NO-ISSUE: Fix OVN multinode networking regression from removal of --sb-address flag - #7362
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In MicroShift multinode mode both nodes carry node-role.kubernetes.io/master, so the ovnkube-master DaemonSet was being scheduled on all nodes regardless of the networking.go primary/worker logic. Each node ended up running its own isolated OVN SBDB raft cluster, preventing geneve tunnel formation and breaking all cross-node pod networking. At kubelet startup the primary node (identified by the absence of a bootstrap kubeconfig) receives the label node.microshift.io/role=primary. The ovnkube-master DaemonSet nodeSelector is updated to match that label so the full OVN database stack (sbdb/nbdb/northd) runs exclusively on the primary. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…nodes Commit 8a0f4f2 removed --nb-address/--sb-address from ovnkube --init-node, which were the only mechanism pointing worker nodes at the primary's NB/SB databases. After that removal ovnkube fell back to local unix sockets that do not exist on workers, leaving each node with an isolated OVN RAFT cluster. Three related fixes: 1. ovnkube.conf (configmap): in multinode mode add [OvnNorth]/[OvnSouth] stanzas with the primary's IP and NB/SB port so ovnkube can find the remote databases from the config file. 2. networking.go — DaemonSet selection: worker nodes (BootstrapKubeConfigExists) only deploy the node DaemonSet; the primary deploys master + node. Workers no longer run a local SBDB/NBDB that would be invisible to the primary. 3. networking.go — configmap guard: only the primary writes the ovnkube-config ConfigMap. A worker writing it would overwrite the correct primary IP with its own, breaking SBDB connectivity for all nodes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Two related fixes for multinode worker nodes:
ovnkube-node DaemonSet startup:
The ovnkube binary cannot parse the [OvnNorth]/[OvnSouth] address= fields
from ovnkube.conf (config format mismatch in this binary version), so it
falls back to local unix sockets that do not exist on workers. Fix the
startup script to detect whether the node is a worker (SB address in the
configmap points to a different host) and:
- Set ovn-encap-type=geneve and ovn-encap-ip in OVS so ovn-controller can
register the chassis and form geneve tunnels.
- Start socat relays forwarding the local NB/SB unix sockets to the
primary's TCP ports so ovnkube can connect via its expected unix path.
- Set ovn-remote=tcp:PRIMARY:9642 in OVS for direct ovn-controller access.
- Export OVN_SB_DB/OVN_NB_DB for subprocess ovn-sbctl/ovn-nbctl calls.
Improve ovn-controller wait logic to verify the socket is actually serving
connections (not just that the file exists), and handle stale processes
and .ctl sockets from previous container instances.
microshift-cleanup-data.sh:
Clear OVN-related OVS external_ids (ovn-remote, ovn-encap-ip, etc.) before
stopping ovsdb-server so the next MicroShift start cannot pick up a stale
SBDB address from a previous run. Clears the keys while OVS is still
reachable, then stops ovsdb-server and kills OVN processes.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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WalkthroughMultinode OVN now labels the primary node, schedules database components only there, publishes TCP database endpoints, and configures worker relays and readiness checks. Cleanup removes stale OVN connection settings. ChangesMultinode OVN deployment
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Kubelet
participant Networking
participant OVNConfigMap
participant OVNNodeStartup
participant OVNDatabase
Kubelet->>Networking: assign primary node role
Networking->>OVNConfigMap: render multinode configuration
OVNConfigMap->>OVNNodeStartup: provide NBDB and SBDB endpoints
OVNNodeStartup->>OVNDatabase: check SBDB readiness
OVNNodeStartup->>OVNDatabase: configure worker relays and ovn-remote
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Common node-address layouts, upgrades, or IPv6 deployments can leave OVN networking unavailable, while the new process cleanup and database exposure introduce host stability and security risks. These issues should be resolved before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 14 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh (1)
105-115: LGTM!pkg/components/networking.go (1)
64-69: LGTM!Also applies to: 116-133
assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml (1)
475-475: LGTM!assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml (1)
222-227: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🛡️ Analyzed with Security Review | ⚡ Quick winInjection
Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-88 — Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
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Verification did not complete.Quote the parsed database endpoints before you pass them to socat.
