netdev - [PATCH 08/11] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: set liberal tracking mode for tcp

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 23:35:44 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] netfilter: nft_flow_offload: set liberal tracking mode for tcp

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>

Without it, whenever a packet has to be pushed up the stack (e.g. because
of mtu mismatch), then conntrack will flag packets as invalid, which in
turn breaks NAT.

Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
index 69d7a8439c7a..bde63d9c3c4e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_flow_offload.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static void nft_flow_offload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	struct nf_flow_route route;
 	struct flow_offload *flow;
 	enum ip_conntrack_dir dir;
+	bool is_tcp = false;
 	struct nf_conn *ct;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ static void nft_flow_offload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 
 	switch (ct->tuplehash[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL].tuple.dst.protonum) {
 	case IPPROTO_TCP:
+		is_tcp = true;
+		break;
 	case IPPROTO_UDP:
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@ static void nft_flow_offload_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 	if (!flow)
 		goto err_flow_alloc;
 
+	if (is_tcp) {
+		ct->proto.tcp.seen[0].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+		ct->proto.tcp.seen[1].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+	}
+
 	ret = flow_offload_add(flowtable, flow);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_flow_add;
-- 
2.11.0