net: ipv6: new accept_untracked_na option to accept na only if in-network

This patch adds a third knob, '2', which extends the
accept_untracked_na option to learn a neighbor only if the src ip is
in the same subnet as an address configured on the interface that
received the neighbor advertisement. This is similar to the arp_accept
configuration for ipv4.

Signed-off-by: Jaehee Park <jhpark1013@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst

@@ -2483,27 +2483,36 @@ drop_unsolicited_na - BOOLEAN
 
 	By default this is turned off.
 
-accept_untracked_na - BOOLEAN
-	Add a new neighbour cache entry in STALE state for routers on receiving a
-	neighbour advertisement (either solicited or unsolicited) with target
-	link-layer address option specified if no neighbour entry is already
-	present for the advertised IPv6 address. Without this knob, NAs received
-	for untracked addresses (absent in neighbour cache) are silently ignored.
+accept_untracked_na - INTEGER
+	Define behavior for accepting neighbor advertisements from devices that
+	are absent in the neighbor cache:
 
-	This is as per router-side behaviour documented in RFC9131.
+	- 0 - (default) Do not accept unsolicited and untracked neighbor
+	  advertisements.
 
-	This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na.
+	- 1 - Add a new neighbor cache entry in STALE state for routers on
+	  receiving a neighbor advertisement (either solicited or unsolicited)
+	  with target link-layer address option specified if no neighbor entry
+	  is already present for the advertised IPv6 address. Without this knob,
+	  NAs received for untracked addresses (absent in neighbor cache) are
+	  silently ignored.
 
-	This will optimize the return path for the initial off-link communication
-	that is initiated by a directly connected host, by ensuring that
-	the first-hop router which turns on this setting doesn't have to
-	buffer the initial return packets to do neighbour-solicitation.
-	The prerequisite is that the host is configured to send
-	unsolicited neighbour advertisements on interface bringup.
-	This setting should be used in conjunction with the ndisc_notify setting
-	on the host to satisfy this prerequisite.
+	  This is as per router-side behavior documented in RFC9131.
 
-	By default this is turned off.
+	  This has lower precedence than drop_unsolicited_na.
+
+	  This will optimize the return path for the initial off-link
+	  communication that is initiated by a directly connected host, by
+	  ensuring that the first-hop router which turns on this setting doesn't
+	  have to buffer the initial return packets to do neighbor-solicitation.
+	  The prerequisite is that the host is configured to send unsolicited
+	  neighbor advertisements on interface bringup. This setting should be
+	  used in conjunction with the ndisc_notify setting on the host to
+	  satisfy this prerequisite.
+
+	- 2 - Extend option (1) to add a new neighbor cache entry only if the
+	  source IP address is in the same subnet as an address configured on
+	  the interface that received the neighbor advertisement.
 
 enhanced_dad - BOOLEAN
 	Include a nonce option in the IPv6 neighbor solicitation messages used for

net/ipv6/addrconf.c

@@ -7042,7 +7042,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table addrconf_sysctl[] = {
 		.data		= &ipv6_devconf.accept_untracked_na,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 		.extra1		= (void *)SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= (void *)SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},

net/ipv6/ndisc.c

@@ -967,6 +967,25 @@ out:
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
 }
 
+static int accept_untracked_na(struct net_device *dev, struct in6_addr *saddr)
+{
+	struct inet6_dev *idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+
+	switch (idev->cnf.accept_untracked_na) {
+	case 0: /* Don't accept untracked na (absent in neighbor cache) */
+		return 0;
+	case 1: /* Create new entries from na if currently untracked */
+		return 1;
+	case 2: /* Create new entries from untracked na only if saddr is in the
+		 * same subnet as an address configured on the interface that
+		 * received the na
+		 */
+		return !!ipv6_chk_prefix(saddr, dev);
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static void ndisc_recv_na(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct nd_msg *msg = (struct nd_msg *)skb_transport_header(skb);
@@ -1061,11 +1080,11 @@ static void ndisc_recv_na(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * Note that we don't do a (daddr == all-routers-mcast) check.
 	 */
 	new_state = msg->icmph.icmp6_solicited ? NUD_REACHABLE : NUD_STALE;
-	if (!neigh && lladdr &&
-	    idev && idev->cnf.forwarding &&
-	    idev->cnf.accept_untracked_na) {
-		neigh = neigh_create(&nd_tbl, &msg->target, dev);
-		new_state = NUD_STALE;
+	if (!neigh && lladdr && idev && idev->cnf.forwarding) {
+		if (accept_untracked_na(dev, saddr)) {
+			neigh = neigh_create(&nd_tbl, &msg->target, dev);
+			new_state = NUD_STALE;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (neigh && !IS_ERR(neigh)) {