[PATCH net-next v3 2/2] ipv4: snapshot dst.dev in ip_rt_send_redirect() and ip_rt_get_source()
From: xuanqiang . luo
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 02:09:53 EST
From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
rt_flush_dev() can replace rt->dst.dev with blackhole_netdev while RCU
readers are running. ip_rt_send_redirect() and ip_rt_get_source() both
read rt->dst.dev more than once and use the results in one operation.
If rt->dst.dev changes between those reads, the operation can use values
from two devices. For example, ip_rt_send_redirect() can use in_dev from
the old device and the L3 master ifindex from blackhole_netdev.
Read rt->dst.dev once in these two functions and use the snapshot for the
later device accesses.
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/route.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index b668375df71e2..4fed07cae7da2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -874,21 +874,23 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct rtable *rt = skb_rtable(skb);
struct in_device *in_dev;
+ struct net_device *dev;
struct inet_peer *peer;
- struct net *net;
int log_martians;
+ struct net *net;
int vif;
rcu_read_lock();
- in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(rt->dst.dev);
+ dev = dst_dev_rcu(&rt->dst);
+ in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
if (!in_dev || !IN_DEV_TX_REDIRECTS(in_dev)) {
rcu_read_unlock();
return;
}
log_martians = IN_DEV_LOG_MARTIANS(in_dev);
- vif = l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(rt->dst.dev);
+ vif = l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(dev);
- net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
+ net = dev_net_rcu(dev);
peer = inet_getpeer_v4(net->ipv4.peers, ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, vif);
if (!peer) {
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -1287,29 +1289,32 @@ void ip_rt_get_source(u8 *addr, struct sk_buff *skb, struct rtable *rt)
{
__be32 src;
- if (rt_is_output_route(rt))
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (rt_is_output_route(rt)) {
src = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr;
- else {
- struct fib_result res;
+ } else {
+ struct net_device *dev = dst_dev_rcu(&rt->dst);
+ struct net *net = dev_net_rcu(dev);
struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
+ struct fib_result res;
struct flowi4 fl4 = {
.daddr = iph->daddr,
.saddr = iph->saddr,
.flowi4_dscp = ip4h_dscp(iph),
- .flowi4_oif = rt->dst.dev->ifindex,
+ .flowi4_oif = dev->ifindex,
.flowi4_iif = skb->dev->ifindex,
.flowi4_mark = skb->mark,
};
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (fib_lookup(dev_net(rt->dst.dev), &fl4, &res, 0) == 0)
- src = fib_result_prefsrc(dev_net(rt->dst.dev), &res);
+ if (fib_lookup(net, &fl4, &res, 0) == 0)
+ src = fib_result_prefsrc(net, &res);
else
- src = inet_select_addr(rt->dst.dev,
+ src = inet_select_addr(dev,
rt_nexthop(rt, iph->daddr),
RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE);
- rcu_read_unlock();
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
memcpy(addr, &src, 4);
}
--
2.43.0