netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v11 08/23] ovpn: implement basic TX path (UDP)

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Message-ID: <7d221595-bd57-4b8d-9c2a-007ad1e33ba1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:29:37 +0200
From: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
To: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, sd@...asysnail.net,
 Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v11 08/23] ovpn: implement basic TX path (UDP)

On 15.11.2024 16:39, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> On 11/11/2024 00:54, Sergey Ryazanov wrote:
>> Another one forgotten question, sorry about this. Please find the 
>> question inlined.
>>
>> On 29.10.2024 12:47, Antonio Quartulli wrote:
>>>   /* Send user data to the network
>>>    */
>>>   netdev_tx_t ovpn_net_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>>   {
>>> +    struct ovpn_struct *ovpn = netdev_priv(dev);
>>> +    struct sk_buff *segments, *curr, *next;
>>> +    struct sk_buff_head skb_list;
>>> +    __be16 proto;
>>> +    int ret;
>>> +
>>> +    /* reset netfilter state */
>>> +    nf_reset_ct(skb);
>>> +
>>> +    /* verify IP header size in network packet */
>>> +    proto = ovpn_ip_check_protocol(skb);
>>> +    if (unlikely(!proto || skb->protocol != proto)) {
>>> +        net_err_ratelimited("%s: dropping malformed payload packet\n",
>>> +                    dev->name);
>>> +        dev_core_stats_tx_dropped_inc(ovpn->dev);
>>> +        goto drop;
>>> +    }
>>
>> The above check implies that kernel can feed a network device with 
>> skb-  >protocol value mismatches actual skb content. Can you share any 
>> example of such case?
>>
>> If you just want to be sure that the user packet is either IPv4 or 
>> IPv6 then it can be done like this and without error messages:
>>
>> /* Support only IPv4 or IPv6 traffic transporting */
>> if (unlikely(skb->protocol == ETH_P_IP || skb->protocol == ETH_P_IPV6))
>>      goto drop;
> 
> It look good, but I will still increase the drop counter, because 
> something entered the interface and we are trashing it.

Sure. I just shared a minimalistic example and don't mind if the case 
will be counted. Just a small hint, the counter can be moved to the 
'drop:' label below.


And sorry for misguiding, the '->protocol' field value has network 
endians, so constants should be wrapped in htons():

if (unlikely(skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) ||
              skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)))
     goto drop;

> Why not printing a message? The interface is not Ethernet based, so I 
> think we should not expect anything else other than v4 or v6, no?

Non-Ethernet encapsulation doesn't give any guaranty that packets will 
be IPv4/IPv6 only. There are 65k possible 'protocols' and this is an 
interface function, which technically can be called with any protocol type.

With this given, nobody wants to flood the log with messages for every 
MPLS/LLDP/etc packet. Especially with messages saying that the packet is 
malformed and giving no clue, why the packet was considered wrong.

--
Sergey