netdev - Re: [patch net-next 2/3] netfilter: ip6_tables: use reasm skb for matching

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Date:	Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:32:05 +0100
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pablo@...filter.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu, kaber@...sh.net, mleitner@...hat.com,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, wensong@...ux-vs.org,
	horms@...ge.net.au, ja@....bg, edumazet@...gle.com,
	pshelar@...ira.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, coreteam@...filter.org, fw@...len.de
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 2/3] netfilter: ip6_tables: use reasm skb for
 matching

Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> This patch fixes for example following situation:
> On HOSTA do:
> ip6tables -I INPUT -p icmpv6 -j DROP
> ip6tables -I INPUT -p icmpv6 -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 128 -j ACCEPT

untested:

-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 128 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -m conntrack --ctstatus CONFIRMED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -j DROP

> and on HOSTB you do:
> ping6 HOSTA -s2000    (MTU is 1500)
> 
> Incoming echo requests will be filtered out on HOSTA. This issue does
> not occur with smaller packets than MTU (where fragmentation does not happen).

Patrick, any reason not to kill the special-casing (ct has assigned helper or
unconfirmed conntrack) in __ipv6_conntrack_in() ?

This should make ipv6 frag behaviour consistent; right now its rather
confusing from ruleset point of view, especially the first packet
of a connection is always seen as reassembled.

So with Jiris rules

-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -m icmp6 --icmpv6-type 128 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -j DROP

ping6 -s $bignum works for the first packet but not for subsequent ones
which is quite irritating.

This change would obviously have userspace visibility (e.g. -m frag
won't work anymore when conntrack is on), but so far I couldn't come
up with a scenario where a legitimate ruleset could break.
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