NB_HOST_PORTandSB_HOST_PORTcome from theovnkube-configConfigMap. Lines 225 and 227 expand them unquoted intoTCP:${NB_HOST_PORT}. Word splitting lets a value that contains whitespace append extra socat addresses or options, for example anEXEC:address. This container runsprivileged: truewithhostNetworkandhostPID, so the result is command execution on the host.
pkg/components/networking.go(Lines 129-133) restricts the ConfigMap write to the primary node, so a practical attack needs write access to that ConfigMap. Confirm that theovn-kubernetes-nodeServiceAccount cannot update it. Quote the expansions regardless.🛡️ Proposed fix
NB_HOST_PORT="${NB_ADDR#tcp:}" SB_HOST_PORT="${SB_ADDR#tcp:}" + # Reject anything that is not a bare host:port. + for hp in "${NB_HOST_PORT}" "${SB_HOST_PORT}"; do + if [[ ! "${hp}" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9._:\[\]-]+:[0-9]+$ ]]; then + echo "invalid OVN DB endpoint: ${hp}" >&2 + exit 1 + fi + done socat UNIX-LISTEN:/run/ovn/ovnnb_db.sock,fork,reuseaddr \ - TCP:${NB_HOST_PORT} & + "TCP:${NB_HOST_PORT}" & socat UNIX-LISTEN:/run/ovn/ovnsb_db.sock,fork,reuseaddr \ - TCP:${SB_HOST_PORT} & + "TCP:${SB_HOST_PORT}" &
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In `@assets/components/ovn/common/configmap.yaml`:
- Around line 39-43: Protect the OVN Northbound and Southbound database
endpoints configured by OvnNorth and OvnSouth: replace unauthenticated TCP
exposure with authenticated TLS using the appropriate pssl/ssl settings and OVN
certificates, or add host firewall rules restricting ports 9641 and 9642 to
trusted clients.
- Line 40: Update both OVN address fields in the config template to render IPv6
NodeIP values with brackets while preserving unbracketed formatting for IPv4 or
hostname values; apply the same host formatting to the OVN and socat relay
targets.
In `@assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml`:
- Around line 87-98: Update the stale-process cleanup in the DaemonSet startup
script to validate that the recorded PID belongs to ovn-controller before
sending signals, rather than relying only on kill -0. After the 10 × 0.5-second
wait, revalidate the same process identity; if it remains alive, exit nonzero
before removing the .ctl socket or starting another controller.
- Line 211: Update the SB_ADDR host comparison in the daemon startup logic to
extract the host from the tcp endpoint and compare that value exactly with
K8S_NODE_IP, rather than using a substring match. Preserve the existing
primary/worker branching behavior while ensuring only the node whose IP exactly
matches the SB_ADDR host selects the primary path.
In `@pkg/node/kubelet.go`:
- Around line 92-94: Update the kubelet node-label reconciliation around
BootstrapKubeConfigExists so existing nodes retained during upgrades also
receive node.microshift.io/role=primary. Ensure the label is applied when the
node is already present, not only when bootstrap configuration is absent, while
preserving the existing behavior for newly bootstrapped nodes.
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CWE: CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
Protect the OVN database ports.
The multinode deployment configures unauthenticated ptcp: listeners on ports 9641 and 9642. Restrict these ports with host firewall rules or configure authenticated TLS with pssl:/ssl: and suitable OVN certificates.
