OVS can only process L2 packets. But OVS GRE receive handler can accept IP-GRE packets. When such packet is processed by OVS datapath it can trigger following assert failure due to insufficient linear data in skb. Following patch filters received packets to avoid this issue.
[68240.441681] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [68240.496918] kernel BUG at /build/linux-lts-trusty-D60X6T/linux-lts-trusty-3.13.0/include/linux/skbuff.h:1486! [68240.615520] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP [68241.953939] RIP: [<ffffffffa052b4fe>] __skb_pull.part.7+0x4/0x6 [openvswitch] [68243.099945] Call Trace: [68243.129188] <IRQ> [68243.152204] [<ffffffffa0524e64>] ovs_flow_extract+0x664/0x720 [openvswitch] [68243.314912] [<ffffffffa0523a80>] ovs_dp_process_received_packet+0x60/0x130 [openvswitch] [68243.481559] [<ffffffffa0529e3a>] ovs_vport_receive+0x2a/0x30 [openvswitch] [68243.564884] [<ffffffffa052b374>] gre_rcv+0xa4/0xb8 [openvswitch] [68243.637802] [<ffffffffa03e2795>] gre_cisco_rcv+0x75/0xbc [gre] [68243.708621] [<ffffffffa03e22f5>] gre_rcv+0x65/0x90 [gre] [68243.773214] [<ffffffff816941d8>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0xa8/0x220 [68243.849244] [<ffffffff816944db>] ip_local_deliver+0x4b/0x90 [68243.916951] [<ffffffff81693ed1>] ip_rcv_finish+0x121/0x380 [68243.983627] [<ffffffff816947a6>] ip_rcv+0x286/0x380 [68244.043023] [<ffffffff8165b80a>] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x61a/0x760 [68244.121122] [<ffffffff8165b971>] __netif_receive_skb+0x21/0x70 [68244.191942] [<ffffffff8165c131>] process_backlog+0xb1/0x190 [68244.259642] [<ffffffff8165ca09>] net_rx_action+0x139/0x280 [68244.326305] [<ffffffff8107367d>] __do_softirq+0xed/0x360 [68244.390887] [<ffffffff81073c8e>] irq_exit+0x11e/0x140 [68244.452358] [<ffffffff8177d873>] do_IRQ+0x63/0xe0 [68244.509674] [<ffffffff817728ad>] common_interrupt+0x6d/0x6d [68245.392237] RIP [<ffffffffa052b4fe>] __skb_pull.part.7+0x4/0x6 [openvswitch] [68245.520082] ---[ end trace 383bac9f3e676970 ]--- Fixes: aa310701e7 ("openvswitch: Add gre tunnel support.") Reported-by: Uri Foox <u...@zoey.com> CC: Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshe...@ovn.org> --- Newer OVS GRE vport uses LWT interface which does not have this issue. --- net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c index f17ac96..de67fd1 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-gre.c @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vport *vport; __be64 key; + if (tpi->proto != htons(ETH_P_TEB)) + return PACKET_REJECT; + ovs_net = net_generic(dev_net(skb->dev), ovs_net_id); vport = rcu_dereference(ovs_net->vport_net.gre_vport); if (unlikely(!vport)) -- 2.9.3