[PATCH bpf] lwt_bpf: account for aligned neigh header length
From: Junseo Lim
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 06:33:53 EST
ip_finish_output2() expands an skb to LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) before LWT
xmit. An LWT_XMIT BPF program can then modify the skb head and still
return BPF_OK, so bpf_xmit() rechecks the remaining headroom before the
skb continues to neighbour output.
That recheck uses dst->dev->hard_header_len. This is not enough for the
neighbour cached-header path: neigh_hh_output() copies the cached hardware
header using the aligned hh_cache size, HH_DATA_MOD for short headers or
HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len) otherwise.
On Ethernet, hard_header_len is 14 but the cached copy needs 16 bytes. If
an LWT_XMIT BPF program calls bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0), the skb can
still have 15 bytes of headroom after the program. xmit_check_hhlen()
accepts that, after which neigh_hh_output() hits its headroom warning and
drops the skb.
Compare against the aligned hardware header length in xmit_check_hhlen()
so the BPF_OK path leaves enough headroom for neigh_hh_output()'s cached
header copy.
Fixes: 3a0af8fd61f9 ("bpf: BPF for lightweight tunnel infrastructure")
Signed-off-by: Junseo Lim <zirajs7@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested on a veth pair with an LWT_XMIT program calling
bpf_skb_change_head(skb, 1, 0). Before the patch, a UDP packet sent by
the reproducer triggers the neigh_hh_output() warning and is dropped.
With the patch, the packet is delivered without the warning.
Below is an excerpt of the warning before the patch:
WARNING: ./include/net/neighbour.h:538 at ip_finish_output2+0x19f0/0x1f80, CPU#0: lwt_xmit_headro/55
Call Trace:
__ip_finish_output+0x59b/0x8b0
ip_finish_output+0x67/0x390
ip_output+0x1db/0x700
ip_send_skb+0x1f6/0x270
udp_send_skb+0x8d2/0xe00
udp_sendmsg+0x1717/0x2620
__sys_sendto+0x443/0x4e0
net/core/lwt_bpf.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/lwt_bpf.c b/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
index bf588f508b79..2890aa59a3a0 100644
--- a/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
+++ b/net/core/lwt_bpf.c
@@ -169,8 +169,10 @@ static int bpf_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
static int xmit_check_hhlen(struct sk_buff *skb, int hh_len)
{
- if (skb_headroom(skb) < hh_len) {
- int nhead = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len - skb_headroom(skb));
+ int hh_alen = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_len);
+
+ if (skb_headroom(skb) < hh_alen) {
+ int nhead = HH_DATA_ALIGN(hh_alen - skb_headroom(skb));
if (pskb_expand_head(skb, nhead, 0, GFP_ATOMIC))
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.55.0