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Message-Id: <27EB7D25-A947-4C75-B25B-03BFAD48EC64@fh-muenster.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 21:55:19 +0200
From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@...muenster.de>
To: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>,
Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] sctp: fix src address selection if using secondary addresses
> On 09 Jul 2015, at 18:54, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Cc'ing Michael too.
I'm not familiar with the Linux kernel code, so I can't comment on it.
But making sure to use a source address belonging to the emitting
interface makes sense for me.
Best regards
Michael
>
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 02:42:25PM -0300, Marcelo Ricardo Leitner wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> This is an attempt to better choose a src address for sctp packets as
>> peers with rp_filter could be dropping our packets in some situations.
>> With this patch, we try to respect and use a src address that belongs to
>> the interface we are putting the packet out.
>>
>> I have that feeling that there is be a better way to do this, but I
>> just couldn't see it.
>>
>> This patch has been tested with and without gateways between the peers
>> and also just two peers connected via two subnets and results were
>> pretty good.
>>
>> One could think that this limits the address combination we can use, but
>> such combinations probably are just bogus anyway. Like, if you have an
>> host with address A1 and B1 and another with A2 and B2, you cannot
>> expect that A can use A1 to reach B2 through subnet B, because the
>> return path would be via the other link which, when this switch happens,
>> we are thinking it's broken.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marcelo
>>
>> ---8<---
>>
>> In short, sctp is likely to incorrectly choose src address if socket is
>> bound to secondary addresses. This patch fixes it by adding a new check
>> that tries to anticipate if the src address would be expected by the
>> next hop/peer on this interface by doing reverse routing.
>>
>> Also took the shot to reduce the indentation level on this code.
>>
>> Details:
>>
>> Currently, sctp will do a routing attempt without specifying the src
>> address and compare the returned value (preferred source) with the
>> addresses that the socket is bound to. When using secondary addresses,
>> this will not match.
>>
>> Then it will try specifying each of the addresses that the socket is
>> bound to and re-routing, checking if that address is valid as src for
>> that dst. Thing is, this check alone is weak:
>>
>> # ip r l
>> 192.168.100.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.100.149
>> 192.168.122.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.122.147
>>
>> # ip a l
>> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> inet6 ::1/128 scope host
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>> link/ether 52:54:00:15:18:6a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> inet 192.168.122.147/24 brd 192.168.122.255 scope global dynamic eth0
>> valid_lft 2160sec preferred_lft 2160sec
>> inet 192.168.122.148/24 scope global secondary eth0
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe15:186a/64 scope link
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>> link/ether 52:54:00:b3:91:46 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> inet 192.168.100.149/24 brd 192.168.100.255 scope global dynamic eth1
>> valid_lft 2162sec preferred_lft 2162sec
>> inet 192.168.100.148/24 scope global secondary eth1
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> inet6 fe80::5054:ff:feb3:9146/64 scope link
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>> 4: ens9: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>> link/ether 52:54:00:05:47:ee brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>> inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe05:47ee/64 scope link
>> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>>
>> # ip r g 192.168.100.193 from 192.168.122.148
>> 192.168.100.193 from 192.168.122.148 dev eth1
>> cache
>>
>> Even if you specify an interface:
>>
>> # ip r g 192.168.100.193 from 192.168.122.148 oif eth1
>> 192.168.100.193 from 192.168.122.148 dev eth1
>> cache
>>
>> Although this would be valid, peers using rp_filter will drop such
>> packets as their src doesn't match the routes for that interface.
>>
>> So we fix this by adding an extra check, we try to do the reverse
>> routing and check if the interface used would be the same. If not, we
>> skip such address. If yes, we use it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
>> ---
>> net/sctp/protocol.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>> 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
>> index 59e80356672bdf89777265ae1f8c384792dfb98c..e52fd6f77963426a7cf3e83ca01a9cdae1cb2c01 100644
>> --- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
>> +++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
>> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
>> #include <net/net_namespace.h>
>> #include <net/protocol.h>
>> #include <net/ip.h>
>> +#include <net/ip_fib.h>
>> #include <net/ipv6.h>
>> #include <net/route.h>
>> #include <net/sctp/sctp.h>
>> @@ -487,23 +488,49 @@ static void sctp_v4_get_dst(struct sctp_transport *t, union sctp_addr *saddr,
>> */
>> rcu_read_lock();
>> list_for_each_entry_rcu(laddr, &bp->address_list, list) {
>> + struct flowi4 in;
>> + struct fib_result res;
>> +
>> if (!laddr->valid)
>> continue;
>> - if ((laddr->state == SCTP_ADDR_SRC) &&
>> - (AF_INET == laddr->a.sa.sa_family)) {
>> - fl4->fl4_sport = laddr->a.v4.sin_port;
>> - flowi4_update_output(fl4,
>> - asoc->base.sk->sk_bound_dev_if,
>> - RT_CONN_FLAGS(asoc->base.sk),
>> - daddr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr,
>> - laddr->a.v4.sin_addr.s_addr);
>> -
>> - rt = ip_route_output_key(sock_net(sk), fl4);
>> - if (!IS_ERR(rt)) {
>> - dst = &rt->dst;
>> - goto out_unlock;
>> - }
>> + if (laddr->state != SCTP_ADDR_SRC ||
>> + AF_INET != laddr->a.sa.sa_family)
>> + continue;
>> +
>> + fl4->fl4_sport = laddr->a.v4.sin_port;
>> + flowi4_update_output(fl4,
>> + asoc->base.sk->sk_bound_dev_if,
>> + RT_CONN_FLAGS(asoc->base.sk),
>> + daddr->v4.sin_addr.s_addr,
>> + laddr->a.v4.sin_addr.s_addr);
>> +
>> + rt = ip_route_output_key(sock_net(sk), fl4);
>> + if (IS_ERR(rt))
>> + continue;
>> +
>> + dst = &rt->dst;
>> +
>> + /* Double check if this is really expected. We simulate
>> + * rp_filter by swapping src and dst. If interfaces are
>> + * different, means that this src wouldn't be expected
>> + * by the other host on this interface.
>> + */
>> + memcpy(&in, fl4, sizeof(in));
>> + in.daddr = fl4->saddr;
>> + in.saddr = fl4->daddr;
>> + in.flowi4_iif = fl4->flowi4_oif;
>> + in.flowi4_oif = 0;
>> +
>> + if (fib_lookup(sock_net(sk), &in, &res) ||
>> + res.type != RTN_LOCAL ||
>> + fl4->flowi4_oif != FIB_RES_DEV(res)->ifindex) {
>> + /* Failed, so this was a false hit */
>> + dst_release(dst);
>> + dst = NULL;
>> + continue;
>> }
>> +
>> + break;
>> }
>>
>> out_unlock:
>> --
>> 2.4.1
>>
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