Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: ksz: fix padding size of skb

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 12:47:56 EST


On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 06:17:19PM +0200, Christian Eggers wrote:
> __skb_put_padto() is called in order to ensure a minimal size of the
> sk_buff. The required minimal size is ETH_ZLEN + the size required for
> the tail tag.
>
> The current argument misses the size for the tail tag. The expression
> "skb->len + padlen" can be simplified to ETH_ZLEN.
>
> Too small sk_buffs typically result from cloning in
> dsa_skb_tx_timestamp(). The cloned sk_buff may not meet the minimum size
> requirements.
>
> Fixes: e71cb9e00922 ("net: dsa: ksz: fix skb freeing")
> Signed-off-by: Christian Eggers <ceggers@xxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>