Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] xfrm: fix ip_rt_bug race in icmp_route_lookup reverse path

From: "Jiayuan Chen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:29:53 +0000

2026/2/5 23:17, "David Ahern" <[email-masked] mailto:[email-masked]?to=%22David%20Ahern%22%20%3Cdsahern%40kernel.org%3E > 写到:

> 
> On 2/5/26 12:02 AM, Jiayuan Chen wrote:
> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> >  index 4abbec2f47ef..35816ac749bc 100644
> >  --- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> >  +++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
> >  @@ -554,6 +554,22 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
> >  /* steal dst entry from skb_in, don't drop refcnt */
> >  skb_dstref_steal(skb_in);
> >  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.
> >  + */
> >  + 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);
> > 
> per Paolo comment on the previous revision of this patch, strings should
> not be split across lines like this. It should be:
> 
> net_warn_ratelimited("detected local route for %pI4 during ICMP sending,
> src %pI4\n",

Sorry about that. I totally misunderstood Paolo's comment.

pw-bot: cr
> > 
> > + dst_release(&rt2->dst);
> >  + err = -EINVAL;
> >  + }
> >  }
> >  
> >  if (err)
> >
>