plugin/file: return SERVFAIL on self-referential CNAME loops (#8475)

A CNAME whose target is its own owner name is chased by externalLookup
until the depth cap, appending the same record on every pass. The reply
was NOERROR with the CNAME repeated ten times.

Self-referential DNAME already returns SERVFAIL, as do wildcard CNAME
loops. Return SERVFAIL here too. The check runs on the CNAME chase path
only, so normal responses are unaffected.

Fixes #6421

Signed-off-by: baltasarblanco <baltablanco9008@gmail.com>
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Baltasar Blanco
2026-09-08 16:21:54 -03:00
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parent e1d3fe6bc6
commit dea2f90f24
2 changed files with 11 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ a.example.com. 500 IN CNAME b.example.com.
alias.example.com. 500 IN DNAME alias.example.com.
redirect.example.com. 500 IN DNAME target.example.com.
www.target.example.com. 500 IN A 192.0.2.1
*.foo.example.com. 500 IN CNAME bar.foo.example.com.`
*.foo.example.com. 500 IN CNAME bar.foo.example.com.
self.example.com. 500 IN CNAME self.example.com.
c.example.com. 500 IN CNAME d.example.com.
d.example.com. 500 IN CNAME d.example.com.`
func TestFileLoop(t *testing.T) {
name, rm, err := test.TempFile(".", loopDB)
@@ -43,6 +46,8 @@ func TestFileLoop(t *testing.T) {
}{
{"wildcard CNAME", "something.foo.example.com.", dns.RcodeServerFailure, false, nil},
{"self-referential DNAME", "www.alias.example.com.", dns.RcodeServerFailure, true, nil},
{"self-referential CNAME", "self.example.com.", dns.RcodeServerFailure, true, nil},
{"CNAME chain into self-referential CNAME", "c.example.com.", dns.RcodeServerFailure, true, nil},
{"non-looping DNAME", "www.redirect.example.com.", dns.RcodeSuccess, true, []uint16{dns.TypeDNAME, dns.TypeCNAME, dns.TypeA}},
}
for _, tc := range tests {