netdev - Re: [PATCHv5 net 2/2] IPv6: reply ICMP error if the first fragment don't include all headers

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 30 Oct 2020 11:31:55 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     "Georg Kohmann (geokohma)" <geokohma@...co.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 net 2/2] IPv6: reply ICMP error if the first fragment
 don't include all headers

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 5:57 AM Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 07:57:06AM +0000, Georg Kohmann (geokohma) wrote:
> > > +   /* RFC 8200, Section 4.5 Fragment Header:
> > > +    * If the first fragment does not include all headers through an
> > > +    * Upper-Layer header, then that fragment should be discarded and
> > > +    * an ICMP Parameter Problem, Code 3, message should be sent to
> > > +    * the source of the fragment, with the Pointer field set to zero.
> > > +    */
> > > +   nexthdr = hdr->nexthdr;
> > > +   offset = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb), &nexthdr, &frag_off);
> > > +   if (offset >= 0) {
> > > +           /* Check some common protocols' header */
> > > +           if (nexthdr == IPPROTO_TCP)
> > > +                   offset += sizeof(struct tcphdr);
> > > +           else if (nexthdr == IPPROTO_UDP)
> > > +                   offset += sizeof(struct udphdr);
> > > +           else if (nexthdr == IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
> > > +                   offset += sizeof(struct icmp6hdr);
> > > +           else
> > > +                   offset += 1;
> > > +
> > > +           if (frag_off == htons(ip6_mf) && offset > skb->len) {
> >
> > This do not catch atomic fragments (fragmented packet with only one fragment). frag_off also contains two reserved bits (both 0) that might change in the future.
>
> Thanks, I also didn't aware this scenario.

Sorry, what are atomic fragments?

Do you mean packets with a fragment header that encapsulates the
entire packet? If so, isn't that handled in the branch right above?
("/* It is not a fragmented frame */"). That said, the test based on
IP6_OFFSET LGTM.