[PATCH net 04/15] batman-adv: frag: ensure fragment is writable before modifying TTL

Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:00:34 +0200
Newsgroups org.open-mesh.lists.batman,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

Before batman-adv is allowed to write to an skb, it either has to have its
own copy of the skb or use skb_cow() to ensure that the data part is not
shared. But batadv_frag_skb_fwd() modifies the TTL even when it is shared.

Adding a skb_cow() right before this operation avoids this and can at the
same time prepare it for the modifications required to forward the
fragment.

Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: 610bfc6bc99b ("batman-adv: Receive fragmented packets and merge")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]>
---
 net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h |  3 ++-
 net/batman-adv/routing.c       |  3 +--
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
index 1e42cf99f8b33..f311a42203d2e 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c
@@ -386,6 +386,8 @@ bool batadv_frag_skb_buffer(struct sk_buff **skb,
  * @skb: skb to forward
  * @recv_if: interface that the skb is received on
  * @orig_node_src: originator that the skb is received from
+ * @rx_result: set to NET_RX_SUCCESS when the fragment was forwarded and
+ *  NET_RX_DROP when it was dropped; only valid when true is returned
  *
  * Look up the next-hop of the fragments payload and check if the merged packet
  * will exceed the MTU towards the next-hop. If so, the fragment is forwarded
@@ -395,7 +397,8 @@ bool batadv_frag_skb_buffer(struct sk_buff **skb,
  */
 bool batadv_frag_skb_fwd(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if,
-			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node_src)
+			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node_src,
+			 int *rx_result)
 {
 	struct batadv_priv *bat_priv = netdev_priv(recv_if->mesh_iface);
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node = NULL;
@@ -414,12 +417,22 @@ bool batadv_frag_skb_fwd(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	total_size = ntohs(packet->total_size);
 	if (total_size > neigh_node->if_incoming->net_dev->mtu) {
+		if (skb_cow(skb, ETH_HLEN) < 0) {
+			kfree_skb(skb);
+			*rx_result = NET_RX_DROP;
+			ret = true;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		packet = (struct batadv_frag_packet *)skb->data;
+
 		batadv_inc_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_FRAG_FWD);
 		batadv_add_counter(bat_priv, BATADV_CNT_FRAG_FWD_BYTES,
 				   skb->len + ETH_HLEN);
 
 		packet->ttl--;
 		batadv_send_unicast_skb(skb, neigh_node);
+		*rx_result = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		ret = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h
index dbf0871f87030..51e281027ab63 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ void batadv_frag_purge_orig(struct batadv_orig_node *orig,
 			    bool (*check_cb)(struct batadv_frag_table_entry *));
 bool batadv_frag_skb_fwd(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			 struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if,
-			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node_src);
+			 struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node_src,
+			 int *rx_result);
 bool batadv_frag_skb_buffer(struct sk_buff **skb,
 			    struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node);
 int batadv_frag_send_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 8786b66c8a924..9db57fd36e7d4 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -1168,10 +1168,9 @@ int batadv_recv_frag_packet(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Route the fragment if it is not for us and too big to be merged. */
 	if (!batadv_is_my_mac(bat_priv, frag_packet->dest) &&
-	    batadv_frag_skb_fwd(skb, recv_if, orig_node_src)) {
+	    batadv_frag_skb_fwd(skb, recv_if, orig_node_src, &ret)) {
 		/* skb was consumed */
 		skb = NULL;
-		ret = NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 		goto put_orig_node;
 	}
 
-- 
2.47.3