bonding: use skb_cow_head() in bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit()

In bond_do_alb_xmit() and rlb_arp_xmit(), make sure to unclone
skb head via skb_cow_head() before modifying the source MAC address
(Ethernet header and ARP payload) to avoid silent corruption if
the skb is shared or cloned. Avoid caching the header pointers
across skb_cow_head().

In rlb_arp_xmit(), only modify arp->mac_src if it differs from
tx_slave->dev->dev_addr to avoid an unnecessary copy and head
reallocation.

Also, we should not assume mac header is set in output path.

Use skb_eth_hdr() instead of eth_hdr() to fix the issue,
and remove now redundant skb_reset_mac_header() calls.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@kylinos.cn>
Cc: Jay Vosburgh <jv@jvosburgh.net>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260903143940.1180513-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Eric Dumazet 2026-09-03 14:39:40 +00:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent 5bd9e4e7cd
commit 1746ef2e2d

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@ -678,9 +678,15 @@ static struct slave *rlb_arp_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond)
if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REPLY)) {
/* the arp must be sent on the selected rx channel */
tx_slave = rlb_choose_channel(skb, bond, arp);
if (tx_slave)
if (tx_slave &&
!ether_addr_equal_64bits(arp->mac_src,
tx_slave->dev->dev_addr)) {
if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
return NULL;
arp = (struct arp_pkt *)skb_network_header(skb);
bond_hw_addr_copy(arp->mac_src, tx_slave->dev->dev_addr,
tx_slave->dev->addr_len);
}
netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "(slave %s): Server sent ARP Reply packet\n",
tx_slave ? tx_slave->dev->name : "NULL");
} else if (arp->op_code == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST)) {
@ -1340,7 +1346,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
struct slave *tx_slave)
{
struct alb_bond_info *bond_info = &(BOND_ALB_INFO(bond));
struct ethhdr *eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
if (!tx_slave) {
/* unbalanced or unassigned, send through primary */
@ -1351,7 +1356,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bond_do_alb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bonding *bond,
if (tx_slave && bond_slave_can_tx(tx_slave)) {
if (tx_slave != rcu_access_pointer(bond->curr_active_slave)) {
ether_addr_copy(eth_data->h_source,
if (unlikely(skb_cow_head(skb, 0)))
return bond_tx_drop(bond->dev, skb);
ether_addr_copy(skb_eth_hdr(skb)->h_source,
tx_slave->dev->dev_addr);
}
@ -1375,8 +1382,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_tlb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
struct ethhdr *eth_data;
u32 hash_index;
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
/* Do not TX balance any multicast or broadcast */
if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_data->h_dest)) {
@ -1428,8 +1434,7 @@ struct slave *bond_xmit_alb_slave_get(struct bonding *bond,
u32 hash_index = 0;
int hash_size = 0;
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
eth_data = eth_hdr(skb);
eth_data = skb_eth_hdr(skb);
switch (ntohs(skb->protocol)) {
case ETH_P_IP: {