From: Wei Fang In tap_get_user_xdp(), when processing a VLAN-tagged frame (e.g. ETH_P_8021Q), skb_set_network_header() is called first to advance network_header past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. skb_probe_transport_header() is then called with skb->protocol still set to ETH_P_8021Q, while nhoff (derived from skb_network_offset()) already points past the VLAN tag to the inner protocol header. In __skb_flow_dissect(), proto is initialized to ETH_P_8021Q and nhoff points past the VLAN tag. When the dissector hits case ETH_P_8021Q, it reads a struct vlan_hdr at the current nhoff via __skb_header_pointer(), but that offset contains the inner protocol header (e.g. an IP header). The bytes are misinterpreted as a VLAN header, yielding a garbage encapsulated EtherType that matches no known protocol. The dissector returns false, so skb_probe_transport_header() never calls skb_set_transport_header(), leaving transport_header at its uninitialized sentinel value (~0U). Move skb_set_network_header() to after skb_probe_transport_header(). At the time skb_probe_transport_header() is called, network_header still points to the VLAN header (offset ETH_HLEN), so nhoff is correct and the flow dissector can parse the VLAN header, extract the inner EtherType, and advance nhoff to the inner protocol header, allowing transport_header to be set correctly. Fixes: 8c76e77f9069 ("tap: call skb_probe_transport_header after setting skb->dev") Assisted-by: WChat:claude-opus-4-8 Signed-off-by: Wei Fang --- drivers/net/tap.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c index 5d2d34d24ce8..9b5af08cdd47 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tap.c +++ b/drivers/net/tap.c @@ -1091,12 +1091,13 @@ static int tap_get_user_xdp(struct tap_queue *q, struct xdp_buff *xdp) } } + skb_probe_transport_header(skb); + /* Move network header to the right position for VLAN tagged packets */ if (eth_type_vlan(skb->protocol) && vlan_get_protocol_and_depth(skb, skb->protocol, &depth) != 0) skb_set_network_header(skb, depth); - skb_probe_transport_header(skb); dev_queue_xmit(skb); rcu_read_unlock(); -- 2.34.1