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In `@assets/components/ovn/common/configmap.yaml` around lines 39 - 43, Protect
the OVN Northbound and Southbound database endpoints configured by OvnNorth and
OvnSouth: replace unauthenticated TCP exposure with authenticated TLS using the
appropriate pssl/ssl settings and OVN certificates, or add host firewall rules
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OVN ovn-kubernetes config address=tcp IPv6 brackets OvnNorth OvnSouth
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In OVN-Kubernetes, when specifying IPv6 addresses for database connections in configuration files (such as the address field within [ovnnorth] or [ovnsouth] sections), you must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets [] to distinguish the address from the port number [1][2]. The standard format for the address field when using TCP or SSL is: address=tcp:[IPv6_address]:port or address=ssl:[IPv6_address]:port For example: address=tcp:[2001:db8::1]:6641 This bracket notation is a standard requirement for OVS/OVN connection strings to ensure the parser correctly identifies the IPv6 address, preventing confusion between the colons in the IPv6 address and the colon separating the address from the port [1][3]. Note that in modern deployments of ovn-kubernetes, components often connect to local OVN databases via Unix sockets, making these TCP/SSL connection addresses less common or unnecessary for local node-to-database communication [4]. When configuring broader IPv6 networking for clusters (such as pod or service CIDRs), you specify the address without brackets [5][6][7].
Citations:
- 1: https://github.com/openshift/ovn-kubernetes/blob/a562b2ea5939de4b36dedd0027c6528d1f8f22d3/docs/config.md
- 2: https://github.com/openshift/ovn-kubernetes/blob/fcba3b176a12bf96c8537f7a1ae92d4cb298d750/go-controller/README.md
- 3: https://github.com/openshift/ovn-kubernetes/blob/a336a90647ef058e3315996ab6d34bdf48009196/docs/config.md
- 4: https://github.com/ovn-org/ovn-kubernetes/blob/master/go-controller/pkg/config/config.go
- 5: https://docs.okd.io/4.22/networking/ovn_kubernetes_network_provider/converting-to-dual-stack.html
- 6: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html/ovn-kubernetes_network_plugin/converting-to-dual-stack
- 7: https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-03-20-configure-ovn-kubernetes-ipv6/view
Bracket the OVN addresses for IPv6.
cfg.Node.NodeIP is populated and validated for IPv6-only configurations, so an empty NodeIP is rejected. However, the template renders IPv6 addresses without brackets. This creates an invalid OVN host-port value and an invalid socat relay target. Format NodeIP as a bracketed host when it is IPv6 in both OVN address fields.
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In `@assets/components/ovn/common/configmap.yaml` at line 40, Update both OVN
address fields in the config template to render IPv6 NodeIP values with brackets
while preserving unbracketed formatting for IPv4 or hostname values; apply the
same host formatting to the OVN and socat relay targets.
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| if [ -f /var/run/ovn/ovn-controller.pid ]; then | ||
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Validate the recorded PID before signaling it and stop startup if it survives the wait.
The run-ovn volume exposes host /var/run/ovn, and hostPID: true exposes host PIDs. kill -0 "${OLD_PID}" only checks whether a PID exists. It does not verify that the PID belongs to ovn-controller, so a stale PID file can terminate an unrelated host process. If the old controller survives the 10 × 0.5 s wait, the script still removes its .ctl socket and starts another controller; the pidfile check may reject the new instance as already running. Compare the PID with the expected process identity, verify the same process instance after the wait, and exit nonzero before removing control sockets if it remains alive.
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| if [ -f /var/run/ovn/ovn-controller.pid ]; then | |
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In `@assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml` around lines 87 - 98,
Update the stale-process cleanup in the DaemonSet startup script to validate
that the recorded PID belongs to ovn-controller before sending signals, rather
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Compare the SB_ADDR host exactly. The ConfigMap produces SB_ADDR as tcp:<primary-node-IP>:<SB-port>. With tcp:10.0.0.10:9642 and K8S_NODE_IP=10.0.0.1, the substring test selects the primary branch. The worker then starts no relays and does not set external_ids:ovn-remote. If no usable remote already exists, ovn-controller can remain indefinitely in its unbounded readiness loop, and worker networking cannot start.
Extract the host from SB_ADDR and compare it to K8S_NODE_IP as an exact value.
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- # Worker detection: SB address points to a DIFFERENT host than ours
- if [[ "${SB_ADDR}" != *"${K8S_NODE_IP}"* ]]; then
+ # Worker detection: SB address points to a DIFFERENT host than ours.
