network: fix an infinite loop

Fixes #19467.

(cherry picked from commit e8f99f4e249916e12c09ee5cc9a108cba6a2b5c0)

diff --git a/src/network/networkd-link.c b/src/network/networkd-link.c
index 8219d95b0d9511507854990952a4f2a71c5b2d79..c781dd58d7908a9680eb3f3a084a4241321e0d01 100644 (file)
--- a/src/network/networkd-link.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-link.c
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ static void link_update_master_operstate(Link *link, NetDev *netdev) {
         if (netdev->ifindex <= 0)
                 return;
 
+        /* If an interface is self-mentioned in Bridge= or friends, then it introduces an infinite loop.
+         * FIXME: there still exits a possibility of an infinite loop when two or more interfaces
+         * mention each other in Bridge= or so. We need to detect such a loop. */
+        if (link->ifindex == netdev->ifindex)
+                return;
+
         if (link_get(link->manager, netdev->ifindex, &master) < 0)
                 return;