* [PATCH 5.10.y] batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses
2026-09-09 9:57 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-09-09 19:16 ` Sven Eckelmann
2026-09-11 11:20 ` Sasha Levin
2026-09-11 12:48 ` [PATCH 5.10.y v2] " Sven Eckelmann
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sven Eckelmann @ 2026-09-09 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Sven Eckelmann, Sashiko
commit e6de568d3eda3e3c01c868fabd7a9535d5ee4a73 upstream.
When a MAC address is updated in batadv_dat_entry_add(), it is done using a
simple copy function. A parallel reader might only see parts of this
update. In worst case, the reader is transporting the half updated MAC
address over the network or is creating an ARP response using it -
poisoning the ARP cache.
atomic64_t can be used to store the 48 bit of a mac address. A reader will
then either see the old mac address or the new one - never a mixture of
both.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: 2f1dfbe18507 ("batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - implement local storage")
[ Context ]
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
---
net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++---------
net/batman-adv/types.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 5b63048fbfbcd..49168027ffd15 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -373,18 +373,19 @@ batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
u8 *mac_addr, unsigned short vid)
{
+ u64 u64_mac = ether_addr_to_u64(mac_addr);
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry;
int hash_added;
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip, vid);
/* if this entry is already known, just update it */
if (dat_entry) {
- if (!batadv_compare_eth(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr))
- ether_addr_copy(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr);
+ atomic64_set(&dat_entry->mac_addr, u64_mac);
+
dat_entry->last_update = jiffies;
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
"Entry updated: %pI4 %pM (vid: %d)\n",
- &dat_entry->ip, dat_entry->mac_addr,
+ &dat_entry->ip, mac_addr,
batadv_print_vid(vid));
goto out;
}
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
dat_entry->ip = ip;
dat_entry->vid = vid;
- ether_addr_copy(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr);
+ atomic64_set(&dat_entry->mac_addr, u64_mac);
dat_entry->last_update = jiffies;
kref_init(&dat_entry->refcount);
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
}
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "New entry added: %pI4 %pM (vid: %d)\n",
- &dat_entry->ip, dat_entry->mac_addr, batadv_print_vid(vid));
+ &dat_entry->ip, mac_addr, batadv_print_vid(vid));
out:
if (dat_entry)
@@ -923,6 +924,8 @@ batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
struct netlink_callback *cb,
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
{
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
int msecs;
void *hdr;
@@ -935,11 +938,12 @@ batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - dat_entry->last_update);
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
if (nla_put_in_addr(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_IP4ADDRESS,
dat_entry->ip) ||
- nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_HWADDRESS, ETH_ALEN,
- dat_entry->mac_addr) ||
+ nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_HWADDRESS, ETH_ALEN, mac) ||
nla_put_u16(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_VID, dat_entry->vid) ||
nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_LAST_SEEN_MSECS, msecs)) {
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -1216,6 +1220,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
struct net_device *soft_iface = bat_priv->soft_iface;
int hdr_size = 0;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
goto out;
@@ -1243,6 +1249,9 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip_dst, vid);
if (dat_entry) {
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
/* If the ARP request is destined for a local client the local
* client will answer itself. DAT would only generate a
* duplicate packet.
@@ -1251,7 +1260,7 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* additional DAT answer may trigger kernel warnings about
* a packet coming from the wrong port.
*/
- if (batadv_is_my_client(bat_priv, dat_entry->mac_addr, vid)) {
+ if (batadv_is_my_client(bat_priv, mac, vid)) {
ret = true;
goto out;
}
@@ -1261,18 +1270,16 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* the backbone gws belonging to our backbone has claimed the
* destination.
*/
- if (!batadv_bla_check_claim(bat_priv,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, vid)) {
+ if (!batadv_bla_check_claim(bat_priv, mac, vid)) {
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
"Device %pM claimed by another backbone gw. Don't send ARP reply!",
- dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ mac);
ret = true;
goto out;
}
skb_new = batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(bat_priv, ip_dst, ip_src,
- dat_entry->mac_addr,
- hw_src, vid);
+ mac, hw_src, vid);
if (!skb_new)
goto out;
@@ -1315,6 +1322,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry = NULL;
bool ret = false;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
int err;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
@@ -1342,8 +1351,11 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
if (!dat_entry)
goto out;
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
skb_new = batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(bat_priv, ip_dst, ip_src,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, hw_src, vid);
+ mac, hw_src, vid);
if (!skb_new)
goto out;
@@ -1435,6 +1447,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
u8 *hw_src, *hw_dst;
bool dropped = false;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
goto out;
@@ -1463,11 +1477,17 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* this frame would lead to doubled receive of an ARP reply.
