From: Prasad Koya <prasad@arista.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@kernel.org,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
stable@vger.kernel.org, prasad@arista.com
Subject: [PATCH net] macvlan: fix allmulti reference counting in passthru mode
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:46:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027024635.366900-1-prasad@arista.com> (raw)
Enabling allmulticast on a down passthru macvlan, bringing it up,
then toggling allmulticast off and on can underflow the lower device's
allmulti reference count.
macvlan_change_rx_flags() only propagates IFF_ALLMULTI changes while
the macvlan is up. However, the passthru path in macvlan_open() skips
taking an allmulti reference when IFF_ALLMULTI is already set.
Clearing allmulticast after opening the device therefore decrements
a reference that was never taken. With no other allmulti users, the
unsigned counter wraps from zero to UINT_MAX. The next increment
fails with -EOVERFLOW and reports "allmulti touches roof".
Signed-off-by: Prasad Koya <prasad@arista.com>
---
Reproducer:
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
ns=allmulti-test
host=am-veth0
peer=am-veth1
mv=am-mv0
cleanup()
{
ip netns del "$ns" 2>/dev/null || true
}
trap cleanup EXIT
ip netns add "$ns"
ip link add "$host" type veth peer name "$peer"
ip link set "$peer" netns "$ns"
ip link set "$host" up
ip -n "$ns" link set lo up
ip -n "$ns" link set "$peer" up
ip -n "$ns" link add link "$peer" name "$mv" type macvlan mode passthru
ip -n "$ns" link set dev "$mv" allmulticast on
ip -n "$ns" link set dev "$mv" up
ip -n "$ns" link set dev "$mv" allmulticast off
ip -n "$ns" link set dev "$mv" allmulticast on
drivers/net/macvlan.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index afad90b9222a..e20d587453d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -643,6 +643,14 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
if (err < 0)
goto out;
}
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
+ err = dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, 1);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ if (!(vlan->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC))
+ dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, -1);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
goto hash_add;
}
@@ -713,6 +721,8 @@ static int macvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
dev_mc_unsync(lowerdev, dev);
if (macvlan_passthru(vlan->port)) {
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
+ dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, -1);
if (!(vlan->flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC))
dev_set_promiscuity(lowerdev, -1);
goto hash_del;
base-commit: 7076f684d5132e6a6145e1da2fa74771ecd052e5
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 2:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 2:46 Prasad Koya [this message]
2026-10-27 2:51 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
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2026-10-27 3:43 ` Prasad Koya
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