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authorGhanan Gowripalan <ghanan@google.com>2020-12-09 10:50:42 -0800
committerShentubot <shentubot@google.com>2020-12-09 15:54:18 -0800
commit50189b0d6f2401f842f63ae149de13b89b4c30f9 (patch)
treec5402d8fb9d4589364b3449ed6a027f1b24833e6 /pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4
parenta855a814d601a4c30f26743ef1bf016df956e042 (diff)
Do not perform IGMP/MLD on loopback interfaces
The loopback interface will never have any neighbouring nodes so advertising its interest in multicast groups is unnecessary. Bug #4682, #4861 Startblock: has LGTM from asfez and then add reviewer tamird PiperOrigin-RevId: 346587604
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4')
-rw-r--r--pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go
index 2ee4c6445..a3a7176a0 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/network/ipv4/igmp.go
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ type IGMPOptions struct {
// When enabled, IGMP may transmit IGMP report and leave messages when
// joining and leaving multicast groups respectively, and handle incoming
// IGMP packets.
+ //
+ // This field is ignored and is always assumed to be false for interfaces
+ // without neighbouring nodes (e.g. loopback).
Enabled bool
}
@@ -69,6 +72,8 @@ type igmpState struct {
// The IPv4 endpoint this igmpState is for.
ep *endpoint
+ enabled bool
+
genericMulticastProtocol ip.GenericMulticastProtocolState
// igmpV1Present is for maintaining compatibility with IGMPv1 Routers, from
@@ -117,8 +122,11 @@ func (igmp *igmpState) SendLeave(groupAddress tcpip.Address) *tcpip.Error {
// Must only be called once for the lifetime of igmp.
func (igmp *igmpState) init(ep *endpoint) {
igmp.ep = ep
+ // No need to perform IGMP on loopback interfaces since they don't have
+ // neighbouring nodes.
+ igmp.enabled = ep.protocol.options.IGMP.Enabled && !igmp.ep.nic.IsLoopback()
igmp.genericMulticastProtocol.Init(&ep.mu.RWMutex, ip.GenericMulticastProtocolOptions{
- Enabled: ep.protocol.options.IGMP.Enabled,
+ Enabled: igmp.enabled,
Rand: ep.protocol.stack.Rand(),
Clock: ep.protocol.stack.Clock(),
Protocol: igmp,
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ func (igmp *igmpState) handleMembershipQuery(groupAddress tcpip.Address, maxResp
// As per RFC 2236 Section 6, Page 10: If the maximum response time is zero
// then change the state to note that an IGMPv1 router is present and
// schedule the query received Job.
- if maxRespTime == 0 && igmp.ep.protocol.options.IGMP.Enabled {
+ if igmp.enabled && maxRespTime == 0 {
igmp.igmpV1Job.Cancel()
igmp.igmpV1Job.Schedule(v1RouterPresentTimeout)
igmp.setV1Present(true)