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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: 493ced1 ("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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net/ipv4/fib_trie.c

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@@ -2053,10 +2053,11 @@ int fib_table_flush(struct net *net, struct fib_table *tb, bool flush_all)
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continue;
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}
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/* Do not flush error routes if network namespace is
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* not being dismantled
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/* When not flushing the entire table, skip error
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* routes that are not marked for deletion.
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*/
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if (!flush_all && fib_props[fa->fa_type].error) {
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if (!flush_all && fib_props[fa->fa_type].error &&
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!(fi->fib_flags & RTNH_F_DEAD)) {
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slen = fa->fa_slen;
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continue;
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}

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