Commit 0ff4eb3d5e ("neighbour: make proxy_queue.qlen limit
per-device") introduced the length counter qlen in struct neigh_parms.
There are separate neigh_parms instances for IPv4/ARP and IPv6/ND, and
while the family specific qlen is incremented in pneigh_enqueue(), the
mentioned commit decrements always the IPv4/ARP specific qlen,
regardless of the currently processed family, in pneigh_queue_purge()
and neigh_proxy_process().
As a result, with IPv6/ND, the family specific qlen is only incremented
(and never decremented) until it exceeds PROXY_QLEN, and then, according
to the check in pneigh_enqueue(), neighbor solicitations are not
answered anymore. As an example, this is noted when using the
subnet-router anycast address to access a Linux router. After a certain
amount of time (in the observed case, qlen exceeded PROXY_QLEN after two
days), the Linux router stops answering neighbor solicitations for its
subnet-router anycast address and effectively becomes unreachable.
Another result with IPv6/ND is that the IPv4/ARP specific qlen is
decremented more often than incremented. This leads to negative qlen
values, as a signed integer has been used for the length counter qlen,
and potentially to an integer overflow.
Fix this by introducing the helper function neigh_parms_qlen_dec(),
which decrements the family specific qlen. Thereby, make use of the
existing helper function neigh_get_dev_parms_rcu(), whose definition
therefore needs to be placed earlier in neighbour.c. Take the family
member from struct neigh_table to determine the currently processed
family and appropriately call neigh_parms_qlen_dec() from
pneigh_queue_purge() and neigh_proxy_process().
Additionally, use an unsigned integer for the length counter qlen.
Fixes: 0ff4eb3d5e ("neighbour: make proxy_queue.qlen limit per-device")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zeitlhofer <thomas.zeitlhofer+lkml@ze-it.at>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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