From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>,
Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>,
Ralf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 04/10] ovpn: rehash peer in by_transp_addr table on CMD_PEER_SET
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:46:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730094624.4102963-5-antonio@openvpn.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260730094624.4102963-1-antonio@openvpn.net>
When userspace updates a peer's remote endpoint via OVPN_CMD_PEER_SET,
ovpn_nl_peer_modify() installs a new ovpn_bind through
ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(), but ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit() only calls
ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip() to refresh the VPN-IP hashtables. The peer is
left in the bucket of peers->by_transp_addr corresponding to its old
remote address.
As a consequence, datagrams arriving at the UDP RX path from the newly
configured remote hash to a different slot and the lockless lookup in
ovpn_peer_get_by_transp_addr() (called from ovpn_udp_encap_recv()) does
not find the peer, until either a float event or a peer re-add fixes
the bucket.
Introduce ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr() (modeled after
ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip()) and invoke it from ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit()
whenever the request carried a new remote address. The helper bails
out in P2P mode and on peers without a bind (TCP), and relies on
hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu()'s pprev==NULL short-circuit to handle the
case of an entry not currently linked in the table.
Fixes: 1d36a36f6d53 ("ovpn: implement peer add/get/dump/delete via netlink")
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
---
drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c | 6 +++
drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c | 105 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
index 4c66c1ec497e..4dad85294198 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
@@ -534,6 +534,12 @@ int ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
*/
if (ret > 0)
ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip(peer);
+ /* if the remote endpoint was updated, the by_transp_addr hash bucket
+ * also needs to be refreshed, otherwise incoming packets from the new
+ * remote address would fail the lockless lookup
+ */
+ if (attrs[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV4] || attrs[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV6])
+ ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(peer);
spin_unlock_bh(&ovpn->lock);
ovpn_peer_put(peer);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
index 68021c0c1783..a330892e82bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ int ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
&(*__tbl1)[ovpn_get_hash_slot(*__tbl1, _key, _key_len)];\
})
+static void __ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
+ const struct ovpn_bind *bind);
+
/**
* ovpn_peer_endpoints_update - update remote or local endpoint for peer
* @peer: peer to update the remote endpoint for
@@ -196,7 +199,6 @@ int ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
*/
void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
- struct hlist_nulls_head *nhead;
struct sockaddr_storage ss;
struct sockaddr_in6 *sa6;
bool reset_cache = false;
@@ -295,46 +297,23 @@ void ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sk_buff *skb)
ovpn_nl_peer_float_notify(peer, &ss);
/* rehashing is required only in MP mode as P2P has one peer
- * only and thus there is no hashtable
+ * only and thus there is no hashtable.
+ *
+ * This function may be invoked concurrently, so re-read peer->bind
+ * under the proper locks and rehash against its current value.
*/
if (peer->ovpn->mode != OVPN_MODE_MP)
return;
+ /* This function may be invoked concurrently, therefore another
+ * float may have happened in parallel: re-acquire the locks and
+ * rehash using the peer->bind->remote directly as key
+ */
spin_lock_bh(&peer->ovpn->lock);
spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock);
bind = rcu_dereference_protected(peer->bind,
lockdep_is_held(&peer->lock));
- if (unlikely(!bind))
- goto unlock2;
-
- /* peer may have been concurrently removed between the caller's
- * initial lookup and our acquisition of ovpn->lock; skip the
- * rehash so we don't re-insert a removed peer
- */
- if (unlikely(hlist_unhashed(&peer->hash_entry_id)))
- goto unlock2;
-
- /* This function may be invoked concurrently, therefore another
- * float may have happened in parallel: perform rehashing
- * using the peer->bind->remote directly as key
- */
-
- switch (bind->remote.in4.sin_family) {
- case AF_INET:
- salen = sizeof(*sa);
- break;
- case AF_INET6:
- salen = sizeof(*sa6);
- break;
- }
-
- /* remove old hashing */
- hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(&peer->hash_entry_transp_addr);
- /* re-add with new transport address */
- nhead = ovpn_get_hash_head(peer->ovpn->peers->by_transp_addr,
- &bind->remote, salen);
- hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&peer->hash_entry_transp_addr, nhead);
-unlock2:
+ __ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(peer, bind);
spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock);
spin_unlock_bh(&peer->ovpn->lock);
return;
@@ -902,6 +881,66 @@ bool ovpn_peer_check_by_src(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sk_buff *skb,
return match;
}
+/* Move @peer to the by_transp_addr bucket matching its current bind.
+ *
+ * Caller must hold both peer->ovpn->lock and peer->lock, and must have
+ * already dereferenced a valid (non-NULL) peer->bind, passed in as @bind.
+ */
+static void __ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
+ const struct ovpn_bind *bind)
+{
+ struct hlist_nulls_head *nhead;
+ size_t salen;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&peer->ovpn->lock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&peer->lock);
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!bind))
+ return;
+
+ /* peer may have been concurrently removed between the caller's
+ * initial lookup and our acquisition of ovpn->lock; skip the
+ * rehash so we don't re-insert a removed peer
+ */
+ if (unlikely(hlist_unhashed(&peer->hash_entry_id)))
+ return;
+
+ switch (bind->remote.in4.sin_family) {
+ case AF_INET:
+ salen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
+ break;
+ case AF_INET6:
+ salen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6);
+ break;
+ default:
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* remove old hashing (no-op if entry is not currently linked) */
+ hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(&peer->hash_entry_transp_addr);
+ /* re-add with current transport address */
+ nhead = ovpn_get_hash_head(peer->ovpn->peers->by_transp_addr,
+ &bind->remote, salen);
+ hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&peer->hash_entry_transp_addr, nhead);
+}
+
+void ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(struct ovpn_peer *peer)
+{
+ struct ovpn_bind *bind;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&peer->ovpn->lock);
+
+ /* rehashing makes sense only in multipeer mode */
+ if (peer->ovpn->mode != OVPN_MODE_MP)
+ return;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock);
+ bind = rcu_dereference_protected(peer->bind,
+ lockdep_is_held(&peer->lock));
+ __ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(peer, bind);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock);
+}
+
void ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip(struct ovpn_peer *peer)
{
struct hlist_nulls_head *nhead;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h
index 86c8cffada6d..dfa5c0037e02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.h
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct ovpn_peer *ovpn_peer_get_by_id(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, u32 peer_id);
struct ovpn_peer *ovpn_peer_get_by_dst(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn,
struct sk_buff *skb);
void ovpn_peer_hash_vpn_ip(struct ovpn_peer *peer);
+void ovpn_peer_hash_transp_addr(struct ovpn_peer *peer);
bool ovpn_peer_check_by_src(struct ovpn_priv *ovpn, struct sk_buff *skb,
struct ovpn_peer *peer);
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-30 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 9:46 [PATCH net 00/10] pull request: fixes for ovpn 2026-07-30 Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 01/10] ovpn: add missing rtnl_link_ops->get_size callback Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 02/10] ovpn: limit keepalive values to one day Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 03/10] ovpn: skip rehash for peers already removed from by_id Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 05/10] ovpn: ensure socket is owned by ovpn before deref sk_user_data Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 06/10] ovpn: zero-initialize sockaddr before learning a floated endpoint Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 07/10] ovpn: hash floated peer by transport identity only Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 08/10] ovpn: disable IPv4 redirects on MP interfaces Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 09/10] ovpn: ensure TCP vars are initialized first Antonio Quartulli
2026-07-30 9:46 ` [PATCH net 10/10] ovpn: fix incorrect use of rcu_access_pointer() Antonio Quartulli
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