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[PATCH 1/2 net-next v3] ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 from localhost

From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <hidden>
Date: 2026-01-21 19:45:02
Also in: linux-kselftest
Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds

When replying to a ICMPv6 echo request that comes from localhost address
the right output ifindex is 1 (lo) and not rt6i_idev dev index. Use the
skb device ifindex instead. This fixes pinging to a local address from
localhost source address.

$ ping6 -I ::1 2001:1:1::2 -c 3
PING 2001:1:1::2 (2001:1:1::2) from ::1 : 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.122 ms

2001:1:1::2 ping statistics
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2032ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.037/0.076/0.122/0.035 ms

Fixes: 1b70d792cf67 ("ipv6: Use rt6i_idev index for echo replies to a local address")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <redacted>
---
v2: no changes
v3: use ipv6_addr_loopback() as it is more efficient
---
 net/ipv6/icmp.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index c72270582d9c..1a25ecb92695 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -966,7 +966,9 @@ static enum skb_drop_reason icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	fl6.daddr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr;
 	if (saddr)
 		fl6.saddr = *saddr;
-	fl6.flowi6_oif = icmp6_iif(skb);
+	fl6.flowi6_oif = ipv6_addr_loopback(&fl6.daddr) ?
+			 skb->dev->ifindex :
+			 icmp6_iif(skb);
 	fl6.fl6_icmp_type = type;
 	fl6.flowi6_mark = mark;
 	fl6.flowi6_uid = sock_net_uid(net, NULL);
-- 
2.52.0
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