[PATCH net v2 3/5] ipv6: restrict mld_qrv to 255
From: Jiayuan Chen
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 06:58:42 EST
net.ipv6.mld_qrv only has a lower bound, but ipv6_mc_reset() stores it
into the u8 inet6_dev::mc_qrv, so 256 wraps to 0 and the first MLDv2
Query received on the interface trips the WARN_ON() in mld_update_qrv():
WARN_ON(idev->mc_qrv == 0);
WARNING: net/ipv6/mcast.c:1327 at mld_query_work+0x1fd2/0x2cb0, CPU#3: kworker/3:1/2688
Workqueue: mld mld_query_work
RIP: 0010:mld_query_work+0x1fd2/0x2cb0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
process_one_work+0x93a/0x1b20
worker_thread+0x6d0/0x11d0
kthread+0x358/0x470
ret_from_fork+0x5b3/0x820
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
</TASK>
Make the sysctl a u8 like mc_qrv and switch to proc_dou8vec_minmax(),
which rejects anything above 255, and document it.
Fixes: 2f711939d2ea ("ipv6: add sysctl_mld_qrv to configure query robustness variable")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen <jiayuan.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: switched to u8 and proc_dou8vec_minmax(), as suggested by Kuniyuki
Iwashima.
---
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 2 ++
include/net/ipv6.h | 2 +-
net/ipv6/mcast.c | 2 +-
net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 4b19c8d3efda7..71f334f27004e 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -2515,6 +2515,8 @@ mld_qrv - INTEGER
Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5)
+ Maximum: 255
+
max_dst_opts_number - INTEGER
Maximum number of non-padding TLVs allowed in a Destination
options extension header. If this value is less than zero
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 3de07e738538f..4901a92066e61 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ip6_frag_next(struct sk_buff *skb,
/* sysctls */
extern int sysctl_mld_max_msf;
-extern int sysctl_mld_qrv;
+extern u8 sysctl_mld_qrv;
#define _DEVINC(net, statname, mod, idev, field) \
({ \
diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index ecef55f261890..13f31132e0f97 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int __ipv6_dev_mc_inc(struct net_device *dev,
#define IPV6_MLD_MAX_MSF 64
int sysctl_mld_max_msf __read_mostly = IPV6_MLD_MAX_MSF;
-int sysctl_mld_qrv __read_mostly = MLD_QRV_DEFAULT;
+u8 sysctl_mld_qrv __read_mostly = MLD_QRV_DEFAULT;
#define mc_assert_locked(idev) \
lockdep_assert_held(&(idev)->mc_lock)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index 1a0a36dcdabc1..f3ac04dbc71d0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv6_rotable[] = {
{
.procname = "mld_qrv",
.data = &sysctl_mld_qrv,
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
+ .maxlen = sizeof(u8),
.mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
#ifdef CONFIG_NETLABEL
--
2.43.0