linux/net/bridge
Petr Machata 6e1cc68a11 net: bridge: Install FDB for bridge MAC on VLAN 0
[ Upstream commit cd9a9562b2 ]

Currently, after the bridge is created, the FDB does not hold an FDB entry
for the bridge MAC on VLAN 0:

 # ip link add name br up type bridge
 # ip -br link show dev br
 br               UNKNOWN        92:19:8c:4e:01:ed <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>
 # bridge fdb show | grep 92:19:8c:4e:01:ed
 92:19:8c:4e:01:ed dev br vlan 1 master br permanent

Later when the bridge MAC is changed, or in fact when the address is given
during netdevice creation, the entry appears:

 # ip link add name br up address 00:11:22:33:44:55 type bridge
 # bridge fdb show | grep 00:11:22:33:44:55
 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev br vlan 1 master br permanent
 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev br master br permanent

However when the bridge address is set by the user to the current bridge
address before the first port is enslaved, none of the address handlers
gets invoked, because the address is not actually changed. The address is
however marked as NET_ADDR_SET. Then when a port is enslaved, the address
is not changed, because it is NET_ADDR_SET. Thus the VLAN 0 entry is not
added, and it has not been added previously either:

 # ip link add name br up type bridge
 # ip -br link show dev br
 br               UNKNOWN        7e:f0:a8:1a:be:c2 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>
 # ip link set dev br addr 7e:f0:a8:1a:be:c2
 # ip link add name v up type veth
 # ip link set dev v master br
 # ip -br link show dev br
 br               UNKNOWN        7e:f0:a8:1a:be:c2 <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP>
 # bridge fdb | grep 7e:f0:a8:1a:be:c2
 7e:f0:a8:1a:be:c2 dev br vlan 1 master br permanent

Then when the bridge MAC is used as DMAC, and br_handle_frame_finish()
looks up an FDB entry with VLAN=0, it doesn't find any, and floods the
traffic instead of passing it up.

Fix this by simply adding the VLAN 0 FDB entry for the bridge itself always
on netdevice creation. This also makes the behavior consistent with how
ports are treated: ports always have an FDB entry for each member VLAN as
well as VLAN 0.

Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/415202b2d1b9b0899479a502bbe2ba188678f192.1758550408.git.petrm@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2025-12-07 06:12:26 +09:00
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netfilter netfilter: bridge: Move specific fragmented packet to slow_path instead of dropping it 2025-06-27 11:07:10 +01:00
br.c net: bridge: Install FDB for bridge MAC on VLAN 0 2025-12-07 06:12:26 +09:00
br_arp_nd_proxy.c neighbour: annotate lockless accesses to n->nud_state 2023-10-10 22:00:42 +02:00
br_cfm.c bridge: cfm: remove redundant return 2021-06-22 10:35:15 -07:00
br_cfm_netlink.c bridge: cfm: fix enum typo in br_cc_ccm_tx_parse 2024-02-05 20:12:54 +00:00
br_device.c net: bridge: xmit: make sure we have at least eth header len bytes 2024-06-12 11:03:32 +02:00
br_fdb.c net: bridge: br_fdb_external_learn_add(): always set EXT_LEARN 2024-09-12 11:10:22 +02:00
br_forward.c bridge: Redirect to backup port when port is administratively down 2025-12-07 06:12:19 +09:00
br_if.c net: bridge: keep ports without IFF_UNICAST_FLT in BR_PROMISC mode 2023-07-19 16:22:04 +02:00
br_input.c netfilter: br_netfilter: skip conntrack input hook for promisc packets 2024-04-27 17:07:07 +02:00
br_ioctl.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2021-12-31 14:35:40 +00:00
br_mdb.c net: bridge: allow add/remove permanent mdb entries on disabled ports 2022-06-15 09:35:21 +01:00
br_mrp.c net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA 2021-06-28 15:46:10 -07:00
br_mrp_netlink.c bridge: mrp: Use hlist_head instead of list_head for mrp 2020-11-09 16:42:12 -08:00
br_mrp_switchdev.c bridge: mrp: Extend br_mrp_switchdev to detect better the errors 2021-02-16 14:47:46 -08:00
br_mst.c net: bridge: mcast: update multicast contex when vlan state is changed 2025-06-27 11:07:34 +01:00
br_multicast.c net: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired() 2025-08-28 16:26:17 +02:00
br_multicast_eht.c net: bridge: multicast: use multicast contexts instead of bridge or port 2021-07-20 05:41:19 -07:00
br_netfilter_hooks.c netfilter: br_netfilter: do not check confirmed bit in br_nf_local_in() after confirm 2025-09-09 18:54:13 +02:00
br_netfilter_ipv6.c netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info 2024-01-25 15:27:51 -08:00
br_netlink.c net-sysfs: convert dev->operstate reads to lockless ones 2024-05-17 11:56:13 +02:00
br_netlink_tunnel.c net: bridge: notify on vlan tunnel changes done via the old api 2020-07-12 15:18:24 -07:00
br_nf_core.c bridge: netfilter: Fix forwarding of fragmented packets 2025-06-04 14:40:19 +02:00
br_private.h net: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired() 2025-08-28 16:26:17 +02:00
br_private_cfm.h bridge: cfm: Kernel space implementation of CFM. CCM frame RX added. 2020-10-29 18:39:43 -07:00
br_private_mcast_eht.h net: bridge: multicast: use multicast contexts instead of bridge or port 2021-07-20 05:41:19 -07:00
br_private_mrp.h net: bridge: mrp: Update the Test frames for MRA 2021-06-28 15:46:10 -07:00
br_private_stp.h treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
br_private_tunnel.h bridge: always declare tunnel functions 2023-05-24 17:32:48 +01:00
br_stp.c net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode 2022-03-17 16:49:57 -07:00
br_stp_bpdu.c net: bridge: add STP xstats 2019-12-14 20:02:36 -08:00
br_stp_if.c Revert "bridge: Add extack warning when enabling STP in netns." 2023-09-13 09:42:20 +02:00
br_stp_timer.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 152 2019-05-30 11:26:32 -07:00
br_switchdev.c net: bridge: Do not offload IGMP/MLD messages 2025-07-24 08:51:53 +02:00
br_sysfs_br.c bridge: Fix flushing of dynamic FDB entries 2022-11-02 20:47:09 -07:00
br_sysfs_if.c bridge: move from strlcpy with unused retval to strscpy 2022-08-22 17:57:30 -07:00
br_vlan.c bridge: br_vlan_fill_forward_path_pvid: use br_vlan_group_rcu() 2025-10-19 16:23:09 +02:00
br_vlan_options.c net: bridge: mst: Allow changing a VLAN's MSTI 2022-03-17 16:49:57 -07:00
br_vlan_tunnel.c net: bridge: change return type of br_handle_ingress_vlan_tunnel 2021-08-24 16:51:09 -07:00
Kconfig bridge: cfm: Add BRIDGE_CFM to Kconfig. 2020-10-29 18:39:43 -07:00
Makefile net: bridge: mst: Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) mode 2022-03-17 16:49:57 -07:00