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[net-next,v7,07/25] ovpn: keep carrier always on

Message ID 20240917010734.1905-8-antonio@openvpn.net (mailing list archive)
State Deferred
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series Introducing OpenVPN Data Channel Offload | expand

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netdev/ynl success Generated files up to date; no warnings/errors; GEN HAS DIFF 2 files changed, 2619 insertions(+);
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netdev/header_inline success No static functions without inline keyword in header files
netdev/build_32bit success Errors and warnings before: 16 this patch: 16
netdev/build_tools success No tools touched, skip
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netdev/deprecated_api success None detected
netdev/check_selftest success No net selftest shell script
netdev/verify_fixes success No Fixes tag
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netdev/contest success net-next-2024-09-17--15-00 (tests: 764)

Commit Message

Antonio Quartulli Sept. 17, 2024, 1:07 a.m. UTC 
An ovpn interface will keep carrier always on and let the user
decide when an interface should be considered disconnected.

This way, even if an ovpn interface is not connected to any peer,
it can still retain all IPs and routes and thus prevent any data
leak.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
---
 drivers/net/ovpn/main.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
index caf34f03b6f8..1f965d6ace77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@  static void ovpn_struct_free(struct net_device *net)
 
 static int ovpn_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	/* ovpn keeps the carrier always on to avoid losing IP or route
+	 * configuration upon disconnection. This way it can prevent leaks
+	 * of traffic outside of the VPN tunnel.
+	 * The user may override this behaviour by tearing down the interface
+	 * manually.
+	 */
+	netif_carrier_on(dev);
 	netif_tx_start_all_queues(dev);
 	return 0;
 }