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vxlan: Fix NPD in {arp,neigh}_reduce() when using nexthop objects

When the "proxy" option is enabled on a VXLAN device, the device will
suppress ARP requests and IPv6 Neighbor Solicitation messages if it is
able to reply on behalf of the remote host. That is, if a matching and
valid neighbor entry is configured on the VXLAN device whose MAC address
is not behind the "any" remote (0.0.0.0 / ::).

The code currently assumes that the FDB entry for the neighbor's MAC
address points to a valid remote destination, but this is incorrect if
the entry is associated with an FDB nexthop group. This can result in a
NPD [1][3] which can be reproduced using [2][4].

Fix by checking that the remote destination exists before dereferencing
it.

[1]
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[...]
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 365 Comm: arping Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtme-g2a89cb21162c #2 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0xb58/0x15f0
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0
__dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0
packet_sendmsg+0x113a/0x1850
__sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70
__sys_sendto+0x126/0x180
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

[2]
#!/bin/bash

ip address add 192.0.2.1/32 dev lo

ip nexthop add id 1 via 192.0.2.2 fdb
ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb

ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 192.0.2.1 dstport 4789 proxy

ip neigh add 192.0.2.3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0

bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10

arping -b -c 1 -s 192.0.2.1 -I vx0 192.0.2.3

[3]
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[...]
CPU: 13 UID: 0 PID: 372 Comm: ndisc6 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc2-virtmne-g6ee90cb26014 #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1v996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc41 04/01/2x014
RIP: 0010:vxlan_xmit+0x803/0x1600
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dev_hard_start_xmit+0x5d/0x1c0
__dev_queue_xmit+0x246/0xfd0
ip6_finish_output2+0x210/0x6c0
ip6_finish_output+0x1af/0x2b0
ip6_mr_output+0x92/0x3e0
ip6_send_skb+0x30/0x90
rawv6_sendmsg+0xe6e/0x12e0
__sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x70
__sys_sendto+0x126/0x180
__x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
do_syscall_64+0xa4/0x260
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f383422ec77

[4]
#!/bin/bash

ip address add 2001:db8:1::1/128 dev lo

ip nexthop add id 1 via 2001:db8:1::1 fdb
ip nexthop add id 10 group 1 fdb

ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 local 2001:db8:1::1 dstport 4789 proxy

ip neigh add 2001:db8:1::3 lladdr 00:11:22:33:44:55 nud perm dev vx0

bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static nhid 10

ndisc6 -r 1 -s 2001:db8:1::1 -w 1 2001:db8:1::3 vx0

Fixes: 1274e1cc4226 ("vxlan: ecmp support for mac fdb entries")
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250901065035.159644-3-idosch@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

authored by

Ido Schimmel and committed by
Jakub Kicinski
1f5d2fd1 6ead3814

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drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
··· 1877 1877 n = neigh_lookup(&arp_tbl, &tip, dev); 1878 1878 1879 1879 if (n) { 1880 + struct vxlan_rdst *rdst = NULL; 1880 1881 struct vxlan_fdb *f; 1881 1882 struct sk_buff *reply; 1882 1883 ··· 1888 1887 1889 1888 rcu_read_lock(); 1890 1889 f = vxlan_find_mac_tx(vxlan, n->ha, vni); 1891 - if (f && vxlan_addr_any(&(first_remote_rcu(f)->remote_ip))) { 1890 + if (f) 1891 + rdst = first_remote_rcu(f); 1892 + if (rdst && vxlan_addr_any(&rdst->remote_ip)) { 1892 1893 /* bridge-local neighbor */ 1893 1894 neigh_release(n); 1894 1895 rcu_read_unlock(); ··· 2047 2044 n = neigh_lookup(ipv6_stub->nd_tbl, &msg->target, dev); 2048 2045 2049 2046 if (n) { 2047 + struct vxlan_rdst *rdst = NULL; 2050 2048 struct vxlan_fdb *f; 2051 2049 struct sk_buff *reply; 2052 2050 ··· 2057 2053 } 2058 2054 2059 2055 f = vxlan_find_mac_tx(vxlan, n->ha, vni); 2060 - if (f && vxlan_addr_any(&(first_remote_rcu(f)->remote_ip))) { 2056 + if (f) 2057 + rdst = first_remote_rcu(f); 2058 + if (rdst && vxlan_addr_any(&rdst->remote_ip)) { 2061 2059 /* bridge-local neighbor */ 2062 2060 neigh_release(n); 2063 2061 goto out;