Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] octeon_ep_vf: fix skb frags overflow in the RX path
From: Maciej Fijalkowski
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 08:19:10 EST
On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 02:05:18AM +0800, Maoyi Xie wrote:
> __octep_vf_oq_process_rx() has the same unbounded fragment loop as the PF
> driver. buff_info->len comes from the device response header, and one
> fragment is added per buffer_size chunk with no check against
> MAX_SKB_FRAGS. A long packet yields about 18 fragments, one past the
> default MAX_SKB_FRAGS of 17, so skb_add_rx_frag() writes past
> shinfo->frags[].
>
> The fragment count is now checked before napi_build_skb(). A packet that
> needs more fragments than the skb can hold is dropped. Its descriptors are
> drained the same way the build_skb failure path does.
>
> Fixes: 1cd3b407977c ("octeon_ep_vf: 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>
> ---
> .../marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
> index d982474082..7af6a80671 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c
> @@ -431,6 +431,26 @@ static int __octep_vf_oq_process_rx(struct octep_vf_device *oct,
> struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
> u16 data_len;
>
> + data_len = buff_info->len - oq->max_single_buffer_size;
> + if (DIV_ROUND_UP(data_len, oq->buffer_size) > MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
> + desc_used++;
> + read_idx = octep_vf_oq_next_idx(oq, read_idx);
> + while (data_len) {
> + dma_unmap_page(oq->dev, oq->desc_ring[read_idx].buffer_ptr,
> + PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> + buff_info = (struct octep_vf_rx_buffer *)
> + &oq->buff_info[read_idx];
> + buff_info->page = NULL;
> + if (data_len < oq->buffer_size)
> + data_len = 0;
> + else
> + data_len -= oq->buffer_size;
> + desc_used++;
> + read_idx = octep_vf_oq_next_idx(oq, read_idx);
> + }
> + continue;
> + }
This is exactly repeated code for !skb case below, right? Please pull it
out to helper function then.
> +
> skb = napi_build_skb((void *)resp_hw, PAGE_SIZE);
> if (!skb) {
> oq->stats->alloc_failures++;
> --
> 2.34.1
>