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In UML repro on IPv4 AH\nwith ESN and forced async hmac(sha1), ping fails with 100% packet loss,\nand the callback logs show the pre-fix drift:\n\n ah4 output_done: esn=1 err=0 icv_off=20 expected_off=24\n ah4 input_done: esn=1 auth_off=20 expected_auth_off=24 icv_off=32 expected_icv_off=36\n\nReconstruct the callback-side layout the same way the setup path built it\nby skipping the ESN seqhi slot before locating the saved auth_data or ICV.\nPer RFC 4302, the ESN high-order 32 bits participate in the AH ICV\ncomputation, so the async callbacks must account for the seqhi slot.\n\nPost-fix, the same IPv4 AH+ESN+forced-async-hmac(sha1) UML repro shows\nthe corrected offset (ah4 output_done: esn=1 err=0 icv_off=24\nexpected_off=24) and ping succeeds; net/ipv4/ah4.o and net/ipv6/ah6.o\nbuild clean at W=1. 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