multiple tentative ipv6 address are applied to a network interface
Issue
- multiple tentative ipv6 addresses are applied to a network interface.
- The number of IPv6 addresses has changed between before and after migrating this instance.
Before migration
4: ens224 inet6 fe80::aaaa:aaaa:aaaa:aaaa/64 scope link dadfailed tentative noprefixroute \ valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ens224 inet6 fe80::bbbb:bbbb:bbbb:bbbb/64 scope link dadfailed tentative noprefixroute \ valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ens224 inet6 fe80::cccc:cccc:cccc:cccc/64 scope link dadfailed tentative noprefixroute \ valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
After migration
4: ens224 inet6 fe80::aaaa:aaaa:aaaa:aaaa/64 scope link dadfailed tentative noprefixroute \ valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: ens224 inet6 fe80::bbbb:bbbb:bbbb:bbbb/64 scope link noprefixroute \ valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
- These messages can be seen.
Sep 2 09:13:10 HOSTNAME kernel: IPv6: ens224: IPv6 duplicate address bbbb:bbbb:bbbb:bbbb used by xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx detected!
Sep 2 09:13:10 HOSTNAME NetworkManager[1068]: <info> [1630541590.2105] device (ens224): ipv6: duplicate address check failed for the bbbb:bbbb:bbbb:bbbb/64 lft forever pref forever lifetime 3-0[4294967295,4294967295] dev 4 flags permanent,noprefixroute,tentative,0x8 src kernel address
...
Sep 2 09:13:10 HOSTNAME NetworkManager[1068]: <info> [1630541590.9106] device (ens224): ipv6: duplicate address check failed for the bbbb:bbbb:bbbb:bbbb/64 lft forever pref forever lifetime 4-0[4294967295,4294967295] dev 4 flags permanent,noprefixroute,tentative,0x8 src kernel address
Sep 2 09:13:10 HOSTNAME NetworkManager[1068]: <warn> [1630541590.9106] device (ens224): linklocal6: failed to generate an address: Too many DAD collisions
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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