Re: [PATCH net-next 01/14] netfilter: conntrack: mark UDP zero checksum as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY

[Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>]

Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com> wrote:

[ CC patch author ]

> > The udp_error function verifies the checksum of incoming UDP packets if
> > one is set. This has the desirable side effect of setting skb->ip_summed
> > to CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, signalling that this verification need not be
> > repeated further up the stack.
> >
> > Conversely, when the UDP checksum is empty, which is perfectly legal (at least
> > inside IPv4), udp_error previously left no trace that the checksum had been
> > deemed acceptable.
> >
> > This was a problem in particular for nf_reject_ipv4, which verifies the
> > checksum in nf_send_unreach() before sending ICMP_DEST_UNREACH. It makes
> > no accommodation for zero UDP checksums unless they are already marked
> > as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
> >
> > This commit ensures packets with empty UDP checksum are marked as
> > CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY, which is explicitly recommended in skbuff.h.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>
> > Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
> > ---
> >  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c
> > index 3b516cffc779..12f793d8fe0c 100644
> > --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c
> > +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c
> > @@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ static bool udp_error(struct sk_buff *skb,
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	/* Packet with no checksum */
> > -	if (!hdr->check)
> > +	if (!hdr->check) {
> > +		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >  		return false;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	/* Checksum invalid? Ignore.
> >  	 * We skip checking packets on the outgoing path
> 
> Hey,
> 
> I think this patch broke geneve tunnels, or possibly all udp tunnels?
> 
> A simple test that creates two geneve tunnels and runs tcp iperf fails
> and results in checksum errors (TcpInCsumErrors).
> 
> Any idea how to solve that? Maybe 'skb->csum_level' needs some adjustments?

Probably better to revert and patch nf_reject instead to
handle 0 udp csum?