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* [PATCH net-next] ixgbevf: fix 'Etherleak' in ixgbevf
@ 2016-12-15 11:40 ` Weilong Chen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Weilong Chen @ 2016-12-15 11:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jeffrey.t.kirsher; +Cc: intel-wired-lan, netdev, linux-kernel

Nessus report the vf appears to leak memory in network packets.
Fix this by padding all small packets manually.

And the CVE-2003-0001.
https://ofirarkin.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/atstake_etherleak_report.pdf

Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 6d4bef5..137a154 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3654,6 +3654,13 @@ static int ixgbevf_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
+	/* On PCI/PCI-X HW, if packet size is less than ETH_ZLEN,
+	 * packets may get corrupted during padding by HW.
+	 * To WA this issue, pad all small packets manually.
+	 */
+	if (eth_skb_pad(skb))
+		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+
 	tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring[skb->queue_mapping];
 
 	/* need: 1 descriptor per page * PAGE_SIZE/IXGBE_MAX_DATA_PER_TXD,
-- 
1.7.12

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2016-12-15 11:40 [PATCH net-next] ixgbevf: fix 'Etherleak' in ixgbevf Weilong Chen
2016-12-15 11:40 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Weilong Chen
2016-12-15 16:13 ` Alexander Duyck
2016-12-15 16:13   ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Alexander Duyck
2016-12-20 11:50   ` Weilong Chen
2016-12-20 11:50     ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Weilong Chen
2016-12-20 16:36     ` Alexander Duyck
2016-12-20 16:36       ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Alexander Duyck
2016-12-21  1:40       ` Weilong Chen
2016-12-21  1:40         ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Weilong Chen
2016-12-21  2:20         ` Alexander Duyck
2016-12-21  2:20           ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Alexander Duyck
2016-12-22  2:00           ` Kefeng Wang
2016-12-22  2:00             ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Kefeng Wang
2016-12-22 17:55             ` Alexander Duyck
2016-12-22 17:55               ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Alexander Duyck

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