netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: weaken the v4mapped source check

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:45:50 +0100
From:   Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@...sares.net>,
        jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Ricardo Dias <rdias@...glestore.com>, dccp@...r.kernel.org,
        mptcp@...ts.01.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: weaken the v4mapped source check

On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 5:55 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> This reverts commit 6af1799aaf3f1bc8defedddfa00df3192445bbf3.
>
> Commit 6af1799aaf3f ("ipv6: drop incoming packets having a v4mapped
> source address") introduced an input check against v4mapped addresses.
> Use of such addresses on the wire is indeed questionable and not
> allowed on public Internet. As the commit pointed out
>
>   https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-itojun-v6ops-v4mapped-harmful-02
>
> lists potential issues.
>
> Unfortunately there are applications which use v4mapped addresses,
> and breaking them is a clear regression. For example v4mapped
> addresses (or any semi-valid addresses, really) may be used
> for uni-direction event streams or packet export.
>
> Since the issue which sparked the addition of the check was with
> TCP and request_socks in particular push the check down to TCPv6
> and DCCP. This restores the ability to receive UDPv6 packets with
> v4mapped address as the source.
>
> Keep using the IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS statistic to minimize the
> user-visible changes.
>
> Fixes: 6af1799aaf3f ("ipv6: drop incoming packets having a v4mapped source address")
> Reported-by: Sunyi Shao <sunyishao@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---


Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !