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| author | Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> | 2025-12-21 16:48:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2025-12-30 10:39:22 +0100 |
| commit | ac782f4e3bfcde145b8a7f8af31d9422d94d172a (patch) | |
| tree | f68a3f3baf7d1520e0b728e9c7fa706e3621d383 /tools/lib/python/kdoc/parse_data_structs.py | |
| parent | fa0b198be1c6775bc7804731a43be5d899d19e7a (diff) | |
ipv4: Fix reference count leak when using error routes with nexthop objects
When a nexthop object is deleted, it is marked as dead and then
fib_table_flush() is called to flush all the routes that are using the
dead nexthop.
The current logic in fib_table_flush() is to only flush error routes
(e.g., blackhole) when it is called as part of network namespace
dismantle (i.e., with flush_all=true). Therefore, error routes are not
flushed when their nexthop object is deleted:
# ip link add name dummy1 up type dummy
# ip nexthop add id 1 dev dummy1
# ip route add 198.51.100.1/32 nhid 1
# ip route add blackhole 198.51.100.2/32 nhid 1
# ip nexthop del id 1
# ip route show
blackhole 198.51.100.2 nhid 1 dev dummy1
As such, they keep holding a reference on the nexthop object which in
turn holds a reference on the nexthop device, resulting in a reference
count leak:
# ip link del dev dummy1
[ 70.516258] unregister_netdevice: waiting for dummy1 to become free. Usage count = 2
Fix by flushing error routes when their nexthop is marked as dead.
IPv6 does not suffer from this problem.
Fixes: 493ced1ac47c ("ipv4: Allow routes to use nexthop objects")
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/d943f806-4da6-4970-ac28-b9373b0e63ac@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp/
Reported-by: syzbot+881d65229ca4f9ae8c84@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251221144829.197694-1-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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