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[PATCH net v2] ipv4: fib: fix data-race and stale genid check around nh->nh_saddr

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From: Linkui Xiao <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-15 07:15:44
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Subsystem: networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers: "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds

From: Linkui Xiao <redacted>

fib_select_multipath() compares nexthop_nh->nh_saddr against the flow
source address with no lock held, while fib_info_update_nhc_saddr()
stores a new value from another CPU as soon as the preferred source
address of the egress device changes.

Commit 195374d89368 ("ipv4: fib: annotate races around nh->nh_saddr_genid
and nh->nh_saddr") added WRITE_ONCE() on the store side and READ_ONCE()
in fib_result_prefsrc() after syzbot reported

	BUG: KCSAN: data-race in fib_select_path / fib_select_path

but it only covered that reader. fib_select_multipath(), reached from
fib_select_path(), is a second lockless reader of nh->nh_saddr and was
left bare.

Moreover, nh_saddr is only meaningful when nh_saddr_genid matches
dev_addr_genid, as established by 195374d89368. fib_select_multipath()
skips that validation, so it can score a nexthop using a stale source
address and skew the ECMP selection.

Annotate both reads with READ_ONCE() and add the missing genid check,
mirroring fib_result_prefsrc().

Fixes: 32607a332cfe ("ipv4: prefer multipath nexthop that matches source address")
Signed-off-by: Linkui Xiao <redacted>
---
V1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANn89iJhFL2LNQCXTANQAx8B1GVdGTJgrDwPTZOjbH8k1ygtsg@mail.gmail.com/ (local)

V2:
- point Fixes: at 32607a332cfe, which introduced the bare reader
- add the missing genid check as suggested by Eric Dumazet

 net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 7a362f2e2c2b..e2bfc11aea09 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
 	bool use_neigh;
 	int score = -1;
 	__be32 saddr;
+	int genid;
 
 	if (unlikely(res->fi->nh)) {
 		nexthop_path_fib_result(res, hash);
@@ -2192,6 +2193,7 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
 
 	use_neigh = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_use_neigh);
 	saddr = fl4 ? fl4->saddr : 0;
+	genid = saddr ? atomic_read(&net->ipv4.dev_addr_genid) : 0;
 
 	change_nexthops(fi) {
 		int nh_upper_bound, nh_score = 0;
@@ -2204,7 +2206,9 @@ void fib_select_multipath(struct fib_result *res, int hash,
 		    (use_neigh && !fib_good_nh(nexthop_nh)))
 			continue;
 
-		if (saddr && nexthop_nh->nh_saddr == saddr)
+		if (saddr &&
+		    READ_ONCE(nexthop_nh->nh_saddr_genid) == genid &&
+		    READ_ONCE(nexthop_nh->nh_saddr) == saddr)
 			nh_score += 2;
 		if (hash <= nh_upper_bound)
 			nh_score++;
-- 
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