[PATCH net v2] fou: reserve headroom before pushing the encap header

From: Theodor Arsenij Larionov Trichkine

Date: Wed Oct 21 2026 - 02:58:14 EST


ip_tunnel_xmit() and ip_md_tunnel_xmit() call ip_tunnel_encap() before
reserving headroom. A packet redirected into the tunnel (tc mirred, nft
fwd) has only the headroom of its original device, so fou_build_udp()
hits skb_under_panic(); with a mirred mirror the push overwrites the
Ethernet header of the original packet.

Reserve the headroom in fou_build_header() and gue_build_header(). GUE
sizes and builds the header from one copy of the encap config, which
can change concurrently. As the skb head may move, ip_tunnel_xmit() and
ip_md_tunnel_xmit() reload inner_iph after ip_tunnel_encap(), and
ip_tunnel_xmit() reads tnl_params before it: for GRE with header_ops,
tnl_params points into the head.

Fixes: 56328486539d ("net: Changes to ip_tunnel to support foo-over-udp encapsulation")
Fixes: ac931d4cdec3 ("ipip,ip_tunnel,sit: Add FOU support for externally controlled ipip devices")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodor Arsenij Larionov Trichkine <theodorlarionov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: move the headroom reservation into {fou,gue}_build_header(), reload
inner_iph after ip_tunnel_encap() and read tnl_params before it, which
the Sashiko review of v1 pointed out.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261010223601.1193655-1-theodorlarionov@xxxxxxxxx/

Chengfeng Ye posted an earlier series for this bug; this takes the
builder approach Paolo suggested.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260904165544.1362052-1-nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx/

net/ipv4/fou_core.c | 15 +++++++++++----
net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou_core.c b/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
index 076fdca44f51..896e63adf698 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,9 @@ static int fou_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel_encap *e,
__be16 sport;
int err;

+ if (skb_cow_head(skb, fou_encap_hlen(e)))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
err = __fou_build_header(skb, e, protocol, &sport, type);
if (err)
return err;
@@ -1071,16 +1074,20 @@ static int fou_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel_encap *e,
static int gue_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel_encap *e,
u8 *protocol, struct flowi4 *fl4)
{
- int type = e->flags & TUNNEL_ENCAP_FLAG_CSUM ? SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM :
- SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL;
+ struct ip_tunnel_encap encap = READ_ONCE(*e);
+ int type = encap.flags & TUNNEL_ENCAP_FLAG_CSUM ?
+ SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM : SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL;
__be16 sport;
int err;

- err = __gue_build_header(skb, e, protocol, &sport, type);
+ if (skb_cow_head(skb, gue_encap_hlen(&encap)))
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ err = __gue_build_header(skb, &encap, protocol, &sport, type);
if (err)
return err;

- fou_build_udp(skb, e, fl4, protocol, sport);
+ fou_build_udp(skb, &encap, fl4, protocol, sport);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index e6bcf01411d0..742c2b309608 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ void ip_md_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,

if (ip_tunnel_encap(skb, &tun_info->encap, &proto, &fl4) < 0)
goto tx_error;
+ inner_iph = (const struct iphdr *)skb_inner_network_header(skb);

use_cache = ip_tunnel_dst_cache_usable(skb, tun_info);
if (use_cache)
@@ -749,6 +750,8 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
}

tos = tnl_params->tos;
+ df = tnl_params->frag_off;
+ ttl = tnl_params->ttl;
if (tos & 0x1) {
tos &= ~0x1;
if (payload_protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
@@ -767,6 +770,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,

if (ip_tunnel_encap(skb, &tunnel->encap, &protocol, &fl4) < 0)
goto tx_error;
+ inner_iph = (const struct iphdr *)skb_inner_network_header(skb);

if (connected && md) {
use_cache = ip_tunnel_dst_cache_usable(skb, tun_info);
@@ -799,7 +803,6 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
goto tx_error;
}

- df = tnl_params->frag_off;
if (payload_protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) && !tunnel->ignore_df)
df |= (inner_iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF));

@@ -821,7 +824,6 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
}

tos = ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(tos, inner_iph, skb);
- ttl = tnl_params->ttl;
if (ttl == 0) {
if (payload_protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
ttl = inner_iph->ttl;
--
2.34.1