* [PATCH net] ipv4: icmp: reject non-unicast input routes in icmp_route_lookup
@ 2026-08-11 13:30 Dong Chenchen
2026-08-14 11:20 ` dongchenchen (A)
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dong Chenchen @ 2026-08-11 13:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dsahern, idosch, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, herbert
Cc: netdev, zhangchangzhong, Dong Chenchen
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
local, broadcast, multicast and unreachable addresses it still succeeds
and returns an input route whose dst.output is set to ip_rt_bug(). The
existing check only rejects RTN_LOCAL routes, so the other 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 ]------------
If the original source address is unroutable, ip_route_input() returns a
RTN_UNREACHABLE input route with err == 0, and the ICMP reply is then sent
through ip_rt_bug().
Only RTN_UNICAST input routes have dst.output set to ip_output() and are
safe to use for output. Reject any input route that is not RTN_UNICAST.
Fixes: 8b7817f3a959 ("[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support")
Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
---
net/ipv4/icmp.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 0caedfc7ca92..d58ac2f23f9f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -584,12 +584,14 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
* 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.
+ * concurrently, or if fl4_dec.daddr is otherwise unroutable.
+ * In that case, ip_route_input() returns an input route
+ * (RTN_LOCAL, RTN_BROADCAST, RTN_UNREACHABLE or
+ * RTN_MULTICAST) with dst.output set to 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",
+ if (!err && rt2 && rt2->rt_type != RTN_UNICAST) {
+ net_warn_ratelimited("detected unusable input route for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
&fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
dst_release(&rt2->dst);
err = -EINVAL;
--
2.25.1
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* Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: icmp: reject non-unicast input routes in icmp_route_lookup
2026-08-11 13:30 [PATCH net] ipv4: icmp: reject non-unicast input routes in icmp_route_lookup Dong Chenchen
@ 2026-08-14 11:20 ` dongchenchen (A)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: dongchenchen (A) @ 2026-08-14 11:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dsahern, idosch, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms, herbert
Cc: netdev, zhangchangzhong
> 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
> local, broadcast, multicast and unreachable addresses it still succeeds
> and returns an input route whose dst.output is set to ip_rt_bug(). The
> existing check only rejects RTN_LOCAL routes, so the other 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 ]------------
>
> If the original source address is unroutable, ip_route_input() returns a
> RTN_UNREACHABLE input route with err == 0, and the ICMP reply is then sent
> through ip_rt_bug().
>
> Only RTN_UNICAST input routes have dst.output set to ip_output() and are
> safe to use for output. Reject any input route that is not RTN_UNICAST.
>
> Fixes: 8b7817f3a959 ("[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support")
> Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <dongchenchen2@huawei.com>
> ---
> net/ipv4/icmp.c | 12 +++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> index 0caedfc7ca92..d58ac2f23f9f 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> @@ -584,12 +584,14 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
> * 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.
> + * concurrently, or if fl4_dec.daddr is otherwise unroutable.
> + * In that case, ip_route_input() returns an input route
> + * (RTN_LOCAL, RTN_BROADCAST, RTN_UNREACHABLE or
> + * RTN_MULTICAST) with dst.output set to 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",
> + if (!err && rt2 && rt2->rt_type != RTN_UNICAST) {
sorry, this judgement will reject bforward packet.
broadcast and multicast rt with ip_rt_bug has been reject after
icmp_route_lookup.We only need to add a judgment for RTN_UNREACHABLE
v2 will be sent.
best regards
Dong Chenchen> + net_warn_ratelimited("detected unusable input route
for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
> &fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
> dst_release(&rt2->dst);
> err = -EINVAL;
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