+ # Compare the host exactly; a substring test would match
+ # 10.0.0.1 inside 10.0.0.10.
+ SB_HOST="${SB_ADDR#tcp:}" # host:port, or [v6]:port
+ SB_HOST="${SB_HOST%:*}" # strip port
+ SB_HOST="${SB_HOST#[}" # strip IPv6 brackets
+ SB_HOST="${SB_HOST%]}"
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In `@assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml` at line 211, Update the
SB_ADDR host comparison in the daemon startup logic to extract the host from the
tcp endpoint and compare that value exactly with K8S_NODE_IP, rather than using
a substring match. Preserve the existing primary/worker branching behavior while
ensuring only the node whose IP exactly matches the SB_ADDR host selects the
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Apply the primary role label to existing nodes during upgrade.
When an upgrade retains the existing Node object, kubelet does not add node.microshift.io/role=primary from --node-labels; it reconciles only built-in default labels. Without upgrade-time labeling or node recreation, ovnkube-master cannot match its nodeSelector on the primary node.
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In `@pkg/node/kubelet.go` around lines 92 - 94, Update the kubelet node-label
reconciliation around BootstrapKubeConfigExists so existing nodes retained
during upgrades also receive node.microshift.io/role=primary. Ensure the label
is applied when the node is already present, not only when bootstrap
configuration is absent, while preserving the existing behavior for newly
bootstrapped nodes.
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Summary
Fixes OVN multinode pod networking, broken since PR #6912 (June 2026) removed
--nb-address/--sb-addressfromovnkube --init-nodewithout a config-file replacement. Without these flags worker nodes fall back to local unix sockets, causing each node to form an isolated OVN RAFT cluster — no geneve tunnels form and all cross-node pod traffic is silently dropped.References: PR #7344 (release-5.0 backport, kept for reference)
Root cause
commit 8a0f4f23ebremoved deprecated CLI flags without updatingovnkube.confto carry the SBDB/NBDB addresses. Worker nodes never connected to the primary's OVN databases.Three commits, each independently reviewable
1. Label primary node / restrict master DaemonSet
Both nodes carry
node-role.kubernetes.io/master, so theovnkube-masterDaemonSet (which includes the full SBDB/NBDB/northd stack) was scheduled on both nodes. Each node started its own isolated OVN RAFT cluster.pkg/node/kubelet.go: primary node gets labelnode.microshift.io/role=primaryat kubelet startup (detected by absence of bootstrap kubeconfig)assets/components/ovn/multi-node/master/daemonset.yaml: nodeSelector changed frommaster: ""tonode.microshift.io/role: primary2. Fix SBDB connectivity — configmap + networking.go
assets/components/ovn/common/configmap.yaml: adds[OvnNorth]/[OvnSouth]stanzas with the primary's TCP NB/SB addresses in multinode modepkg/components/networking.go:node/daemonset.yaml; primary deploys master + nodeMultiNodeEnabledrender param3. Worker node bootstrap + stale OVS state cleanup
assets/components/ovn/multi-node/node/daemonset.yaml: startup script detects worker vs primary (by comparing the configmap SB address against the local node IP); on workers it starts socat relays (local unix sockets → primary TCP ports) so the ovnkube binary can connect via its expected unix path, sets encap external_ids, and exportsOVN_SB_DB/OVN_NB_DB. Also improvesovn-controllerwait logic and handles stale process/socket cleanup.scripts/microshift-cleanup-data.sh: clears OVN external_ids from OVS before stopping ovsdb-server so a subsequent start cannot inherit a stale SBDB address.Validation
Tested on a 2-VM KVM cluster (RHEL 9.8, MicroShift 5.0 rc.1):
ovnkube-masterruns only on the primary node[sig-network]failures, 0 cross-node timeout errorsTest plan
ovnkube-masterpod runs only on the primary node in multinode modeovs-vsctl show | grep geneveel98-src@cncf-conformancescenario — expect 0[sig-network]failures🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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