Merge branch 'guard-against-gso_segs-overflows'
authorPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:47:19 +0000 (15:47 +0200)
committerPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:47:19 +0000 (15:47 +0200)
commit81eb1867e059bf1dbbfbba536385a5cb26f700cd
treef6d28ba20e028279fdc90a8a15b1104986673244
parent2c4e7c42d77e78ad595dbb9e4b5886b58b45d89d
parent0b13256ce37b66dbd0e4ce78d5bee32fd38db1a5
Merge branch 'guard-against-gso_segs-overflows'

Alice Mikityanska says:

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Guard against gso_segs overflows

This series is a follow-up on the discussion:

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAD0BsJWzSr2zduf5v3mVC4zd=Lj6ZAoC+V42-VBdg42aDY8XXw@mail.gmail.com/T/#m1e22fca273c36cc8844e516505d3251cc1418fea

skb_segment is patched to avoid possible overflows in partial GSO. The
primary possible source of too many GSO segments is also addressed:
virtio-net clamps gso_size to >=8 in TCP, as suggested by Eric.

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260813174613.2920246-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260723155145.158572-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im/
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260822120117.1163423-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>