[PATCH net-next] ipv4: fib: fix route re-dump in inet_dump_fib() on multi-batch dump

From: Pengfei Zhang

Date: Fri Jun 26 2026 - 04:56:51 EST


inet_dump_fib() saves its progress in cb->args[1] as a positional
index within the current hash chain. Between batches, a concurrent
fib_new_table() can insert a new table at the chain head, shifting
all existing entries. On resume the saved index lands on a different
table, causing already-dumped tables to be re-dumped and the
originally suspended table to restart from the beginning.

Fix by storing tb->tb_id in cb->args[1] instead of a positional
index, mirroring the fix applied to inet6_dump_fib().

Fixes: 1b43af5480c3 ("[IPV6]: Increase number of possible routing tables to 2^32")
Signed-off-by: Pengfei Zhang <zhangfeionline@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Consider a hash slot containing two tables [A(pos=0), B(pos=1)] where
B is large enough to require multiple batches. On the first batch, B
suspends mid-walk and the loop saves:

cb->args[1] = e; /* e=1, position of B in the chain */

The lock is then released. At this point a concurrent fib_new_table()
inserts table C at the chain head via hlist_add_head_rcu(), making the
chain [C(pos=0), A(pos=1), B(pos=2)].

On the next batch, inet_dump_fib() resumes with s_e=1 and iterates:

s_e = cb->args[1]; /* s_e = 1 */
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(tb, head, tb_hlist) {
if (e < s_e) /* skip C at pos=0 */
goto next;
/* e=1: tb now points to A, not B */
if (dumped)
memset(...); /* resets B's suspended progress */
fib_table_dump(tb, ...); /* re-dumps A from scratch */
dumped = 1;
/* e=2: tb now points to B */
fib_table_dump(tb, ...); /* re-dumps B from beginning */
}

Routes from A are dumped twice, and the portion of B that was already
dumped in the first batch is dumped again.

net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 42212970d..65fa245af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1019,10 +1019,11 @@ static int inet_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
.dump_routes = true,
.dump_exceptions = true,
};
- unsigned int e = 0, s_e, h, s_h;
struct hlist_head *head;
int dumped = 0, err = 0;
+ unsigned int h, s_h;
struct fib_table *tb;
+ u32 s_id;

rcu_read_lock();
if (cb->strict_check) {
@@ -1054,29 +1055,28 @@ static int inet_dump_fib(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
}

s_h = cb->args[0];
- s_e = cb->args[1];
+ s_id = cb->args[1];

err = 0;
- for (h = s_h; h < FIB_TABLE_HASHSZ; h++, s_e = 0) {
- e = 0;
+ for (h = s_h; h < FIB_TABLE_HASHSZ; h++, s_id = 0) {
head = &net->ipv4.fib_table_hash[h];
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(tb, head, tb_hlist) {
- if (e < s_e)
- goto next;
+ if (s_id && tb->tb_id != s_id)
+ continue;
+
+ s_id = 0;
if (dumped)
memset(&cb->args[2], 0, sizeof(cb->args) -
2 * sizeof(cb->args[0]));
+ cb->args[1] = tb->tb_id;
err = fib_table_dump(tb, skb, cb, &filter);
if (err < 0)
goto out;
dumped = 1;
-next:
- e++;
}
}
out:

- cb->args[1] = e;
cb->args[0] = h;

unlock:
--
2.34.1