*/
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip_src, vid);
- if (dat_entry && batadv_compare_eth(hw_src, dat_entry->mac_addr)) {
- batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "Doubled ARP reply removed: ARP MSG = [src: %pM-%pI4 dst: %pM-%pI4]; dat_entry: %pM-%pI4\n",
- hw_src, &ip_src, hw_dst, &ip_dst,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, &dat_entry->ip);
- dropped = true;
+ if (dat_entry) {
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
+ if (batadv_compare_eth(hw_src, mac)) {
+ batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
+ "Doubled ARP reply removed: ARP MSG = [src: %pM-%pI4 dst: %pM-%pI4]; dat_entry: %pM-%pI4\n",
+ hw_src, &ip_src, hw_dst, &ip_dst,
+ mac, &dat_entry->ip);
+ dropped = true;
+ }
}
/* Update our internal cache with both the IP addresses the node got
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 790f62abfe030..49cef1a85639a 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ struct batadv_dat_entry {
__be32 ip;
/** @mac_addr: the MAC address associated to the stored IPv4 */
- u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ atomic64_t mac_addr;
/** @vid: the vlan ID associated to this entry */
unsigned short vid;
--
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2026-09-09 9:57 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-09 19:16 ` [PATCH 5.10.y] batman-adv: dat: atomically update mac addresses Sven Eckelmann
@ 2026-09-11 12:48 ` Sven Eckelmann
2026-09-12 15:26 ` Sasha Levin
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sven Eckelmann @ 2026-09-11 12:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Sven Eckelmann, Sashiko
commit e6de568d3eda3e3c01c868fabd7a9535d5ee4a73 upstream.
When a MAC address is updated in batadv_dat_entry_add(), it is done using a
simple copy function. A parallel reader might only see parts of this
update. In worst case, the reader is transporting the half updated MAC
address over the network or is creating an ARP response using it -
poisoning the ARP cache.
atomic64_t can be used to store the 48 bit of a mac address. A reader will
then either see the old mac address or the new one - never a mixture of
both.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Fixes: 2f1dfbe18507 ("batman-adv: Distributed ARP Table - implement local storage")
[ Context, integrate support for dat_cache debugfs file ]
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
---
net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++--------
net/batman-adv/types.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
index 5b63048fbfbcd..fa7f8abce5f88 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c
@@ -373,18 +373,19 @@ batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
u8 *mac_addr, unsigned short vid)
{
+ u64 u64_mac = ether_addr_to_u64(mac_addr);
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry;
int hash_added;
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip, vid);
/* if this entry is already known, just update it */
if (dat_entry) {
- if (!batadv_compare_eth(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr))
- ether_addr_copy(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr);
+ atomic64_set(&dat_entry->mac_addr, u64_mac);
+
dat_entry->last_update = jiffies;
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
"Entry updated: %pI4 %pM (vid: %d)\n",
- &dat_entry->ip, dat_entry->mac_addr,
+ &dat_entry->ip, mac_addr,
batadv_print_vid(vid));
goto out;
}
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
dat_entry->ip = ip;
dat_entry->vid = vid;
- ether_addr_copy(dat_entry->mac_addr, mac_addr);
+ atomic64_set(&dat_entry->mac_addr, u64_mac);
dat_entry->last_update = jiffies;
kref_init(&dat_entry->refcount);
@@ -411,7 +412,7 @@ static void batadv_dat_entry_add(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, __be32 ip,
}
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "New entry added: %pI4 %pM (vid: %d)\n",
- &dat_entry->ip, dat_entry->mac_addr, batadv_print_vid(vid));
+ &dat_entry->ip, mac_addr, batadv_print_vid(vid));
out:
if (dat_entry)
@@ -872,6 +873,8 @@ int batadv_dat_cache_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
struct hlist_head *head;
unsigned long last_seen_jiffies;
int last_seen_msecs, last_seen_secs, last_seen_mins;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
+ u64 u64_mac;
u32 i;
primary_if = batadv_seq_print_text_primary_if_get(seq);
@@ -893,8 +896,11 @@ int batadv_dat_cache_seq_print_text(struct seq_file *seq, void *offset)
last_seen_msecs = last_seen_msecs % 60000;
last_seen_secs = last_seen_msecs / 1000;
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
seq_printf(seq, " * %15pI4 %pM %4i %6i:%02i\n",
- &dat_entry->ip, dat_entry->mac_addr,
+ &dat_entry->ip, mac,
batadv_print_vid(dat_entry->vid),
