[PATCH net] ipv4: fib: treat an unbuildable encapsulation as a nexthop mismatch
From: Gabriel Goller
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 12:20:43 EST
fib_encap_match() builds the requested lwtunnel state and compares it
against the nexthop of a candidate route. When lwtunnel_build_state()
failed it left result at 0, which is interpreted as "the nexthop
matches", so fib_nh_match() continues to compare only oif and gateway.
So if there comes along a RTM_DELROUTE which carries an encapsulation
the kernel rejects, it could delete a different route with a different
encapsulation.
Fixes: 571e722676fe ("ipv4: support for fib route lwtunnel encap attributes")
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 50e96f86ca59..951e48ae87da 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -911,17 +911,17 @@ static int fib_encap_match(struct net *net, u16 encap_type,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate;
- int ret, result = 0;
+ int result;
if (encap_type == LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
return 0;
- ret = lwtunnel_build_state(net, encap_type, encap, AF_INET,
- cfg, &lwtstate, extack);
- if (!ret) {
- result = lwtunnel_cmp_encap(lwtstate, nh->fib_nh_lws);
- lwtstate_free(lwtstate);
- }
+ if (lwtunnel_build_state(net, encap_type, encap, AF_INET, cfg,
+ &lwtstate, extack))
+ return 1;
+
+ result = lwtunnel_cmp_encap(lwtstate, nh->fib_nh_lws);
+ lwtstate_free(lwtstate);
return result;
}
--
2.47.3