[PATCH net v2] vxlan: reject adding a remote to a nexthop fdb entry

From
Henry Martin <hidden>
Date
2026-10-20 03:45:44
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lkml, stable
FDB entries backed by a nexthop group must not carry a remote
destination list.  vxlan_fdb_update_existing() currently appends a
remote via vxlan_fdb_append() on an NLM_F_APPEND request with a
multicast or zero MAC even when the entry is backed by a nexthop,
breaking that invariant through three different callers:

- "bridge fdb append" with a dst on a nexthop entry;
- "ip link set dev vx0 type vxlan remote <ip>" (vxlan_changelink());
- "bridge vni add/change ... group <mcast>" on a vnifilter device
  (vxlan_update_default_fdb_entry()).

All three reach the append block with nhid == 0 and a PERMANENT
state, so they pass the earlier nexthop checks.

Reject the combination at the top of vxlan_fdb_update_existing(),
next to the existing nexthop guards, so a refused request has no
side effects: placing the check in the append block instead would
return -EOPNOTSUPP only after the entry state and flags have been
rewritten, skipping both the notification pass and the err_notify
rollback.

Note the resulting behavior change for the two rtnetlink callers:
operations that previously succeeded while silently attaching an
unused remote to a nexthop entry now fail with extack
"Cannot add a remote to a nexthop fdb entry".

This issue was discovered by Tencent CodeBuddy Security.

Cc: <redacted>
Fixes: 1274e1cc4226 ("vxlan: ecmp support for mac fdb entries")
Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <redacted>
---

v2: Move the check before the entry state/flags update, next to the
    other nexthop guards, so a rejected request cannot leave the
    entry half-updated with notifications skipped (reported by
    sashiko, confirmed by Jakub); reword the extack message and
    document the behavior change for the vxlan_changelink() and
    vnifilter callers.

 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 3390e341d1e58..83dcede2ca62f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -1002,6 +1002,15 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_update_existing(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
 
+	if (rcu_access_pointer(f->nh) &&
+	    (flags & NLM_F_APPEND) &&
+	    (is_multicast_ether_addr(f->key.eth_addr) ||
+	     is_zero_ether_addr(f->key.eth_addr))) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Cannot add a remote to a nexthop fdb entry");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	/* Do not allow an externally learned entry to take over an entry added
 	 * by the user.
 	 */
-- 
2.43.7
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