| lists.openwall.net | lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC | |
|
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
| ||
|
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:57:20 +0000
From: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@...abit.hu>
To: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
Cc: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@...abit.hu>,
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kaber@...sh.net,
horms@...ge.net.au, jkrzyszt@....icnet.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IPV4] LVS: Allow to send ICMP unreachable responses when
real-servers are removed
Hi,
Is there a chance that this, or a patch with similar spirit (e.g. a way
to send packets from non-local IP addresses) could be merged?
On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 02:18 +0300, Julian Anastasov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2007, KOVACS Krisztian wrote:
>
> > So what about this one?
>
> May be we can try with better coding style. Also, this version
> adds undefined behavior for using FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC with multicast
> oldflp->fl4_dst
>
> > Loosen source address check on IPv4 output
> >
> > From: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@...abit.hu>
> >
> > ip_route_output() contains a check to make sure that no flows with
> > non-local source IP addresses are routed. This obviously makes using
> > such addresses impossible.
> >
> > This patch introduces a flowi flag which makes omitting this check
> > possible. The new flag provides a way of handling transparent and
> > non-transparent connections differently.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@...abit.hu>
> > ---
> >
> > include/net/flow.h | 1 +
> > net/ipv4/route.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/net/flow.h b/include/net/flow.h
> > index f3cc1f8..1bfc0dc 100644
> > --- a/include/net/flow.h
> > +++ b/include/net/flow.h
> > @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ struct flowi {
> > __u8 proto;
> > __u8 flags;
> > #define FLOWI_FLAG_MULTIPATHOLDROUTE 0x01
> > +#define FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC 0x02
> > union {
> > struct {
> > __be16 sport;
> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
> > index 8603cfb..88d0a79 100644
> > --- a/net/ipv4/route.c
> > +++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
> > @@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct rtable **rp, const struct flowi *oldflp)
> >
> > /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */
> > dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src);
> > - if (dev_out == NULL)
> > + if (dev_out == NULL && !(oldflp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC))
> > goto out;
> >
> > /* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here.
> > @@ -2407,29 +2407,32 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct rtable **rp, const struct flowi *oldflp)
> > of another iface. --ANK
> > */
> >
> > - if (oldflp->oif == 0
> > - && (MULTICAST(oldflp->fl4_dst) || oldflp->fl4_dst == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))) {
> > - /* Special hack: user can direct multicasts
> > - and limited broadcast via necessary interface
> > - without fiddling with IP_MULTICAST_IF or IP_PKTINFO.
> > - This hack is not just for fun, it allows
> > - vic,vat and friends to work.
> > - They bind socket to loopback, set ttl to zero
> > - and expect that it will work.
> > - From the viewpoint of routing cache they are broken,
> > - because we are not allowed to build multicast path
> > - with loopback source addr (look, routing cache
> > - cannot know, that ttl is zero, so that packet
> > - will not leave this host and route is valid).
> > - Luckily, this hack is good workaround.
> > - */
> > + if (dev_out) {
> > + if (oldflp->oif == 0
> > + && (MULTICAST(oldflp->fl4_dst)
> > + || oldflp->fl4_dst == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))) {
> > + /* Special hack: user can direct multicasts
> > + and limited broadcast via necessary interface
> > + without fiddling with IP_MULTICAST_IF or IP_PKTINFO.
> > + This hack is not just for fun, it allows
> > + vic,vat and friends to work.
> > + They bind socket to loopback, set ttl to zero
> > + and expect that it will work.
> > + From the viewpoint of routing cache they are broken,
> > + because we are not allowed to build multicast path
> > + with loopback source addr (look, routing cache
> > + cannot know, that ttl is zero, so that packet
> > + will not leave this host and route is valid).
> > + Luckily, this hack is good workaround.
> > + */
> > +
> > + fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> > + goto make_route;
> > + }
> >
> > - fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> > - goto make_route;
> > - }
> > - if (dev_out)
> > dev_put(dev_out);
> > - dev_out = NULL;
> > + dev_out = NULL;
> > + }
> > }
>
> What about something like this, it even reduces checks
> in the fast path. You can post new version if the following change
> looks good to you and to other developers. If additional sign line is
> needed here it is:
>
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
>
> @@ -2396,8 +2396,6 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>
> /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */
> dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src);
> - if (dev_out == NULL)
> - goto out;
>
> /* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here.
> It was wrong for two reasons:
> @@ -2409,6 +2407,8 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>
> if (oldflp->oif == 0
> && (MULTICAST(oldflp->fl4_dst) || oldflp->fl4_dst == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))) {
> + if (dev_out == NULL)
> + goto out;
> /* Special hack: user can direct multicasts
> and limited broadcast via necessary interface
> without fiddling with IP_MULTICAST_IF or IP_PKTINFO.
> @@ -2427,9 +2427,11 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
> fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> goto make_route;
> }
> - if (dev_out)
> + if (dev_out) {
> dev_put(dev_out);
> - dev_out = NULL;
> + dev_out = NULL;
> + } else if (!(oldflp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC))
> + goto out;
> }
>
>
>
> Or we can go further and to avoid ip_dev_find? For me, this
> second variant is preferred because calling ip_dev_find() is useless for
> FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC.
>
> @@ -2394,11 +2394,6 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
> ZERONET(oldflp->fl4_src))
> goto out;
>
> - /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */
> - dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src);
> - if (dev_out == NULL)
> - goto out;
> -
> /* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here.
> It was wrong for two reasons:
> 1. ip_dev_find(saddr) can return wrong iface, if saddr is
> @@ -2409,6 +2404,11 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
>
> if (oldflp->oif == 0
> && (MULTICAST(oldflp->fl4_dst) || oldflp->fl4_dst == htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))) {
> + /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */
> + dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src);
> + if (dev_out == NULL)
> + goto out;
> +
> /* Special hack: user can direct multicasts
> and limited broadcast via necessary interface
> without fiddling with IP_MULTICAST_IF or IP_PKTINFO.
> @@ -2427,9 +2427,14 @@ static int ip_route_output_slow(struct r
> fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex;
> goto make_route;
> }
> - if (dev_out)
> + if (!(oldflp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC)) {
> + /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */
> + dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src);
> + if (dev_out == NULL)
> + goto out;
> dev_put(dev_out);
> - dev_out = NULL;
> + dev_out = NULL;
> + }
> }
>
>
> -
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
>
--
Bazsi
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Powered by blists - more mailing lists