netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec 2/2] xfrm: Log input direction mismatch error in one place

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Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 09:47:08 +0200
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To: Antony Antony <antony.antony@...unet.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, "David
 S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Jakub
 Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Sabrina Dubroca
	<sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec 2/2] xfrm: Log input direction mismatch error in
 one place

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 08:32:15AM +0200, Antony Antony wrote:
> Previously, the offload data path decrypted the packet before checking
> the direction, leading to error logging and packet dropping. However,
> dropped packets wouldn't be visible in tcpdump or audit log.
> 
> With this fix, the offload path, upon noticing SA direction mismatch,
> will pass the packet to the stack without decrypting it. The L3 layer
> will then log the error, audit, and drop ESP without decrypting or
> decapsulating it.
> 
> This also ensures that the slow path records the error and audit log,
> making dropped packets visible in tcpdump.
> 
> Fixes: 304b44f0d5a4 ("xfrm: Add dir validation to "in" data path lookup")
> Signed-off-by: Antony Antony <antony.antony@...unet.com>

Also applied, thanks a lot!