net: do not send ICMP/NDISC Redirects when peer allocation fails

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When inet_getpeer_v4() or inet_getpeer_v6() fails to allocate a peer entry
under memory pressure or tree size caps, redirect handlers previously fell
back to sending un-rate-limited ICMP/NDISC Redirect messages.

In IPv4, ip_rt_send_redirect() called icmp_send() directly when peer == NULL.
In IPv6, ip6_forward() and ndisc_send_redirect() passed a NULL peer into
inet_peer_xrlim_allow(), which returned true when peer == NULL.

Because ICMP/NDISC Redirects are not part of the default global rate limit
mask (sysctl_icmp_ratemask), sending redirects when peer == NULL creates
an un-rate-limited ICMP packet storm.

Fix this by failing closed in ip_rt_send_redirect(), ip6_forward(), and
ndisc_send_redirect() when peer is NULL.

Fixes: 92d8682926 ("inetpeer: Move ICMP rate limiting state into inet_peer entries.")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260724072901.1633601-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Eric Dumazet 2026-07-24 07:29:01 +00:00 • committed by Jakub Kicinski

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net/ipv4/route.c

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net/ipv6/ip6_output.c

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net/ipv6/ndisc.c

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