ipv6: dad: don't remove dynamic addresses if link is down
authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 14:56:54 +0000 (16:56 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 21 Jul 2017 05:00:07 +0000 (07:00 +0200)
commit3ca557c85ab07b35d4cf2bcb4439b3d12a4c246a
tree335fd8f095d4fc65d588ea863ef9805df998b9a8
parentfebc276df9ace2450e5e3e8fcfed588490539b90
ipv6: dad: don't remove dynamic addresses if link is down

[ Upstream commit ec8add2a4c9df723c94a863b8fcd6d93c472deed ]

Currently, when the link for $DEV is down, this command succeeds but the
address is removed immediately by DAD (1):

    ip addr add 1111::12/64 dev $DEV valid_lft 3600 preferred_lft 1800

In the same situation, this will succeed and not remove the address (2):

    ip addr add 1111::12/64 dev $DEV
    ip addr change 1111::12/64 dev $DEV valid_lft 3600 preferred_lft 1800

The comment in addrconf_dad_begin() when !IF_READY makes it look like
this is the intended behavior, but doesn't explain why:

     * If the device is not ready:
     * - keep it tentative if it is a permanent address.
     * - otherwise, kill it.

We clearly cannot prevent userspace from doing (2), but we can make (1)
work consistently with (2).

addrconf_dad_stop() is only called in two cases: if DAD failed, or to
skip DAD when the link is down. In that second case, the fix is to avoid
deleting the address, like we already do for permanent addresses.

Fixes: 3c21edbd1137 ("[IPV6]: Defer IPv6 device initialization until the link becomes ready.")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/ipv6/addrconf.c