netdev - [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors

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Message-Id: <20250818090217.2789521-2-o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:02:15 +0200
From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
	kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Søren Andersen <san@...v.dk>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors

The stmmac_rx function would previously set skb->ip_summed to
CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY if hardware checksum offload (CoE) was enabled
and the packet was of a known IP ethertype.

However, this logic failed to check if the hardware had actually
reported a checksum error. The hardware status, indicating a header or
payload checksum failure, was being ignored at this stage. This could
cause corrupt packets to be passed up the network stack as valid.

This patch corrects the logic by checking the `csum_none` status flag,
which is set when the hardware reports a checksum error. If this flag
is set, skb->ip_summed is now correctly set to CHECKSUM_NONE,
ensuring the kernel's network stack will perform its own validation and
properly handle the corrupt packet.

Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 9a77390b7f9d..75d8d8042316 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -5733,7 +5733,8 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)

 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, priv->dev);

-		if (unlikely(!coe) || !stmmac_has_ip_ethertype(skb))
+		if (unlikely(!coe) || !stmmac_has_ip_ethertype(skb) ||
+		    (status & csum_none))
 			skb_checksum_none_assert(skb);
 		else
 			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
-- 
2.39.5