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ipv6: blackhole_netdev needs snmp6 counters
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Whenever rt6_uncached_list_flush_dev() swaps rt->rt6_idev
to the blackhole device, parts of IPv6 stack might still need
to increment one SNMP counter.

Root cause, patch from Ido, changelog from Eric :)

This bug suggests that we need to audit rt->rt6_idev usages
and make sure they are properly using RCU protection.

Fixes: e5f80fc ("ipv6: give an IPv6 dev to blackhole_netdev")
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Ido Schimmel authored and David S. Miller committed Feb 14, 2022
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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions net/ipv6/addrconf.c
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Expand Up @@ -400,16 +400,16 @@ static struct inet6_dev *ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
/* We refer to the device */
dev_hold_track(dev, &ndev->dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);

if (dev != blackhole_netdev) {
if (snmp6_alloc_dev(ndev) < 0) {
netdev_dbg(dev, "%s: cannot allocate memory for statistics\n",
__func__);
neigh_parms_release(&nd_tbl, ndev->nd_parms);
dev_put_track(dev, &ndev->dev_tracker);
kfree(ndev);
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
if (snmp6_alloc_dev(ndev) < 0) {
netdev_dbg(dev, "%s: cannot allocate memory for statistics\n",
__func__);
neigh_parms_release(&nd_tbl, ndev->nd_parms);
dev_put_track(dev, &ndev->dev_tracker);
kfree(ndev);
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

if (dev != blackhole_netdev) {
if (snmp6_register_dev(ndev) < 0) {
netdev_dbg(dev, "%s: cannot create /proc/net/dev_snmp6/%s\n",
__func__, dev->name);
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