[PATCH net v2 1/2] net: Make PSP skb extension survive packet scrubbing

From: Wei Wang

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 00:33:55 EST


skb_scrub_packet() drops all skb extensions unconditionally via
skb_ext_reset(). It runs on tunnel encap/decap (ip_tunnel_rcv, vxlan_rcv,
etc.) and virtual device forwarding/redirection (dev_forward_skb,
netkit_xmit, skb_do_redirect).

When a virtual device such as netkit is associated with a PSP device in
another network namespace via PSP_CMD_DEV_ASSOC, incoming PSP packets
decapsulated by psp_dev_rcv() lose their SKB_EXT_PSP extension when
scrubbed during redirection into the peer netns. Without SKB_EXT_PSP,
__psp_sk_rx_policy_check() rejects incoming TCP data segments at the
socket layer with SKB_DROP_REASON_PSP_INPUT.

Introduce a static skb_ext_scrub() helper in net/core/skbuff.c to
preserve SKB_EXT_PSP across skb_scrub_packet() while dropping all other
extensions. If SKB_EXT_PSP is not active, skb_ext_scrub() simply calls
skb_ext_reset(). If SKB_EXT_PSP is the only extension in the skb_ext
buffer, nothing needs to be scrubbed. Otherwise, save the PSP metadata,
reset the extension block, and re-add a fresh SKB_EXT_PSP extension (or
clear skb->decrypted if the allocation fails).

Fixes: 06c2dce2d0f6 ("psp: add new netlink cmd for dev-assoc and dev-disassoc")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260910-bpf-meta-inside-skb-ext-v2-3-0b21e42180b0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@xxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/DLODSKPY6ON6.1G6SP3CFFLCPJ@xxxxxxxxx/
Co-developed-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/skbuff.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 93c2f440b9ec..5c4a2e982ebc 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -6369,6 +6369,32 @@ bool skb_try_coalesce(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_try_coalesce);

+static void skb_ext_scrub(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_INET_PSP)
+ struct psp_skb_ext *pse = skb_ext_find(skb, SKB_EXT_PSP);
+
+ if (pse) {
+ struct skb_ext *ext = skb->extensions;
+ struct psp_skb_ext tmp = *pse;
+
+ /* Nothing else to scrub if PSP is the only extension in ext. */
+ if (ext->chunks == SKB_EXT_CHUNKSIZEOF(*ext) +
+ skb_ext_type_len[SKB_EXT_PSP])
+ return;
+
+ skb_ext_reset(skb);
+ pse = skb_ext_add(skb, SKB_EXT_PSP);
+ if (pse)
+ memcpy(pse, &tmp, sizeof(*pse));
+ else
+ skb->decrypted = 0;
+ return;
+ }
+#endif
+ skb_ext_reset(skb);
+}
+
/**
* skb_scrub_packet - scrub an skb
*
@@ -6380,7 +6406,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_try_coalesce);
* operations.
* skb_scrub_packet can also be used to clean a skb before injecting it in
* another namespace (@xnet == true). We have to clear all information in the
- * skb that could impact namespace isolation.
+ * skb that could impact namespace isolation. Note that PSP skb extension is
+ * preserved across packet scrubbing by design.
*/
void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
{
@@ -6388,7 +6415,7 @@ void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
skb->skb_iif = 0;
skb->ignore_df = 0;
skb_dst_drop(skb);
- skb_ext_reset(skb);
+ skb_ext_scrub(skb);
nf_reset_ct(skb);
nf_reset_trace(skb);

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