On 2026-03-09 05:47, David Gibson wrote:
On Sat, Mar 07, 2026 at 01:41:57PM -0500, Jon Maloy wrote:
nl_addr_get() was not setting the prefix_len output parameter for IPv6 addresses, only for IPv4. This meant callers always got 0 for IPv6, forcing them to use a hardcoded default (64).
Fix by assigning *prefix_len even in the IPv6 case.
We also add another functional change. We now check for if an AF_INET address is link local, in which case we have to skip it. Although it is conventional to set the scope of such addresses to RT_SCOPE_LINK, this is not stated in any RFC, and we cannot trust it to have been set correctly by the user, just as we cannot trust it to have been set correctly for any other AF_INET address. We therefore add this check explicitly on the address itself.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy
--- v2: - Simplified according to feedback from S. Brivio - Added test for AF_INET link local property v3: - Corrected claim about convention for IPv4 link local address scope in commit log. --- netlink.c | 17 +++++++---------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/netlink.c b/netlink.c index 82a2f0c..f0e8fa7 100644 --- a/netlink.c +++ b/netlink.c @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ int nl_addr_set_ll_nodad(int s, unsigned int ifi) * @ifi: Interface index in outer network namespace * @af: Address family * @addr: Global address to fill - * @prefix_len: Mask or prefix length, to fill (for IPv4) + * @prefix_len: Mask or prefix length, to fill * @addr_l: Link-scoped address to fill (for IPv6) * * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure @@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ int nl_addr_get(int s, unsigned int ifi, sa_family_t af, nl_foreach_oftype(nh, status, s, buf, seq, RTM_NEWADDR) { struct ifaddrmsg *ifa = (struct ifaddrmsg *)NLMSG_DATA(nh); struct rtattr *rta; + bool link_local; size_t na;
if (ifa->ifa_index != ifi || ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_DEPRECATED) @@ -788,18 +789,14 @@ int nl_addr_get(int s, unsigned int ifi, sa_family_t af, (af == AF_INET6 && rta->rta_type != IFA_ADDRESS)) continue;
- if (af == AF_INET && ifa->ifa_prefixlen > prefix_max) { - memcpy(addr, RTA_DATA(rta), RTA_PAYLOAD(rta)); + link_local = (af == AF_INET6) ? + ifa->ifa_scope >= RT_SCOPE_LINK : + IN4_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL(RTA_DATA(rta));
Is ifa->ifa_scope not populatedcorrectly for IPv4 link local addresses?
It isn't populated by the kernel, and my conclusion was we cannot trust it is set correctly. Also see my response to Stefano about this. /jon
- prefix_max = *prefix_len = ifa->ifa_prefixlen; - } else if (af == AF_INET6 && addr && - ifa->ifa_scope < RT_SCOPE_LINK && - ifa->ifa_prefixlen > prefix_max) { + if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen > prefix_max && !link_local) { memcpy(addr, RTA_DATA(rta), RTA_PAYLOAD(rta)); - - prefix_max = ifa->ifa_prefixlen; + prefix_max = *prefix_len = ifa->ifa_prefixlen; } - if (addr_l && af == AF_INET6 && ifa->ifa_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK && ifa->ifa_prefixlen > prefix_max_ll) { -- 2.52.0