Public bug reported: When an HA router is created, RA is enabled on the gateway interface for the 'master' router [0]. However, it is not disabled in the 'else' clause and therefore:
1. If the router was set to 'master' before, it will still have RA enabled on its gateway interface 2. If default value for accept_ra in '/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/accept_ra' is > 0, then it will still have RA enabled on its gateway interface. Having RA enabled on a backup router leads to the following unwanted situation: - It may respond to RA packets coming from an external switch and, because it has the same MAC address as the master instance, the switch will learn its MAC address and may send the traffic to it until the master sends some packets. Therefore, any existing connections will be interrupted. The fix would consist in disabling RA on the gateway interface if conditions are not met to enable it. [0] https://github.com/openstack/neutron/blob/master/neutron/agent/l3/ha.py#L136 ** Affects: neutron Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to neutron. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1669765 Title: RA is not disabled on backup HA routers Status in neutron: New Bug description: When an HA router is created, RA is enabled on the gateway interface for the 'master' router [0]. However, it is not disabled in the 'else' clause and therefore: 1. If the router was set to 'master' before, it will still have RA enabled on its gateway interface 2. If default value for accept_ra in '/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/default/accept_ra' is > 0, then it will still have RA enabled on its gateway interface. Having RA enabled on a backup router leads to the following unwanted situation: - It may respond to RA packets coming from an external switch and, because it has the same MAC address as the master instance, the switch will learn its MAC address and may send the traffic to it until the master sends some packets. Therefore, any existing connections will be interrupted. The fix would consist in disabling RA on the gateway interface if conditions are not met to enable it. [0] https://github.com/openstack/neutron/blob/master/neutron/agent/l3/ha.py#L136 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1669765/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
