* [PATCH net v3] ipv6: reject routes without an inet6_dev
@ 2026-11-09 8:29 Yingjie Wang
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From: Yingjie Wang @ 2026-11-09 8:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: dsahern, idosch, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni, horms,
linux-kernel, ast, liuhangbin
ip6_route_output() and ip6_route_lookup() can return an error-free route
whose rt6i_idev is NULL. Lowering an external nexthop device's MTU below
IPV6_MIN_MTU tears down its inet6_dev, while fib6_ifdown() leaves routes
using nexthop objects in the FIB.
An unprivileged user with CAP_NET_ADMIN in a private user and network
namespace can construct this state. Consumers which treat a route without
an error as usable can then dereference the NULL rt6i_idev. This was
reproduced as a KASAN NULL pointer dereference in ip6_tnl_xmit().
An audit of IPv6 route and tunnel users found this unchecked
ip6_dst_idev() dereference.
A similar missing inet6_dev check was fixed in commit 1b9b5323725e
("netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: reject routes without inet6_dev"). However,
the route construction path still marks routes without an inet6_dev as
successful, leaving every consumer responsible for the same check.
Acquire the inet6_dev reference before initializing the destination. If a
non-reject route has no inet6_dev, initialize it as RTN_UNREACHABLE instead
of a successful route. Explicit reject routes keep their original type and
error. This establishes that ordinary error-free IPv6 routes have an
inet6_dev while retaining the existing defensive checks at callers.
The modified route object builds cleanly with W=1. A full x86_64 KASAN
bzImage build completes; it reports two pre-existing kernel-doc warnings
outside this change.
Tests:
- `make W=1 net/ipv6/route.o`
- full x86_64 KASAN `bzImage` build with `W=1`
- KASAN QEMU with an unprivileged user and network namespace: after
lowering the MTU, the stale route returned `No route to host`, a normal
route still resolved, and the collect_md trigger completed without
KASAN, oops, or panic
- `tools/testing/selftests/net/ip6_tunnel.sh` in the same KASAN QEMU
Fixes: 5b98324ebe29 ("ipv6: Allow routes to use nexthop objects")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/DMP4WRIOGMBX.3VW2KNLBGDZ0K@gmail.com/
Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@kylinos.cn>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yingjie Wang <1075151112@qq.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- Use Alexei Starovoitov's V1 review as `Closes:` and drop the
manually supplied `Link:`, as requested by Hangbin Liu.
- Add the discovery method requested by the netdev information bot.
- Add Hangbin Liu's `Reviewed-by:`.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/tencent_3049FF6D9F23419F56589E244420973D2708@qq.com/
Changes since v1:
- Move the invariant into IPv6 route construction following Alexei
Starovoitov's review.
- Acquire `rt6i_idev` before destination initialization and preserve the
existing handling of explicit reject routes.
- Update `Fixes:` to the nexthop-object route support commit.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/tencent_CB9E1044AC97882719FF3A9F5B410A562408@qq.com/
net/ipv6/route.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 2eb884558c24..a4c792fc55e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1165,6 +1165,12 @@ static void ip6_rt_init_dst(struct rt6_info *rt, const struct fib6_result *res)
return;
}
+ /* addrconf_ifdown() removed inet6_dev. The device can't do IPv6. */
+ if (!rt->rt6i_idev) {
+ ip6_rt_init_dst_reject(rt, RTN_UNREACHABLE);
+ return;
+ }
+
rt->dst.error = 0;
rt->dst.output = ip6_output;
@@ -1200,10 +1206,10 @@ static void ip6_rt_copy_init(struct rt6_info *rt, const struct fib6_result *res)
const struct net_device *dev = nh->fib_nh_dev;
struct fib6_info *f6i = res->f6i;
+ rt->rt6i_idev = dev ? in6_dev_get(dev) : NULL;
ip6_rt_init_dst(rt, res);
rt->rt6i_dst = f6i->fib6_dst;
- rt->rt6i_idev = dev ? in6_dev_get(dev) : NULL;
rt->rt6i_flags = res->fib6_flags;
if (nh->fib_nh_gw_family) {
rt->rt6i_gateway = nh->fib_nh_gw6;
base-commit: 30c71476d842b094651bd7712f6c8ee8716147d0
--
2.43.0
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