last_seen_mins, last_seen_secs);
}
@@ -923,6 +929,8 @@ batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
struct netlink_callback *cb,
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry)
{
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
int msecs;
void *hdr;
@@ -935,11 +943,12 @@ batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(struct sk_buff *msg, u32 portid,
genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - dat_entry->last_update);
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
if (nla_put_in_addr(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_IP4ADDRESS,
dat_entry->ip) ||
- nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_HWADDRESS, ETH_ALEN,
- dat_entry->mac_addr) ||
+ nla_put(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_HWADDRESS, ETH_ALEN, mac) ||
nla_put_u16(msg, BATADV_ATTR_DAT_CACHE_VID, dat_entry->vid) ||
nla_put_u32(msg, BATADV_ATTR_LAST_SEEN_MSECS, msecs)) {
genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
@@ -1216,6 +1225,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
struct net_device *soft_iface = bat_priv->soft_iface;
int hdr_size = 0;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
goto out;
@@ -1243,6 +1254,9 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip_dst, vid);
if (dat_entry) {
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
/* If the ARP request is destined for a local client the local
* client will answer itself. DAT would only generate a
* duplicate packet.
@@ -1251,7 +1265,7 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* additional DAT answer may trigger kernel warnings about
* a packet coming from the wrong port.
*/
- if (batadv_is_my_client(bat_priv, dat_entry->mac_addr, vid)) {
+ if (batadv_is_my_client(bat_priv, mac, vid)) {
ret = true;
goto out;
}
@@ -1261,18 +1275,16 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* the backbone gws belonging to our backbone has claimed the
* destination.
*/
- if (!batadv_bla_check_claim(bat_priv,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, vid)) {
+ if (!batadv_bla_check_claim(bat_priv, mac, vid)) {
batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
"Device %pM claimed by another backbone gw. Don't send ARP reply!",
- dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ mac);
ret = true;
goto out;
}
skb_new = batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(bat_priv, ip_dst, ip_src,
- dat_entry->mac_addr,
- hw_src, vid);
+ mac, hw_src, vid);
if (!skb_new)
goto out;
@@ -1315,6 +1327,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry = NULL;
bool ret = false;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
int err;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
@@ -1342,8 +1356,11 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
if (!dat_entry)
goto out;
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
skb_new = batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(bat_priv, ip_dst, ip_src,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, hw_src, vid);
+ mac, hw_src, vid);
if (!skb_new)
goto out;
@@ -1435,6 +1452,8 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
u8 *hw_src, *hw_dst;
bool dropped = false;
unsigned short vid;
+ u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+ u64 u64_mac;
if (!atomic_read(&bat_priv->distributed_arp_table))
goto out;
@@ -1463,11 +1482,17 @@ bool batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
* this frame would lead to doubled receive of an ARP reply.
*/
dat_entry = batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(bat_priv, ip_src, vid);
- if (dat_entry && batadv_compare_eth(hw_src, dat_entry->mac_addr)) {
- batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "Doubled ARP reply removed: ARP MSG = [src: %pM-%pI4 dst: %pM-%pI4]; dat_entry: %pM-%pI4\n",
- hw_src, &ip_src, hw_dst, &ip_dst,
- dat_entry->mac_addr, &dat_entry->ip);
- dropped = true;
+ if (dat_entry) {
+ u64_mac = atomic64_read(&dat_entry->mac_addr);
+ u64_to_ether_addr(u64_mac, mac);
+
+ if (batadv_compare_eth(hw_src, mac)) {
+ batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv,
+ "Doubled ARP reply removed: ARP MSG = [src: %pM-%pI4 dst: %pM-%pI4]; dat_entry: %pM-%pI4\n",
+ hw_src, &ip_src, hw_dst, &ip_dst,
+ mac, &dat_entry->ip);
+ dropped = true;
+ }
}
/* Update our internal cache with both the IP addresses the node got
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 790f62abfe030..49cef1a85639a 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -2387,7 +2387,7 @@ struct batadv_dat_entry {
__be32 ip;
/** @mac_addr: the MAC address associated to the stored IPv4 */
- u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ atomic64_t mac_addr;
/** @vid: the vlan ID associated to this entry */
unsigned short vid;
--
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