linux-kernel - Re: kernel >= 4.0: crashes when using traceroute6 with isatap

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Message-ID: <5552602E.3060300@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 16:18:54 -0400
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
To:	Wolfgang Walter <linux@...m.de>,
	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel >= 4.0: crashes when using traceroute6 with isatap

On 05/06/2015 06:11 PM, Wolfgang Walter wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2015, 11:15:18 schrieben Sie:
>> (Cc'ing netdev.)
>>
>> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 5:29 AM, Wolfgang Walter <linux@...m.de> wrote:
>>> Am Samstag, 2. Mai 2015, 02:16:36 schrieb Wolfgang Walter:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> kernel 4.0 (and 4.0.1) crashes immediately when I use traceroute6 with an
>>>> isatap-tunnel.
>>>
>>> I did some further tests. To trigger the crash you need
>>>
>>> * isatap-tunnel (probably any sit-tunnel will do it)
>>> * raw-socket
>>> * udp
>>>
>>> Using icmpv6 or tcp i.e. does not trigger it.
>>
>> Do you have a script to reproduce it?
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the bug report!
>
> You need a isatap-server with say ipv4-address $X
>
> Then, on host with 4.0, start isatapd: isatapd --mtu 1280 $X
>
> then do
>
> 	traceroute6 www.google.de
>
> Regards,
>

Hi Walter

Could you try this patch.  Looks like raw passes transhdrlen
of 0 on the first packet and that makes IPv4 behave correctly,
but not IPv6.


diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 7fde1f2..fd9c079 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ emsgsize:
 	/* If this is the first and only packet and device
 	 * supports checksum offloading, let's use it.
 	 */
-	if (!skb && sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_UDP &&
+	if (transhdrlen && sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_UDP &&
 	    length + fragheaderlen < mtu &&
 	    rt->dst.dev->features & NETIF_F_V6_CSUM &&
 	    !exthdrlen)
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