[PATCH net-next 06/15] batman-adv: mcast: ensure unshared skb for multicast packets

Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:39:09 +0200
Newsgroups org.open-mesh.lists.batman,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>

When a packet is transmitted via a batman-adv interface and has already
enough room for the header then the nothing will make sure that the skbuff
is unshared. But it is now allowed to modify a currently shared skbuff.

Always make sure that the pskb_expand_head() is not only called for a too
small header but also for shared skbuffs.

Cc: [email protected]
Fixes: 90039133221e ("batman-adv: mcast: implement multicast packet generation")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]>
---
 net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c
index 1404a3b7adfb1..240ed7380cb0f 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c
@@ -1100,8 +1100,7 @@ static int batadv_mcast_forw_expand_head(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (skb_headroom(skb) < hdr_size &&
-	    pskb_expand_head(skb, hdr_size, 0, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0)
+	if (skb_cow(skb, hdr_size) < 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
-- 
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