Re: [PATCH net v3] xfrm: fix ip_rt_bug race in icmp_route_lookup reverse path
From: David Ahern
Date: Thu Feb 05 2026 - 10:21:32 EST
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",
> + dst_release(&rt2->dst);
> + err = -EINVAL;
> + }
> }
>
> if (err)