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[Bug 1732032] Re: ip maddr show and ip maddr show dev enP20p96s0 show different data

 

This bug was fixed in the package iproute2 - 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.3

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iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Fix ip maddr show (LP: #1732032):
    - d/p/1005-ip-maddr-fix-igmp-parsing.patch: fix igmp parsing when iface is
      long
    - d/p/1006-ip-maddr-avoid-uninitialized-data.patch: avoid accessing
      uninitialized data
    - d/p/1007-ip-maddr-fix-filtering-by-device.patch: fix filtering
      by device

 -- Andreas Hasenack <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:04:40
-0200

** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  ip maddr show and ip maddr show dev enP20p96s0 show different data

Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project:
  Fix Committed
Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in iproute2 source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in iproute2 source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in iproute2 source package in Zesty:
  Won't Fix
Status in iproute2 source package in Artful:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  When a nic has a long enough name such that there is no space between the name and the ":" in /proc/net/igmp, ip maddr show dev <nic> will miss the IPV4 addresses which is otherwise shown with "ip maddr show".

  This is inconsistent behavior and can break scripts and tests, as
  shown in this bug's original description.

  Three patches from upstream were taken to fix this bug, and they were used individually instead of being merged into one single patch so it's easier to track and recognize authorship:
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git/commit/?id=530903dd9003492edb0714e937ad4a5d1219e376
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git/commit/?id=b48a1161f5f9b6a0cda399a224bbbf72eba4a5c6
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git/commit/?id=21503ed2af233ffe795926f6641ac84ec1b15bf9

  [Test Case]
  * deploy the ubuntu release under test. Please use bare metal or a VM instead of containers, because the ip tool parses a file in /proc. Make sure iproute2 is installed:
  sudo apt install iproute2

  * Run these commands to setup a dummy interface with a long name and
  an IPv4 address. Please change the address if it conflicts with a real
  network you might have available on that machine:

  sudo ip link add dummylongnic0 type dummy
  sudo ip addr add 192.168.199.10/24 dev dummylongnic0
  sudo ip link set dev dummylongnic0 up

  * Compare the output of these two commands with regards to the dummylongnic0 interface:
  sudo ip maddr show
  sudo ip maddr show dev dummylongnic0

  * With the buggy iproute2 package installed, the more specific output "ip maddr show dev dummylongnic0" should lack the "inet 224.0.0.1" line:
  ip maddr show dev dummylongnic0
  2:	dummylongnic0
  	link  33:33:00:00:00:01
  	link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
  	inet6 ff02::1
  	inet6 ff01::1

  
  Whereas the less specific command, which lists all interfaces, will have it listed for dummylongnic0:
  2:	dummylongnic0
  	link  33:33:00:00:00:01
  	link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
  	inet  224.0.0.1
  	inet6 ff02::1
  	inet6 ff01::1

  
  * With the fixed iproute2 package, all dummylongnic0 addresses will be present in both outputs.

  
  [Regression Potential]
  In the end, the ip tool is parsing a text file produced by the kernel. As most parsing done in C, it's pretty low level and sensitive to changes in the file it's reading.

  [Other Info]
  I suggest to conduct the tests in VMs instead of containers (LXD) because the ip maddr command parses /proc/net/igmp, which is produced by the kernel. If you use a container, then it's the host's kernel that will be providing that file and it might not be the same as with the native kernel of that particular ubuntu release.

  --- Original description ---
  Attn. Canonical:  Please make sure that the existing iproute2 package gets updated with the two referenced patches as the missing information is impacting our standard test suites.

  Thanks.

  == Comment: #0 - Alton L. Pundt - 2017-03-29 14:37:57 ==
  ---Problem Description---
  ip maddr show and ip maddr show dev enP20p96s0 show different data

  ---uname output---
  Linux roselp1 4.10.0-14-generic #16-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 17 15:19:05 UTC 2017 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

  Machine Type = 8286-42A

  ---Steps to Reproduce---
   run these at command line:
  root@roselp1:~# ip maddr show
  ...
  10:     enP20p96s0
          link  33:33:00:00:00:01
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
          link  33:33:ff:6d:d0:d0
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:fc
          link  33:33:00:01:00:03
          inet  224.0.0.252
          inet  224.0.0.1
          inet6 ff02::1:3
          inet6 ff02::1:ff6d:d0d0 users 3
          inet6 ff02::1
          inet6 ff01::1
  ...

  root@roselp1:~# ip maddr show dev enP20p96s0
  10:     enP20p96s0
          link  33:33:00:00:00:01
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
          link  33:33:ff:6d:d0:d0
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:fc
          link  33:33:00:01:00:03
          inet6 ff02::1:3
          inet6 ff02::1:ff6d:d0d0 users 3
          inet6 ff02::1
          inet6 ff01::1

  == Comment: #12 - David Z. Dai  - 2017-11-13 15:07:32 ==

  I found upstream already had patches that fix this problem:

  1) https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg415009.html
  commit 530903dd9003492edb0714e937ad4a5d1219e376
  Author: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>
  Date:   Tue Jan 17 00:25:50 2017 +0100

      ip: fix igmp parsing when iface is long

      Entries with long vhost names in /proc/net/igmp have no whitespace
      between name and colon, so sscanf() adds it to vhost and
      'ip maddr show iface' doesn't include inet result.

      Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>

  2) https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg461479.html
  commit 21503ed2af233ffe795926f6641ac84ec1b15bf9
  Author: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
  Date:   Thu Oct 19 10:21:08 2017 +0200

      ip maddr: fix filtering by device

      Commit 530903dd9003 ("ip: fix igmp parsing when iface is long") uses
      variable len to keep trailing colon from interface name comparison.  This
      variable is local to loop body but we set it in one pass and use it in
      following one(s) so that we are actually using (pseudo)random length for
      comparison. This became apparent since commit b48a1161f5f9 ("ipmaddr: Avoid
      accessing uninitialized data") always initializes len to zero so that the
      name comparison is always true. As a result, "ip maddr show dev eth0" shows
      IPv4 multicast addresses for all interfaces.

      Instead of keeping the length, let's simply replace the trailing colon with
      a null byte. The bonus is that we get correct interface name in ma.name.

      Fixes: 530903dd9003 ("ip: fix igmp parsing when iface is long")
      Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
      Acked-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
      Acked-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@xxxxxxx>

  The fix is in the same place, but different way.
  This is the current implementation In ip/ipmaddr.c file:
                  struct ma_info *ma;

                  if (buf[0] != '\t') {
                          size_t len;

                          sscanf(buf, "%d%s", &m.index, m.name);
                          len = strlen(m.name);
                          if (m.name[len - 1] == ':')
                                  m.name[len - 1] = '\0';
                          continue;
                  }

  The existing "ip" command that shows the problem:
  [root@coral-sriov-host1 ip]# /usr/sbin/ip maddr show dev enP1p12s0f0   /* <-- We do NOT see the IPv4 maddr */
  2:      enP1p12s0f0
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
          inet6 ff02::1
          inet6 ff01::1

  I clone the latest "ip" utility from upstream to the same test box.
  [root@coral-sriov-host1 git_iproute2]# git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git

  I build the "ip" utility on same test box, which has the above 2
  patches included.

  [root@coral-sriov-host1 ip]# /root/git_iproute2/iproute2/ip/ip maddr show dev enP1p12s0f0  /* <--- shows correct IPv4 maddr */
  2:      enP1p12s0f0
          link  01:00:5e:00:00:01
          inet  224.0.0.1    /* <--- */
          inet6 ff02::1
          inet6 ff01::1

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