Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] octeon_ep: fix skb frags overflow in the RX path
From: Maciej Fijalkowski
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 08:13:20 EST
On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 02:05:17AM +0800, Maoyi Xie wrote:
> __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>
Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@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
>