linux-kernel - Invalid checksum calculated for ipv4 SYN+ACK when opt.srr is set?

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Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2013 15:09:06 -0600
From:	Jeroen van Bemmel <jvb127@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Invalid checksum calculated for ipv4 SYN+ACK when opt.srr is set?

Hi,

Although rarely used and considered plain evil by some, the kernel
code allows one to use IP source routing for TCP.

In tcp_v4_send_synack the following two lines of code are used:
[...]
__tcp_v4_send_check(skb, ireq->loc_addr, ireq->rmt_addr);
[...]
err = ip_build_and_send_pkt(skb, sk, ireq->loc_addr,ireq->rmt_addr,ireq->opt);

In ip_build_and_send_pkt the 'daddr' parameter is used as follows:
iph->daddr = (opt && opt->opt.srr ? opt->opt.faddr : daddr);

It looks like the checksum may be off when (opt && opt->opt.srr ) is true?

Thanks,
Jeroen
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