[Bug 1214385] Re: Stateless DHCPv6 not working in precise

[Philipp Kern]

root at ale:~# apt-cache policy isc-dhcp-client
isc-dhcp-client:
  Installed: 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8
  Candidate: 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8
  Version table:
     4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9 0
        400 http://ubuntu-precise.mirror.corp.google.com/ubuntu/ precise-proposed/main amd64 Packages
 *** 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8 0
        600 https://rapture-prod.corp.google.com/ ubuntu-precise-base/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
root at ale:~# tail -n 5 /etc/network/interfaces 
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
iface eth0 inet6 auto
 dhcp 1

root at ale:~# ifdown eth0; ifup eth0
ifdown: interface eth0 not configured
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra = 1
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf = 1
root at ale:~# grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 172.16.xxx.xxx
root at ale:~# apt-get install isc-dhcp-client=4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9 isc-dhcp-common=4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  resolvconf avahi-autoipd
The following packages will be upgraded:
  isc-dhcp-client isc-dhcp-common
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/637 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 225378 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace isc-dhcp-client 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8 (using .../isc-dhcp-client_4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement isc-dhcp-client ...
Preparing to replace isc-dhcp-common 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8 (using .../isc-dhcp-common_4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement isc-dhcp-common ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up isc-dhcp-common (4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9) ...
Setting up isc-dhcp-client (4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.9) ...
root at ale:~# ifdown eth0; ifup eth0
Sleeping for 338 seconds ...
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.accept_ra = 1
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.autoconf = 1
root at ale:~# grep nameserver /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 2401:xxxx:xxxx::53

(IP addresses edited out.) Works for me.

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Title:
  Stateless DHCPv6 not working in precise

Status in “isc-dhcp” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “isc-dhcp” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  isc-dhcp-client in precise does not do stateless DHCPv6 correctly if it's enabled as "dhcp 1" within "iface <IFACE> inet6 auto" within /etc/network/interfaces. The dhclient-script responsible for updating /etc/resolv.conf exists if it doesn't find an IPv6 address in its environment, which is only true for stateful DHCPv6.

  [Test Case]
  * You should have IPv6 on your network segment, make a note of the subnet.
  * Have a stateless DHCPv6 server listen on the network segment:
  ** Minimal dhcpd6.conf:
  authoritative;
  option dhcp6.name-servers 2001:4860:4860::8888, 2001:4860:4860::8844;
  option dhcp6.domain-search "ubuntu.com";
  pid-file-name "/tmp/dhcpd.test.pid";
  subnet6 fd7a:4ac2:1751:0::/64 {}
  ** Adjust the subnet information to the one you're actually using or the DHCP server will refuse to start.
  ** Install isc-dhcp-server on a host on the same network segment.
  ** Disable apparmor (it will yield losts of EPERM for the test file locations).
  ** Start up the server there using: /usr/sbin/dhcpd -cf dhcpd.conf -6 -lf /tmp/leases.test
  * Have network configuration be managed by ifupdown, not network-manager:
  * Add the following configuration to /etc/network/interfaces:
  iface eth0 inet6 auto
   dhcp 1
  * ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0 (alternatively: dhclient -6 -S -v IFACE)
  * Check if /etc/resolv.conf contains:
  search ubuntu.com.
  nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
  nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844
  * If the old version of the package is installed, /etc/resolv.conf content will not change.

  [Regression Potential]
  The suggested change is already present since quantal. The change itself is self-contained

  [Additional Info]
  /sbin/dhclient-script in precise's isc-dhcp-client 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.8 contains the following snippet:

      BOUND6|RENEW6|REBIND6)
          if [ -z "${new_ip6_address}" ] || [ -z "${new_ip6_prefixlen}" ]; then
              exit_with_hooks 2
          fi

          # set leased IP
          ip -6 addr add ${new_ip6_address}/${new_ip6_prefixlen} \
              dev ${interface} scope global

  This assumes that the result of the DHCPv6 transaction is an address
  with a prefix, which is the case for stateful DHCPv6. For stateless
  DHCPv6, however, we only get additional information that's not
  directly address-related. This is fixed since quantal and reads like
  this:

      BOUND6|RENEW6|REBIND6)
          if [ "${new_ip6_address}" ] && [ "${new_ip6_prefixlen}" ]; then
              # set leased IP
              ip -6 addr add ${new_ip6_address}/${new_ip6_prefixlen} \
                  dev ${interface} scope global
          fi

  It looks like the only change from the diff to the current saucy
  version we need for it to work correctly.

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