Bug 1921153 - failed to send packet: Network is unreachable when resolution is busy.
Summary: failed to send packet: Network is unreachable when resolution is busy.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: dnsmasq
Version: 8.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.0
Assignee: Petr Menšík
QA Contact: Petr Sklenar
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Depends On: 1917787 1921152
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2021-01-27 15:41 UTC by Petr Menšík
Modified: 2021-11-09 19:30 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: dnsmasq-2.79-17.el8
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Clone Of: 1921152
Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-11-09 17:37:01 UTC
Type: Bug
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4153 0 None None None 2021-11-09 17:37:10 UTC

Description Petr Menšík 2021-01-27 15:41:56 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1921152 +++

Description of problem:
In fix of CVE-2020-25686 was created regression, which applies when multiple address families send request for the same name. In that case, only one family receives responses.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
dnsmasq-2.83-1.fc33

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. send multiple ipv4 requests for one name
2. send multiple ipv6 requests for the same name
3. both address families join single request

Actual results:
Only half of responses arrives, one address family will not receive

Expected results:
Both address families receive all responses.


Additional info:

Discovered after new upstream release, reported on mailing list[1]. Fixed by release of dnsmasq-2.84

1. https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2021q1/014613.html

Comment 3 Petr Menšík 2021-01-27 16:03:55 UTC
Possible workaround is reducing priority of one family, for example IPv6. If most clients query using the same family, this error would not be visible. It would show only when both IPv4 and IPv6 is used for the same name.

Comment 4 Petr Menšík 2021-01-27 16:17:43 UTC
Another workaround would be serving each address family from different dnsmasq instance.
dnsmasq --bind-interfaces --listen-address=<local-ipv4-address> ...
dnsmasq --bind-interfaces --listen-address=<local-ipv6-address> ...

Operating multiple instances usually requires more work. Some port redirection might work as well, listening on IPv6 socket and forwarding to ipv4. It would lose source address infromation that way, only localhost would be in logs.

Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2021-11-09 17:37:01 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: dnsmasq security and bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4153


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