[PATCH net 06/11] ovpn: replace bind when clearing stale local source
From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
Date: 2026-09-21 10:22:26
Subsystem:
networking drivers, openvpn data channel offload, the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Antonio Quartulli, Linus Torvalds
From: Ralf Lici <redacted>
The UDP output fallback clears bind->local in place when the remembered
source address is no longer usable. The bind is RCU-published and read
locklessly by concurrent TX, so an IPv6 reader can observe a torn
address.
Retry the route lookup with source address autoselection without
modifying the bind. After a successful lookup, revalidate the bind and
route key under peer->lock, reset the dst cache, and best-effort publish
a replacement bind with a wildcard local address.
Do not cache the resolved dst when clearing the local source. Replacing
the source invalidates all per-CPU cache entries, while
dst_cache_set_ip4 and dst_cache_set_ip6 update only the current CPU
slot. The current packet can still use the resolved route; if bind
allocation fails, a later cache miss retries the repair.
Fixes: 08857b5ec5d9 ("ovpn: implement basic TX path (UDP)")
Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
---
drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
index eeef4a7229f5..055cdb1bee13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void ovpn_dst_cache_check_key(struct ovpn_peer *peer, * to detect whether the bind was replaced while the route lookup was running. * * Return: true if the lookup result still matches the current peer state and - * may update the dst cache. + * may update the dst cache or replace the bind. */ static bool ovpn_dst_cache_current(const struct ovpn_peer *peer, const struct ovpn_bind *bind,
@@ -218,6 +218,9 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ovpn_route_key *key) { + struct sockaddr_storage remote; + struct in_addr local = {}; + bool reset_local = false; struct rtable *rt; struct flowi4 fl = { .saddr = bind->local.ipv4.s_addr,
@@ -236,24 +239,17 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, if (fl.saddr && unlikely(!inet_confirm_addr(sock_net(sk), NULL, 0, fl.saddr, RT_SCOPE_HOST))) { - /* we may end up here when the cached address is not usable - * anymore. In this case we reset address/cache and perform a - * new look up + /* The learned local address is not usable anymore. + * Retry with source address autoselection. */ fl.saddr = 0; - spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr = 0; - spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); - dst_cache_reset(cache); + reset_local = true; } rt = ip_route_output_flow(sock_net(sk), &fl, sk); if (IS_ERR(rt) && PTR_ERR(rt) == -EINVAL) { fl.saddr = 0; - spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - bind->local.ipv4.s_addr = 0; - spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); - dst_cache_reset(cache); + reset_local = true; rt = ip_route_output_flow(sock_net(sk), &fl, sk); }
@@ -267,10 +263,28 @@ static int ovpn_udp4_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, goto err; } - /* avoid storing a stale cache */ + /* avoid storing a stale cache or local address */ spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - if (likely(ovpn_dst_cache_current(peer, bind, key))) - dst_cache_set_ip4(cache, &rt->dst, fl.saddr); + if (likely(ovpn_dst_cache_current(peer, bind, key))) { + if (!reset_local) { + dst_cache_set_ip4(cache, &rt->dst, fl.saddr); + spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); + goto transmit; + } + + /* invalidate per-CPU dst entries that may still carry + * the stale source + */ + dst_cache_reset(cache); + + /* preserve the current remote */ + memcpy(&remote, &bind->remote, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)); + /* The current packet already has a valid wildcard-source route. + * If replacing the bind fails, leave the stale local in place; + * a later cache miss will retry the repair. + */ + ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(peer, &remote, &local); + } spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); transmit:
@@ -300,6 +314,9 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ovpn_route_key *key) { + struct in6_addr local = in6addr_any; + struct sockaddr_storage remote; + bool reset_local = false; struct dst_entry *dst; int ret;
@@ -320,15 +337,11 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, if (!ipv6_addr_any(&fl.saddr) && unlikely(!ipv6_chk_addr(sock_net(sk), &fl.saddr, NULL, 0))) { - /* we may end up here when the cached address is not usable - * anymore. In this case we reset address/cache and perform a - * new look up + /* The learned local address is not usable anymore. + * Retry with source address autoselection. */ fl.saddr = in6addr_any; - spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - bind->local.ipv6 = in6addr_any; - spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); - dst_cache_reset(cache); + reset_local = true; } dst = ip6_dst_lookup_flow(sock_net(sk), sk, &fl, NULL);
@@ -340,10 +353,28 @@ static int ovpn_udp6_output(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct ovpn_bind *bind, goto err; } - /* avoid storing a stale cache */ + /* avoid storing a stale cache or local address */ spin_lock_bh(&peer->lock); - if (likely(ovpn_dst_cache_current(peer, bind, key))) - dst_cache_set_ip6(cache, dst, &fl.saddr); + if (likely(ovpn_dst_cache_current(peer, bind, key))) { + if (!reset_local) { + dst_cache_set_ip6(cache, dst, &fl.saddr); + spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); + goto transmit; + } + + /* invalidate per-CPU dst entries that may still carry + * the stale source + */ + dst_cache_reset(cache); + + /* preserve the current remote */ + memcpy(&remote, &bind->remote, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6)); + /* The current packet already has a valid wildcard-source route. + * If replacing the bind fails, leave the stale local in place; + * a later cache miss will retry the repair. + */ + ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(peer, &remote, &local); + } spin_unlock_bh(&peer->lock); transmit:
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