Merge branch 'fixes-for-seg6-and-rpl-lwtunnels-on-input'

Justin Iurman says:

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fixes for seg6 and rpl lwtunnels on input

As a follow up to commit 92191dd10730 ("net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in
rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels"), we also need a conditional dst cache on
input for seg6_iptunnel and rpl_iptunnel to prevent dst ref loops (i.e.,
if the packet destination did not change, we may end up recording a
reference to the lwtunnel in its own cache, and the lwtunnel state will
never be freed). This series provides a fix to respectively prevent a
dst ref loop on input in seg6_iptunnel and rpl_iptunnel.

v2:
- https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250211221624.18435-1-justin.iurman@uliege.be/
v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250209193840.20509-1-justin.iurman@uliege.be/
====================

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250225175139.25239-1-justin.iurman@uliege.be
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
index 0ac4283acdf2..7c05ac846646 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/rpl_iptunnel.c
@@ -262,10 +262,18 @@ static int rpl_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *orig_dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
+	struct lwtunnel_state *lwtst;
 	struct rpl_lwt *rlwt;
 	int err;
 
-	rlwt = rpl_lwt_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
+	/* We cannot dereference "orig_dst" once ip6_route_input() or
+	 * skb_dst_drop() is called. However, in order to detect a dst loop, we
+	 * need the address of its lwtstate. So, save the address of lwtstate
+	 * now and use it later as a comparison.
+	 */
+	lwtst = orig_dst->lwtstate;
+
+	rlwt = rpl_lwt_lwtunnel(lwtst);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	dst = dst_cache_get(&rlwt->cache);
@@ -280,7 +288,9 @@ static int rpl_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!dst) {
 		ip6_route_input(skb);
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
-		if (!dst->error) {
+
+		/* cache only if we don't create a dst reference loop */
+		if (!dst->error && lwtst != dst->lwtstate) {
 			local_bh_disable();
 			dst_cache_set_ip6(&rlwt->cache, dst,
 					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 33833b2064c0..51583461ae29 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -472,10 +472,18 @@ static int seg6_input_core(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 {
 	struct dst_entry *orig_dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
+	struct lwtunnel_state *lwtst;
 	struct seg6_lwt *slwt;
 	int err;
 
-	slwt = seg6_lwt_lwtunnel(orig_dst->lwtstate);
+	/* We cannot dereference "orig_dst" once ip6_route_input() or
+	 * skb_dst_drop() is called. However, in order to detect a dst loop, we
+	 * need the address of its lwtstate. So, save the address of lwtstate
+	 * now and use it later as a comparison.
+	 */
+	lwtst = orig_dst->lwtstate;
+
+	slwt = seg6_lwt_lwtunnel(lwtst);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	dst = dst_cache_get(&slwt->cache);
@@ -490,7 +498,9 @@ static int seg6_input_core(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 	if (!dst) {
 		ip6_route_input(skb);
 		dst = skb_dst(skb);
-		if (!dst->error) {
+
+		/* cache only if we don't create a dst reference loop */
+		if (!dst->error && lwtst != dst->lwtstate) {
 			local_bh_disable();
 			dst_cache_set_ip6(&slwt->cache, dst,
 					  &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr);