linux-kernel - via-rhine: fix VLAN receive handling error in 4.2.x

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Date:	Sat, 3 Oct 2015 18:21:54 +0100
From:	Andrej <andrej@....si>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	romieu@...zoreil.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: via-rhine: fix VLAN receive handling error in 4.2.x

Hi,

via-rhine driver in 4.2.x kernels doesn’t correctly parse VLAN ID on receive. A bug was introduced in the commit 810f19bcb862f8889b27e0c9d9eceac9593925dd. All 4.2.x kernels are affected. 4.1.x and older kernels are not affected.

During code refactoring, the sequence of calls changed which introduced a regression. Original sequence was:
 1) Read TCI from skb->data
 2) Determine eth protocol using eth_type_trans (which calls skb_pull_inline)
 3) Write TCI to skb->vlan_tci

After the change, the sequence is:
 1) Determine protocol using eth_type_trans (which calls skb_pull_inline)
 2) Read TCI from skb->data
 3) Write TCI to skb->vlan_tci

Because eth_type_trans consumes ethernet header worth of bytes, a call to read TCI from packet no longer works as expected as it’s reading from invalid offset.

Choosing between changing rhine_get_vlan_tci(), which retrieves TCI from skb->data, or moving eth_type_trans() invocation after rhine_rx_vlan_tag(), I chose the latter.

Andrej.

--- linux-4.2.2.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c       2015-10-03 15:46:59.817000000 +0200
+++ linux-4.2.2/drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-rhine.c    2015-10-03 18:53:51.799000000 +0200
@@ -2134,10 +2134,11 @@
 			}

 			skb_put(skb, pkt_len);
-			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);

 			rhine_rx_vlan_tag(skb, desc, data_size);

+			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+
 			netif_receive_skb(skb);

 			u64_stats_update_begin(&rp->rx_stats.syncp);

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