APPLIED: [REGRESSION][N][PATCH 0/1] Fix Upstream stable v6.6.122, v6.12.67, v6.12.68

Mehmet Basaran mehmet.basaran at canonical.com
Tue Apr 21 09:25:10 UTC 2026


Applied to noble:linux master-next branch. Thanks.

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Mehmet Basaran <mehmet.basaran at canonical.com> writes:

> == Justification ==
>
> Impact:
> The upstream stable v6.6.122, v6.12.67, v6.12.68 update included a 
> change to __ip6_tnl_rcv() which does not work for kernels <v6.13 
> (this might be important if the following is ever picked):
>
> f842901be344 "ip6_tunnel: use skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in __ip6_tnl_rcv()"
>
> Above patch replaces pskb_inet_may_pull() with skb_vlan_inet_prepare().
> The problem is that around v6.13 there was
>
> "net: tunnel: make skb_vlan_inet_prepare() return drop reasons"
>
> which changes return values of skb_vlan_inet_prepare(). Before a non
> zero return code meant success while after it is the opposite.
>
> Fix:
> Instead of pulling another dependency the proposed fix changes usage to
> other callers of skb_vlan_inet_prepare() in v6.8 
> (bareudp.c/geneve.c/vxlan_core.c).
>
> Testcase:
> Running the ubuntu_kselftests_net:net:l2_tos_ttl_inherit.sh fail (timeout)
> without the fix. After applying the test passes again.
>
> Mehmet Basaran (1):
>   UBUNTU: SAUCE: Fix skb_vlan_inet_prepare() usage
>
>  net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> -- 
> 2.43.0
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