When we create an L2 loop on a bridge in netns, we will see packets storm even if STP is enabled. # unshare -n # ip link add br0 type bridge # ip link add veth0 type veth peer name veth1 # ip link set veth0 master br0 up # ip link set veth1 master br0 up # ip link set br0 type bridge stp_state 1 # ip link set br0 up # sleep 30 # ip -s link show br0 2: br0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/ether b6:61:98:1c:1c:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast 956553768 12861249 0 0 0 12861249 <-. Keep TX: bytes packets errors dropped carrier collsns | increasing 1027834 11951 0 0 0 0 <-' rapidly This is because llc_rcv() drops all packets in non-root netns and BPDU is dropped. Let's show an error when enabling STP in netns. # unshare -n # ip link add br0 type bridge # ip link set br0 type bridge stp_state 1 Error: bridge: STP can't be enabled in non-root netns. Note this commit will be reverted later when we namespacify the whole LLC infra. Fixes: e730c15519d0 ("[NET]: Make packet reception network namespace safe") Suggested-by: Harry Coin <hcoin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/0f531295-e289-022d-5add-5ceffa0df9bc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_stp_if.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c index 75204d36d7f9..a807996ac56b 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c @@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ int br_stp_set_enabled(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val, { ASSERT_RTNL(); + if (!net_eq(dev_net(br->dev), &init_net)) { + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "STP can't be enabled in non-root netns"); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (br_mrp_enabled(br)) { NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "STP can't be enabled if MRP is already enabled"); -- 2.30.2