Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] xfrm: iptfs: preserve shared-frag marker in iptfs_consume_frags()

From: Steffen Klassert <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 12:30:13 +0200

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 09:40:35PM -0300, Takao Sato wrote:
> iptfs_consume_frags() transfers paged fragments from one socket buffer
> to another but fails to propagate the SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG flag. This is
> the same class of bug that was fixed in skb_try_coalesce() for
> CVE-2026-46300: when fragments backed by read-only page-cache pages are
> merged, the marker indicating their shared nature must be preserved so
> that ESP can decide correctly whether in-place encryption is safe.
> 
> Apply the same two-line fix used in skb_try_coalesce() to
> iptfs_consume_frags().
> 
> Fixes: b96ba312e21c ("xfrm: iptfs: share page fragments of inner packets")
> Cc: [email-masked] # 6.14+
> Signed-off-by: Takao Sato <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Changes since v3:
> - Corrected Cc: stable tag from "# 6.8+" to "# 6.14+". IPTFS was
>   introduced in v6.14, so earlier stable branches do not need this
>   fix. Pointed out by Pedro Falcato.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Removed security impact paragraph from commit message as requested
>   by Steffen Klassert.
> 
>  net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
> index 97bc979e5..4db85e158 100644
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_iptfs.c
> @@ -2168,6 +2168,8 @@ static void iptfs_consume_frags(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from)
> 	memcpy(&toi->frags[toi->nr_frags], fromi->frags,
> 	       sizeof(fromi->frags[0]) * fromi->nr_frags);
> 	toi->nr_frags += fromi->nr_frags;
> +	if (fromi->nr_frags)
> +		toi->flags |= fromi->flags & SKBFL_SHARED_FRAG;
> 	fromi->nr_frags = 0;
> 	from->data_len = 0;
> 	from->len = 0;

Your patch does not apply to the ipsec tree, please
rebase on top of it.

Thanks!