From 370c57bd4d5e85dbce4908ebb04163537fa849e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Abeni Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 19:28:34 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] net: ipv4: really enforce backoff for redirects [ Upstream commit 57644431a6c2faac5d754ebd35780cf43a531b1a ] In commit b406472b5ad7 ("net: ipv4: avoid mixed n_redirects and rate_tokens usage") I missed the fact that a 0 'rate_tokens' will bypass the backoff algorithm. Since rate_tokens is cleared after a redirect silence, and never incremented on redirects, if the host keeps receiving packets requiring redirect it will reply ignoring the backoff. Additionally, the 'rate_last' field will be updated with the cadence of the ingress packet requiring redirect. If that rate is high enough, that will prevent the host from generating any other kind of ICMP messages The check for a zero 'rate_tokens' value was likely a shortcut to avoid the more complex backoff algorithm after a redirect silence period. Address the issue checking for 'n_redirects' instead, which is incremented on successful redirect, and does not interfere with other ICMP replies. Fixes: b406472b5ad7 ("net: ipv4: avoid mixed n_redirects and rate_tokens usage") Reported-and-tested-by: Colin Walters Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c index 3c298ec32200..967acf2844ef 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/route.c +++ b/net/ipv4/route.c @@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ void ip_rt_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb) /* Check for load limit; set rate_last to the latest sent * redirect. */ - if (peer->rate_tokens == 0 || + if (peer->n_redirects == 0 || time_after(jiffies, (peer->rate_last + (ip_rt_redirect_load << peer->n_redirects)))) {