[PATCH net v2] ipv4: fib: fix data-race and stale genid check around nh->nh_saddr
From: Linkui Xiao
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 03:24:08 EST
From: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
fib_select_multipath() compares nexthop_nh->nh_saddr against the flow
source address with no lock held, while fib_info_update_nhc_saddr()
stores a new value from another CPU as soon as the preferred source
address of the egress device changes.
Commit 195374d89368 ("ipv4: fib: annotate races around nh->nh_saddr_genid
and nh->nh_saddr") added WRITE_ONCE() on the store side and READ_ONCE()
in fib_result_prefsrc() after syzbot reported
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in fib_select_path / fib_select_path
but it only covered that reader. fib_select_multipath(), reached from
fib_select_path(), is a second lockless reader of nh->nh_saddr and was
left bare.
Moreover, nh_saddr is only meaningful when nh_saddr_genid matches
dev_addr_genid, as established by 195374d89368. fib_select_multipath()
skips that validation, so it can score a nexthop using a stale source
address and skew the ECMP selection.
Annotate both reads with READ_ONCE() and add the missing genid check,
mirroring fib_result_prefsrc().
Fixes: 32607a332cfe ("ipv4: prefer multipath nexthop that matches source address")
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <xiaolinkui@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANn89iJhFL2LNQCXTANQAx8B1GVdGTJgrDwPTZOjbH8k1ygtsg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
V2:
- point Fixes: at 32607a332cfe, which introduced the bare reader
- add the missing genid check as suggested by Eric Dumazet
net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 7a362f2e2c2b..e2bfc11aea09 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
bool use_neigh;
int score = -1;
__be32 saddr;
+ int genid;
if (unlikely(res->fi->nh)) {
nexthop_path_fib_result(res, hash);
@@ -2192,6 +2193,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
use_neigh = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh);
saddr = fl4 ? fl4->saddr : 0;
+ genid = saddr ? atomic_read(&net->ipv4.dev_addr_genid) : 0;
change_nexthops(fi) {
int nh_upper_bound, nh_score = 0;
@@ -2204,7 +2206,9 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
(use_neigh && !fib_good_nh(nexthop_nh)))
continue;
- if (saddr && nexthop_nh->nh_saddr == saddr)
+ if (saddr &&
+ READ_ONCE(nexthop_nh->nh_saddr_genid) == genid &&
+ READ_ONCE(nexthop_nh->nh_saddr) == saddr)
nh_score += 2;
if (hash <= nh_upper_bound)
nh_score++;
--
2.25.1