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ipv6: addrconf: fix temp address generation after prefix deprecation
authorFernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Sat, 23 May 2026 10:38:10 +0000 (12:38 +0200)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 27 May 2026 00:45:24 +0000 (17:45 -0700)
commite20d8922aa8fe441d291364c96c2179a005b79ea
tree08e9822765e0c8ca60b89ffc82b1cea94ddf77d6
parent7599c13dbe7a2dc49e33f4c6581c6f1287d9410e
ipv6: addrconf: fix temp address generation after prefix deprecation

When a router temporarily deprecates an IPv6 prefix (either by sending a
Router Advertisement with Preferred Lifetime = 0 or by letting the
lifetime expire) and later restores it, the kernel permanently loses its
ability to generate temporary privacy addresses (RFC 8981) for that
prefix.

This happens because the address worker attempts to generate a
replacement temporary address when the current one nears expiration. As
the base prefix is deprecated already, the generation fails after
marking the temporary address as already having spawned a replacement
(ifp->regen_count++).

When the router eventually restores the prefix, the temporary address
becomes active again. However, once it naturally expires, the address
worker sees this temporary address already tried to generate one and
skips the regeneration.

Fix the issue by resetting the regen_count check of the latest temp
address generated for the prefix updated by the incoming RA.

Reported-by: Ɓukasz Stelmach <steelman@post.pl>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/87340td30q.fsf%25steelman@post.pl/
Suggested-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260523103811.3790-1-fmancera@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv6/addrconf.c