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From: liamsmith827 <liamsmith827@grapheneos.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Liam Smith <liamsmith827@proton.me>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 2/4] ipv4: restrict on-link fallback to lookup misses
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:59:30 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112235932.23836-3-liamsmith827@grapheneos.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112235932.23836-1-liamsmith827@grapheneos.org>

From: Liam Smith <liamsmith827@proton.me>

For non-vrf unicast, the on-link fallback currently occurs regardless of
the particular error returned by fib_lookup(). As a result, routes and
rules that are supposed to restrict traffic (blackhole, prohibit,
unreachable) are unable to do so comprehensively.

A specific example of this being a problem is within Android, where the
VPN "kill switch" is implemented with prohibit rules. Any process that
can set flowi4_oif (SO_BINDTODEVICE, IP_UNICAST_IF, IP_PKTINFO, etc.) is
able to utilize this fallback, meaning unprivileged Android apps can
trivially bypass the VPN. This is particularly bad on cellular networks,
where ARP is often not needed.

Restrict the fallback to routing lookup misses.

This was originally observed on an Android device, by way of packet
capture.

Tested fcnal-test.sh in UML with CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES both enabled
and disabled.

Signed-off-by: Liam Smith <liamsmith827@proton.me>
---
 net/ipv4/route.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 595a3b7f1783..03db105303b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2849,12 +2849,13 @@ struct rtable *ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 		goto make_route;
 	}
 
-	err = fib_lookup(net, fl4, res, 0);
+	err = fib_lookup(net, fl4, res, FIB_LOOKUP_REPORT_MISS);
 	if (err) {
 		res->fi = NULL;
 		res->table = NULL;
 		if (fl4->flowi4_oif &&
-		    (ipv4_is_multicast(fl4->daddr) || !fl4->flowi4_l3mdev)) {
+		    (ipv4_is_multicast(fl4->daddr) ||
+		     (!fl4->flowi4_l3mdev && err == -ESRCH))) {
 			/* Apparently, routing tables are wrong. Assume,
 			 * that the destination is on link.
 			 *
@@ -2879,6 +2880,8 @@ struct rtable *ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 			res->type = RTN_UNICAST;
 			goto make_route;
 		}
+		/* Reverse the mapping induced by FIB_LOOKUP_REPORT_MISS. */
+		err = err == -ESRCH ? -ENETUNREACH : err;
 		rth = ERR_PTR(err);
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-13  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-12 23:59 [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] " liamsmith827
2026-11-12 23:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] ipv4: add FIB_LOOKUP_REPORT_MISS liamsmith827
2026-11-12 23:59 ` liamsmith827 [this message]
2026-11-12 23:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/4] selftests: net: test restricted on-link fallback liamsmith827
2026-11-15  8:30   ` Ido Schimmel
2026-11-12 23:59 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/4] ipv4: replace obsolete routing comment liamsmith827
2026-11-15  8:31   ` Ido Schimmel
2026-11-15  8:30 ` [PATCH net-next v3 0/4] ipv4: restrict on-link fallback to lookup misses Ido Schimmel

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