[PATCH net] net/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error
From: Mark Amirkan via B4 Relay
Date: Sun Sep 13 2026 - 06:30:24 EST
From: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>
Commit 61fad6816fc1 ("net/packet: tpacket_rcv: avoid a producer race
condition") added rx_owner_map and made tpacket_rcv() claim a V1 or V2
ring slot before converting the virtio-net header. If the conversion
fails, the drop path leaves the slot claimed.
With a one-frame TPACKET_V2 ring, an unsupported UDP GSO packet leaves
the only slot unavailable, so the ring also drops the next valid packet.
Clear the ownership bit on this error path. TPACKET_V3 already clears
its block state here.
Fixes: 61fad6816fc1 ("net/packet: tpacket_rcv: avoid a producer race condition")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Symbolic
Signed-off-by: Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/packet/af_packet.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 76bde7906d..50cae32ae2 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,9 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, h.raw + macoff -
sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr),
vio_le(), true, 0)) {
- if (po->tp_version == TPACKET_V3)
+ if (po->tp_version <= TPACKET_V2)
+ __clear_bit(slot_id, po->rx_ring.rx_owner_map);
+ else
prb_clear_blk_fill_status(&po->rx_ring);
goto drop_n_account;
}
---
base-commit: e6b6078ea1731b05b3b552497b3bce4bf8b014ae
change-id: 20260913-b4-send-packet-vnet-32b47964a7cf
Best regards,
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Mark Amirkan <markdamirkan@xxxxxxxxx>