[PATCH 1/1] drivers: fix CN20K mbuf size truncation

Randy L Tice rtice at cisco.com
Wed Sep 9 18:06:37 CEST 2026


CN20K inline security receive paths recover the packet mbuf by
subtracting sizeof(struct rte_mbuf) from a pointer stored in
completion metadata.

The size is currently kept in a uint8_t local variable before
that subtraction. This truncates the value when the mbuf structure
grows beyond 255 bytes, and can recover the wrong mbuf address.

Use a uint32_t local value for the mbuf byte size so larger mbuf
layouts are handled correctly.

Fixes: 5856f23129bb ("net/cnxk: support CN20K inline IPsec Rx")
Fixes: edd0d5f3c299 ("event/cnxk: support CN20K inline IPsec Rx")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Randy L Tice <rtice at cisco.com>
---
 .mailmap                          | 1 +
 drivers/event/cnxk/cn20k_worker.h | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/cnxk/cn20k_rx.h       | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index fcb3d1bb3f..2a8b54ea23 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1379,6 +1379,7 @@ Rakesh Kudurumalla <rkudurumalla at marvell.com> <rkudurumalla at caviumnetworks.com>
 Ralf Hoffmann <ralf.hoffmann at allegro-packets.com>
 Rami Rosen <ramirose at gmail.com> <rami.rosen at intel.com>
 Rami Rosen <ramirose at gmail.com> <roszenrami at gmail.com>
+Randy L Tice <rtice at cisco.com>
 Randy Schacher <stuart.schacher at broadcom.com>
 Rani Sharoni <ranish at nvidia.com>
 Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/event/cnxk/cn20k_worker.h b/drivers/event/cnxk/cn20k_worker.h
index 6442113e09..5723a6eabb 100644
--- a/drivers/event/cnxk/cn20k_worker.h
+++ b/drivers/event/cnxk/cn20k_worker.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ cn20k_process_vwqe(uintptr_t vwqe, uint16_t port_id, const uint32_t flags, struc
 {
 	uint64_t mbuf_init = 0x100010000ULL | RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 	struct cnxk_timesync_info *tstamp = ws->tstamp[port_id];
-	uint8_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
+	const uint32_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
 	void *lookup_mem = ws->lookup_mem;
 	uint64_t meta_aura = 0, laddr = 0;
 	uintptr_t lbase = ws->lmt_base;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ cn20k_process_vwqe(uintptr_t vwqe, uint16_t port_id, const uint32_t flags, struc
 static __rte_always_inline void
 cn20k_sso_hws_post_process(struct cn20k_sso_hws *ws, uint64_t *u64, const uint32_t flags)
 {
-	uint8_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
+	const uint32_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
 	uintptr_t sa_base = 0;
 
 	u64[0] = (u64[0] & (0x3ull << 32)) << 6 | (u64[0] & (0x3FFull << 36)) << 4 |
diff --git a/drivers/net/cnxk/cn20k_rx.h b/drivers/net/cnxk/cn20k_rx.h
index f8fa6de2b9..b544868c03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cnxk/cn20k_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/cnxk/cn20k_rx.h
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ cn20k_nix_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t pkts, co
 	uint64_t mbuf_init = rxq->mbuf_initializer;
 	const void *lookup_mem = rxq->lookup_mem;
 	const uint64_t data_off = rxq->data_off;
-	uint8_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
+	const uint32_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
 	const uint64_t wdata = rxq->wdata;
 	const uint32_t qmask = rxq->qmask;
 	const uintptr_t desc = rxq->desc;
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ cn20k_nix_flush_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t pk
 	uint64_t mbuf_init = rxq->mbuf_initializer;
 	const void *lookup_mem = rxq->lookup_mem;
 	const uint64_t data_off = rxq->data_off;
-	uint8_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
+	const uint32_t m_sz = sizeof(struct rte_mbuf);
 	const uint64_t wdata = rxq->wdata;
 	const uint32_t qmask = rxq->qmask;
 	const uintptr_t desc = rxq->desc;
-- 
2.35.6



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