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Date:      Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:36:40 GMT
From:      Roman Bogorodskiy <novel@FreeBSD.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   kern/139559: several tun(4) interfaces can be created with same dst addr
Message-ID:  <200910130536.n9D5aeMJ015276@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         139559
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       several tun(4) interfaces can be created with same dst addr
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 13 05:40:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Roman Bogorodskiy
>Release:        FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:
	I'm using -CURRENT for some time and I use tun(4) in pair with ppp(8).
	I have several connections and sometimes it happens that remote pair
	sends dst address that is already used on other tun(4) interface. Previously,
	ppp complained about "File exists" error when assigning a new address
	and redialed. Few days (maybe weeks) ago I've noted a regression: ppp
	complains about "File exists", but nevertheless address gets assigned
	to the interface. I've experimented a bit with it and I have an
	impression that there's some bug in SIOCAIFADDR implementation and it's
	not related to ppp directly. See the 'How-To-Repeat' section.

>How-To-Repeat:
	(09:09) novel@underworld:~ %> sudo ifconfig tun4 create
	(09:10) novel@underworld:~ %> sudo ifconfig tun5 create
	(09:10) novel@underworld:~ %> sudo ifconfig tun4 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.1
	(09:10) novel@underworld:~ %> ifconfig tun4
	tun4: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	inet 10.0.0.2 --> 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	(09:10) novel@underworld:~ %> ifconfig tun5
	tun5: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	(09:10) novel@underworld:~ %> sudo ifconfig tun5 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.1
	ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): File exists
	(09:18) novel@underworld:~ %> ifconfig tun5
	tun5: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        	inet 10.0.0.3 --> 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
	(09:18) novel@underworld:~ %>

	As you can see, ifconfig throwed the "File exists", but for some reason
	address got assigned, which seems to be wrong to me. Though, data for
	tun5 wasn't added to the routing table.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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