A method comprises allocating a data buffer in a shared memory region of a computing device, writing communication data comprising a header portion and a body portion into the data buffer, generating a modified header portion by appending the header portion of the communication data with address data that determines an address of the communication data in the data buffer, processing the modified header portion through the network protocol stack, and storing the body portion in the data buffer in a compatible data format for communication according to the networking protocol stack.