netdev - Re: [PATCH nf] vrf: don't run conntrack on vrf with !dflt qdisc

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 01:25:19 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:     fw@...len.de, lschlesinger@...venets.com, dsahern@...nel.org,
        crosser@...rage.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf] vrf: don't run conntrack on vrf with !dflt qdisc

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 03:36:12PM +0100, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> After the below patch, the conntrack attached to skb is set to "notrack" in
> the context of vrf device, for locally generated packets.
> But this is true only when the default qdisc is set to the vrf device. When
> changing the qdisc, notrack is not set anymore.
> In fact, there is a shortcut in the vrf driver, when the default qdisc is
> set, see commit dcdd43c41e60 ("net: vrf: performance improvements for
> IPv4") for more details.
> 
> This patch ensures that the behavior is always the same, whatever the qdisc
> is.
> 
> To demonstrate the difference, a new test is added in conntrack_vrf.sh.

Applied