linux-kernel - [PATCH net] net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming

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Message-Id: <20250620-netpoll_fix-v1-1-f9f0b82bc059@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:48:55 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
 Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 kernel-team@...a.com, Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Subject: [PATCH net] net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before
 checksumming

commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") removed
the initialization of the UDP checksum, which was wrong and broke
netpoll IPv6 transmission due to bad checksumming.

udph->check needs to be set before calling csum_ipv6_magic().

Fixes: f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 net/core/netpoll.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 4ddb7490df4b8..6ad84d4a2b464 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
 	udph->dest = htons(np->remote_port);
 	udph->len = htons(udp_len);

+	udph->check = 0;
 	if (np->ipv6) {
 		udph->check = csum_ipv6_magic(&np->local_ip.in6,
 					      &np->remote_ip.in6,
@@ -460,7 +461,6 @@ int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
 		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 		skb->protocol = eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	} else {
-		udph->check = 0;
 		udph->check = csum_tcpudp_magic(np->local_ip.ip,
 						np->remote_ip.ip,
 						udp_len, IPPROTO_UDP,

---
base-commit: 720d4a1714e78cfdc05d44352868601be9c3de94
change-id: 20250620-netpoll_fix-8c678facd8d9

Best regards,
--  
Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>