dev: introduce skb_scrub_packet()
The goal of this new function is to perform all needed cleanup before sending
an skb into another netns.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 9f73eca..b1fcb87 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3492,3 +3492,26 @@
return true;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_try_coalesce);
+
+/**
+ * skb_scrub_packet - scrub an skb before sending it to another netns
+ *
+ * @skb: buffer to clean
+ *
+ * skb_scrub_packet can be used to clean an skb before injecting it in
+ * another namespace. We have to clear all information in the skb that
+ * could impact namespace isolation.
+ */
+void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+ skb_orphan(skb);
+ skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
+ skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
+ skb->skb_iif = 0;
+ skb_dst_drop(skb);
+ skb->mark = 0;
+ secpath_reset(skb);
+ nf_reset(skb);
+ nf_reset_trace(skb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_scrub_packet);