From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, dsahern@kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, haleyb.dev@gmail.com,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2 net-next v3] ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 from localhost
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:44:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260121194409.6749-1-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)
When replying to a ICMPv6 echo request that comes from localhost address
the right output ifindex is 1 (lo) and not rt6i_idev dev index. Use the
skb device ifindex instead. This fixes pinging to a local address from
localhost source address.
$ ping6 -I ::1 2001:1:1::2 -c 3
PING 2001:1:1::2 (2001:1:1::2) from ::1 : 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.122 ms
2001:1:1::2 ping statistics
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2032ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.037/0.076/0.122/0.035 ms
Fixes: 1b70d792cf67 ("ipv6: Use rt6i_idev index for echo replies to a local address")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
v2: no changes
v3: use ipv6_addr_loopback() as it is more efficient
---
net/ipv6/icmp.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index c72270582d9c..1a25ecb92695 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -966,7 +966,9 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
fl6.daddr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
if (saddr)
fl6.saddr = *saddr;
- fl6.flowi6_oif = icmp6_iif(skb);
+ fl6.flowi6_oif = ipv6_addr_loopback(&fl6.daddr) ?
+ skb->dev->ifindex :
+ icmp6_iif(skb);
fl6.fl6_icmp_type = type;
fl6.flowi6_mark = mark;
fl6.flowi6_uid = sock_net_uid(net, NULL);
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-21 19:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 19:44 Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
2026-01-21 19:44 ` [PATCH 2/2 net-next v3] selftests: net: add ipv6 ping to local address from localhost Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-01-23 18:13 ` David Ahern
2026-01-23 18:13 ` [PATCH 1/2 net-next v3] ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 " David Ahern
2026-01-25 21:50 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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