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[PATCH net v3] ipv4: icmp: reject RTN_UNREACHABLE input routes in icmp_route_lookup

From: Dong Chenchen <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-25 09:36:58
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 the forward output route cannot be used in icmp_route_lookup(),
it enters the "reverse path" and calls ip_route_input() on fl4_dec.daddr,
the original packet's source address.

ip_route_input() only returns an error for truly invalid packets. For
unreachable addresses it will succeed and return an input route whose
dst.output is set to ip_rt_bug(). The existing check only rejects
RTN_LOCAL routes, so the RTN_UNREACHABLE route types can still be returned
and later used for output, syzkaller triggering a WARN_ON_ONCE()
in ip_rt_bug() as bellow:

 ------------[ cut here ]------------
 WARNING: net/ipv4/route.c:1273 at ip_rt_bug+0x14/0x20
 RIP: 0010:ip_rt_bug+0x14/0x20
 Call Trace:
  ip_push_pending_frames+0xfa/0x100
  __icmp_send+0x905/0xf10
  ip_options_compile+0xc0/0xd0
  ip_rcv_finish_core+0x321/0xae0
  ip_rcv+0x1de/0x260
  __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x11a/0x130
  netif_receive_skb+0x7b/0x260
  tun_get_user+0x11bf/0x1c10
 ------------[ cut here ]------------

Reject input route that is RTN_UNREACHABLE to fix it.

Fixes: 8b7817f3a959 ("[IPSEC]: Add ICMP host relookup support")
Signed-off-by: Dong Chenchen <redacted>
---
v2:
- RTN_UNICAST judgement will reject bforward packet. Only reject RTN_UNREACHABLE
v3:
- Modify the comments to make them more accurate.
- RTN_UNREACHABLE dont need warn log. 
---
 net/ipv4/icmp.c | 17 ++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 0caedfc7ca92..7350f0380be1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -581,16 +581,15 @@ static struct rtable *icmp_route_lookup(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 		skb_dstref_restore(skb_in, orefdst);
 
 		/*
-		 * At this point, fl4_dec.daddr should NOT be local (we
-		 * checked fl4_dec.saddr above). However, a race condition
-		 * may occur if the address is added to the interface
-		 * concurrently. In that case, ip_route_input() returns a
-		 * LOCAL route with dst.output=ip_rt_bug, which must not
-		 * be used for output.
+		 * At this point, fl4_dec.daddr should NOT be local (the
+		 * address can be added to the interface concurrently) or unroutable.
+		 * In that case, ip_route_input() returns a LOCAL or UNREACHABLE
+		 * route with dst.output=ip_rt_bug, which must not be used for output.
 		 */
-		if (!err && rt2 && rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL) {
-			net_warn_ratelimited("detected local route for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
-					     &fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
+		if (!err && rt2 && (rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL || rt2->rt_type == RTN_UNREACHABLE)) {
+			if (rt2->rt_type == RTN_LOCAL)
+				net_warn_ratelimited("detected local route for %pI4 during ICMP sending, src %pI4\n",
+						     &fl4_dec.daddr, &fl4_dec.saddr);
 			dst_release(&rt2->dst);
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		}
-- 
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