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net/sched: act_mirred: fix wrong device for mac_header_xmit check in tcf_blockcast_redir

In tcf_blockcast_redir(), when iterating block ports to redirect
packets to multiple devices, the mac_header_xmit flag is queried
from the wrong device. The loop sends to dev_prev but queries
dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev) — which is the NEXT device in the
iteration, not the one being sent to.

This causes tcf_mirred_to_dev() to make incorrect decisions about
whether to push or pull the MAC header. When the block contains
mixed device types (e.g., an ethernet veth and a tunnel device),
intermediate devices get the wrong mac_header_xmit flag, leading to
skb header corruption. In the worst case, skb_push_rcsum with an
incorrect mac_len can exhaust headroom and panic.

The last device in the loop is handled correctly (line 365-366 uses
dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev_prev)), confirming this is a copy-paste
oversight for the intermediate devices.

Fix by using dev_prev instead of dev for the mac_header_xmit query,
consistent with the device actually being sent to.

Fixes: 42f39036cda8 ("net/sched: act_mirred: Allow mirred to block")
Signed-off-by: Dudu Lu <phx0fer@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260413084927.71353-1-phx0fer@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

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Dudu Lu and committed by
Paolo Abeni
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net/sched/act_mirred.c
··· 354 354 goto assign_prev; 355 355 356 356 tcf_mirred_to_dev(skb, m, dev_prev, 357 - dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev), 357 + dev_is_mac_header_xmit(dev_prev), 358 358 mirred_eaction, retval); 359 359 assign_prev: 360 360 dev_prev = dev;