netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/13] net: Clear skb metadata on handover from device to protocol

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Message-Id: <20250716-skb-metadata-thru-dynptr-v2-5-5f580447e1df@cloudflare.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:16:49 +0200
From: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
To: bpf@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, 
 Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>, Arthur Fabre <arthur@...hurfabre.com>, 
 Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, 
 Jesse Brandeburg <jbrandeburg@...udflare.com>, 
 Joanne Koong <joannelkoong@...il.com>, 
 Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>, 
 Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <thoiland@...hat.com>, 
 Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>, kernel-team@...udflare.com, 
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v2 05/13] net: Clear skb metadata on handover from
 device to protocol

With the introduction of bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta, all BPF programs
authorized to call skb kfuncs (bpf_kfunc_set_skb) now have access to the
skb metadata area.

These programs can read up to skb_shinfo(skb)->meta_len bytes located just
before skb_mac_header(skb), regardless of what data is currently there.

However, as the network stack processes the skb, headers may be added or
removed. Hence, we cannot assume that skb_mac_header() always marks the end
of the metadata area.

To avoid potential pitfalls, reset the skb metadata length to zero before
passing the skb to the protocol layers. This is a temporary measure until
we can make metadata persist through protocol processing.

The change is backward compatible as today only TC BPF programs can access
skb metadata through the __sk_buff->data_meta pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sitnicki <jakub@...udflare.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7969fddc94e3..6546ee7c3799 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5839,6 +5839,7 @@ static int __netif_receive_skb_core(struct sk_buff **pskb, bool pfmemalloc,
 	}
 #endif
 	skb_reset_redirect(skb);
+	skb_metadata_clear(skb);
 skip_classify:
 	if (pfmemalloc && !skb_pfmemalloc_protocol(skb))
 		goto drop;

-- 
2.43.0