We're seeing the same with a good next-hop from RS1.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 7:55 AM Chris Wopat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On 4/30/20 7:49 AM, David Farmer wrote:
>
> > We're running IOS XR, I found these droppings in our logs;
> >
>
> RP/0/RP0/CPU0:Apr 29 21:50:26.798 CDT: bgp[1068]:
> %ROUTING-BGP-3-MALFORM_UPDATE : Malformed UPDATE message received from
> neighbor 206.108.255.2 (VRF: default) - message length 59 bytes, error
> flags 0x00000200, action taken "TreatAsWdr". Error details: "Error
> 0x00000200, Field "Attr-data", Attribute 2 (Flags 0x40, Length 0), Data
> [400200]". NLRIs: [IPv4 Unicast] 198.179.154.0/23
> RP/0/RP1/CPU0:Apr 29 21:50:26.797 CDT: bgp[1068]:
> %ROUTING-BGP-3-MALFORM_UPDATE : Malformed UPDATE message received from
> neighbor 206.108.255.2 (VRF: default) - message length 59 bytes, error
> flags 0x00000200, action taken "TreatAsWdr". Error details: "Error
> 0x00000200, Field "Attr-data", Attribute 2 (Flags 0x40, Length 0), Data
> [400200]". NLRIs: [IPv4 Unicast] 198.179.154.0/23
> >
> > Maybe try resting you BGP sessions.
> >
> We're seeing a weird next-hop ip on that prefix (rfc1918) and its hidden
> on our net.
>
> Is 10.223.129.2 something internal to route server #2?
>
>  > show route 198.179.154.0 hidden detail
>
> inet.0: 795967 destinations, 2081403 routes (795589 active, 0 holddown,
> 1604 hidden)
> 198.179.154.0/23 (3 entries, 1 announced)
>           BGP
>                  Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 0
>                  Address: 0x113614cc
>                  Next-hop reference count: 1
>                  Source: 206.108.255.2
>                  Next hop: 10.223.129.2 via xe-0/1/5.300, selected
>                  Session Id: 0x0
>                  State: <Hidden Ext>
>                  Inactive reason: Unusable path
>                  Local AS: 65400 Peer AS: 53679
>                  Age: 10:02:05
>                  Validation State: unverified
>                  Task: BGP_53679.206.108.255.2
>                  AS path: I
>                  Communities: target:21693:1000
>                  Router ID: 206.108.255.2
>                  Hidden reason: protocol nexthop is not on the interface
>
>
> --
> Chris Wopat
> Network Engineer, WiscNet
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