Changes in v3:
- Patch 1: name the VXLAN out-of-bounds write (Sashiko).
- Add patch 2 (Sashiko).
- Patch 3: reserve one outer IP ID per segment (Sashiko).
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261011162957.1328474-1-julius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Changes in v2:
- Add patches 1 and 3; v1 let DF GSO packets reach ip_encap() on tunnel
vifs, where they were dropped during segmentation (Sashiko).
- Keep the additive MTU comparison and check mtu > encap before
subtracting, so a route MTU below 20 cannot wrap (Sashiko).
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261010131842.2157365-1-julius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Julius Bairaktaris (4):
net: make room for the tunnel header in skb_segment_list()
ip_tunnel: move the TCP fixed-ID flag to the inner header
ipmr: set up GSO state for tunnel vifs
ipmr: do not drop GSO packets that fit the MTU after segmentation
net/core/skbuff.c | 4 ++++
net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
net/ipv4/ipmr.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
base-commit: 7ec48f396a1d89532c0537bc38b408b8c31ee37f
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