FAILED: patch "[PATCH] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 03390aa32e669cc4ecd7d34108e2e1afc13d689d
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026081702-transfer-unmanned-da14@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 03390aa32e669cc4ecd7d34108e2e1afc13d689d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Qihang Tang <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 20:57:28 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths

packet_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len multiple times while allocating
and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can change this value
concurrently, for example through bonding device type changes.

For SOCK_RAW, packet_snd() can save a larger value in reserve and later
allocate headroom using a smaller value. Moving skb->data back by reserve
then places it before skb->head, and the following copy from userspace can
attempt an out-of-bounds write.

packet_sendmsg_spkt() has the same issue because it calculates its
reservation and header offset from separate reads before dropping the RCU
read lock to allocate the skb.

Add LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX() for callers that already saved a header length.
Read hard_header_len once in packet_snd() and use it for allocation and
construction. In packet_sendmsg_spkt(), preserve the allocation-time value
through the device lookup retry.

The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and
header_ops->create is not addressed here.

Fixes: b84bbaf7a6c8 ("packet: in packet_snd start writing at link layer allocation")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Qihang Tang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <[email protected]>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 9a770eb823ce..8840b126979f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -300,9 +300,11 @@ struct hh_cache {
  * We could use other alignment values, but we must maintain the
  * relationship HH alignment <= LL alignment.
  */
-#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
-	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hlen) \
+	((((hlen) + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
+#define LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) \
+	LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, (dev)->hard_header_len)
 #define LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EXTRA(dev,extra) \
 	((((dev)->hard_header_len + READ_ONCE((dev)->needed_headroom) + (extra)) \
 	  & ~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 0e1355be89f6..b7af45c809e4 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1966,8 +1966,9 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct sockcm_cookie sockc;
 	__be16 proto = 0;
-	int err;
+	int hard_header_len;
 	int extra_len = 0;
+	int err;
 
 	/*
 	 *	Get and verify the address.
@@ -2010,14 +2011,18 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		extra_len = 4; /* We're doing our own CRC */
 	}
 
+	/* Keep the allocation-time header length across retry. */
+	if (!skb)
+		hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
+
 	err = -EMSGSIZE;
-	if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
+	if (len > dev->mtu + hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN + extra_len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!skb) {
-		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+		size_t reserved = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 		int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? dev->hard_header_len : 0;
+		unsigned int hhlen = dev->header_ops ? hard_header_len : 0;
 
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		skb = sock_wmalloc(sk, len + reserved + tlen, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2047,7 +2052,7 @@ static int packet_sendmsg_spkt(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
-	if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
+	if (len > (dev->mtu + hard_header_len + extra_len) &&
 	    !packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(dev, skb)) {
 		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -2969,7 +2974,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	int offset = 0;
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	int vnet_hdr_sz = READ_ONCE(po->vnet_hdr_sz);
-	int hlen, tlen, linear;
+	int hard_header_len, hlen, tlen, linear;
 	int extra_len = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -3009,8 +3014,9 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	hard_header_len = READ_ONCE(dev->hard_header_len);
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
-		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+		reserve = hard_header_len;
 	if (vnet_hdr_sz) {
 		err = packet_snd_vnet_parse(msg, &len, &vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
 		if (err)
@@ -3031,10 +3037,10 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	err = -ENOBUFS;
-	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
+	hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE_EX(dev, hard_header_len);
 	tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
 	linear = __virtio16_to_cpu(vio_le(), vnet_hdr.hdr_len);
-	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, dev->hard_header_len));
+	linear = max(linear, min_t(int, len, hard_header_len));
 	skb = packet_alloc_skb(sk, hlen + tlen, hlen, len, linear,
 			       msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT, &err);
 	if (skb == NULL)
@@ -3050,7 +3056,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	} else if (reserve) {
 		skb_reserve(skb, -reserve);
 		if (len < reserve + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) &&
-		    dev->min_header_len != dev->hard_header_len)
+		    dev->min_header_len != hard_header_len)
 			skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	}