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From: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
To: <dsahern@kernel.org>, <idosch@nvidia.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	<horms@kernel.org>, <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	<jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <zhangchangzhong@huawei.com>,
	Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net v4] ipv4: icmp: reject RTN_UNREACHABLE input routes in icmp_route_lookup
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:34:00 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260829093400.1531398-1-dongchenchen2@huawei.com> (raw)

When the forward output route cannot be used in icmp_route_lookup(),
it enters the "reverse path" and calls ip_route_input() on fl4_dec.daddr,
the original packet's source address.

ip_route_input() only returns an error for truly invalid packets. For
unreachable addresses it will succeed and return an input route whose
dst.output is set to ip_rt_bug(). The existing check only rejects
RTN_LOCAL routes, so the RTN_UNREACHABLE route types can still be returned
and later used for output, syzkaller triggering a WARN_ON_ONCE()
in ip_rt_bug() as bellow:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: net/ipv4/route.c:1273 at ip_rt_bug+0x14/0x20
 RIP: 0010:ip_rt_bug+0x14/0x20
 Call Trace:
  ip_push_pending_frames+0xfa/0x100
  __icmp_send+0x905/0xf10
  ip_options_compile+0xc0/0xd0
  ip_rcv_finish_core+0x321/0xae0
  ip_rcv+0x1de/0x260
  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x11a/0x130
  netif_receive_skb+0x7b/0x260
  tun_get_user+0x11bf/0x1c10
 ------------[ cut here ]------------

Reject input route that is RTN_UNREACHABLE to fix it. The net warning
is only printed for RTN_LOCAL, as RTN_UNREACHABLE is not the result of
a race condition.

Fixes: 8b7817f3a959 ("[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support")
Suggested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
---
v2:
- RTN_UNICAST judgement will reject bforward packet. Only reject RTN_UNREACHABLE
v3:
- RTN_UNREACHABLE dont need warn log. 
v4:
- Modify the comments and commit msg to make them more accurate.
---
 net/ipv4/icmp.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 0caedfc7ca92..288da11c5de8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -581,16 +581,17 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 		skb_dstref_restore(skb_in, orefdst);
 
 		/*
-		 * At this point, fl4_dec.daddr should NOT be local (we
-		 * checked fl4_dec.saddr above). However, a race condition
-		 * may occur if the address is added to the interface
-		 * concurrently. In that case, ip_route_input() returns a
-		 * LOCAL route with dst.output=ip_rt_bug, which must not
-		 * be used for output.
+		 * fl4_dec.daddr is not expected to be local here, but it can be added to
+		 * an interface concurrently, in which case ip_route_input() returns a
+		 * LOCAL route. It can also fail to build a forwarding route towards
+		 * fl4_dec.daddr, for example, when forwarding is disabled, and return an
+		 * UNREACHABLE route. Both cases will result in a route with
+		 * dst.output=ip_rt_bug, which must not be used for output.
 		 */
-		if (!err && rt2 && rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL) {
-			net_warn_ratelimited("detected local route for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
-					     &fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
+		if (!err && rt2 && (rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL || rt2->rt_type == RTN_UNREACHABLE)) {
+			if (rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL)
+				net_warn_ratelimited("detected local route for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
+						     &fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
 			dst_release(&rt2->dst);
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		}
-- 
2.25.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-08-29  9:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-29  9:34 Dong Chenchen [this message]
2026-08-30 16:01 ` [PATCH net v4] ipv4: icmp: reject RTN_UNREACHABLE input routes in icmp_route_lookup Ido Schimmel

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