Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: tag_brcm: legacy FCS: request needed tailroom
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 16:41:54 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Wed, 9 Sep 2026 00:50:47 +0800 you wrote:
> The legacy FCS tagger calculates the CRC over skb->len bytes starting at
> skb->data. When a nonlinear skb reaches the tagger, this reads past the
> linear head into unrelated slab memory.
>
> The tagger appends an Ethernet FCS but does not declare that tailroom. As a
> result, DSA leaves NETIF_F_SG and NETIF_F_FRAGLIST enabled on the user
> port, and nonlinear skbs can reach the CRC calculation.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: dsa: tag_brcm: legacy FCS: request needed tailroom
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5be081b83abd
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