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route delete ifp NULL check
On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 01:30:42PM +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 05:46:44AM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 03, 2025 at 02:26:20PM +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Coverity complains that we check ifp NULL pointer in rtrequest_delete(),
> > > but later on we dereference it unconditinally.
> > >
> > > The only caller that might have a NULL in ifp is nd6_free(). But
> > > there we also dereference it later. I think the exclusive net lock
> > > protects us there, but I want to assure it with a kassert.
> > >
> > > When we unlock ND6, we have to reconsider this.
> > >
> > > ok?
> > >
> >
> > Exclusive netlock protects us from `rt_ifidx' change, but not from
> > the interface detach from if_idxmap. So hypothetically `ifp' could be
> > NULL during race condition. However, seems the nd6_free() callers own
> > the `ifp' related to this `rt'. Could we pass them to the nd6_free()
> > together?
>
> Good idea, diff below.
>
> My only concern was that sdl->sdl_index is always the same as
> rt->rt_ifidx in nd6_purge(). I think we can assume that.
>
> ok?
>
ok mvs
> bluhm
>
> Index: net/route.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /data/mirror/openbsd/cvs/src/sys/net/route.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.447 route.c
> --- net/route.c 14 Jul 2025 08:48:51 -0000 1.447
> +++ net/route.c 4 Aug 2025 10:19:18 -0000
> @@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ rtrequest_delete(struct rt_addrinfo *inf
> return (ESRCH);
>
> /* Make sure that's the route the caller want to delete. */
> - if (ifp != NULL && ifp->if_index != rt->rt_ifidx) {
> + if (ifp->if_index != rt->rt_ifidx) {
> rtfree(rt);
> return (ESRCH);
> }
> Index: netinet6/nd6.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /data/mirror/openbsd/cvs/src/sys/netinet6/nd6.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.296 nd6.c
> --- netinet6/nd6.c 3 Aug 2025 11:08:40 -0000 1.296
> +++ netinet6/nd6.c 4 Aug 2025 11:18:49 -0000
> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void nd6_slowtimo(void *);
> void nd6_expire(void *);
> void nd6_expire_timer(void *);
> void nd6_invalidate(struct rtentry *);
> -void nd6_free(struct rtentry *, int);
> +void nd6_free(struct rtentry *, struct ifnet *ifp, int);
> int nd6_llinfo_timer(struct rtentry *, int);
>
> struct timeout nd6_timer_to;
> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ nd6_llinfo_timer(struct rtentry *rt, int
> } else
> atomic_sub_int(&ln_hold_total, len);
>
> - nd6_free(rt, i_am_router);
> + nd6_free(rt, ifp, i_am_router);
> ln = NULL;
> }
> break;
> @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ nd6_llinfo_timer(struct rtentry *rt, int
> case ND6_LLINFO_PURGE:
> /* Garbage Collection(RFC 2461 5.3) */
> if (!ND6_LLINFO_PERMANENT(ln)) {
> - nd6_free(rt, i_am_router);
> + nd6_free(rt, ifp, i_am_router);
> ln = NULL;
> }
> break;
> @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ nd6_llinfo_timer(struct rtentry *rt, int
> nd6_ns_output(ifp, &dst->sin6_addr, &dst->sin6_addr,
> &ln->ln_saddr6, 0);
> } else {
> - nd6_free(rt, i_am_router);
> + nd6_free(rt, ifp, i_am_router);
> ln = NULL;
> }
> break;
> @@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ nd6_purge(struct ifnet *ifp)
> rt->rt_gateway->sa_family == AF_LINK) {
> sdl = satosdl(rt->rt_gateway);
> if (sdl->sdl_index == ifp->if_index)
> - nd6_free(rt, i_am_router);
> + nd6_free(rt, ifp, i_am_router);
> }
> }
> }
> @@ -638,16 +638,13 @@ nd6_invalidate(struct rtentry *rt)
> * Free an nd6 llinfo entry.
> */
> void
> -nd6_free(struct rtentry *rt, int i_am_router)
> +nd6_free(struct rtentry *rt, struct ifnet *ifp, int i_am_router)
> {
> struct llinfo_nd6 *ln = (struct llinfo_nd6 *)rt->rt_llinfo;
> struct in6_addr in6 = satosin6(rt_key(rt))->sin6_addr;
> - struct ifnet *ifp;
>
> NET_ASSERT_LOCKED_EXCLUSIVE();
>
> - ifp = if_get(rt->rt_ifidx);
> -
> if (!i_am_router) {
> if (ln->ln_router) {
> /*
> @@ -669,8 +666,6 @@ nd6_free(struct rtentry *rt, int i_am_ro
> */
> if (!ISSET(rt->rt_flags, RTF_STATIC|RTF_CACHED))
> rtdeletemsg(rt, ifp, ifp->if_rdomain);
> -
> - if_put(ifp);
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -1054,7 +1049,7 @@ nd6_cache_lladdr(struct ifnet *ifp, cons
> return;
> if ((rt->rt_flags & (RTF_GATEWAY | RTF_LLINFO)) != RTF_LLINFO) {
> fail:
> - nd6_free(rt, i_am_router);
> + nd6_free(rt, ifp, i_am_router);
> rtfree(rt);
> return;
> }
route delete ifp NULL check