[PATCH 4.14 05/99] ipv6/addrconf: call ipv6_mc_up() for non-Ethernet interface

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Mar 19 2020 - 09:15:43 EST


From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 60380488e4e0b95e9e82aa68aa9705baa86de84c ]

RafaÅ found an issue that for non-Ethernet interface, if we down and up
frequently, the memory will be consumed slowly.

The reason is we add allnodes/allrouters addressed in multicast list in
ipv6_add_dev(). When link down, we call ipv6_mc_down(), store all multicast
addresses via mld_add_delrec(). But when link up, we don't call ipv6_mc_up()
for non-Ethernet interface to remove the addresses. This makes idev->mc_tomb
getting bigger and bigger. The call stack looks like:

addrconf_notify(NETDEV_REGISTER)
ipv6_add_dev
ipv6_dev_mc_inc(ff01::1)
ipv6_dev_mc_inc(ff02::1)
ipv6_dev_mc_inc(ff02::2)

addrconf_notify(NETDEV_UP)
addrconf_dev_config
/* Alas, we support only Ethernet autoconfiguration. */
return;

addrconf_notify(NETDEV_DOWN)
addrconf_ifdown
ipv6_mc_down
igmp6_group_dropped(ff02::2)
mld_add_delrec(ff02::2)
igmp6_group_dropped(ff02::1)
igmp6_group_dropped(ff01::1)

After investigating, I can't found a rule to disable multicast on
non-Ethernet interface. In RFC2460, the link could be Ethernet, PPP, ATM,
tunnels, etc. In IPv4, it doesn't check the dev type when calls ip_mc_up()
in inetdev_event(). Even for IPv6, we don't check the dev type and call
ipv6_add_dev(), ipv6_dev_mc_inc() after register device.

So I think it's OK to fix this memory consumer by calling ipv6_mc_up() for
non-Ethernet interface.

v2: Also check IFF_MULTICAST flag to make sure the interface supports
multicast

Reported-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 74235a25c673 ("[IPV6] addrconf: Fix IPv6 on tuntap tunnels")
Fixes: 1666d49e1d41 ("mld: do not remove mld souce list info when set link down")
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3223,6 +3223,10 @@ static void addrconf_dev_config(struct n
(dev->type != ARPHRD_TUNNEL) &&
(dev->type != ARPHRD_NONE)) {
/* Alas, we support only Ethernet autoconfiguration. */
+ idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(idev) && dev->flags & IFF_UP &&
+ dev->flags & IFF_MULTICAST)
+ ipv6_mc_up(idev);
return;
}