All of lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Aviraj CJ <acj@cisco.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru,
	yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xe-linux-external@cisco.com,
	Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable v5.4 2/2] IPv6: reply ICMP error if the first fragment don't include all headers
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:53:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YBVy1kNl5joCU2Xb@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210130115452.19192-2-acj@cisco.com>

On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 05:24:52PM +0530, Aviraj CJ wrote:
> From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
> 
> commit 2efdaaaf883a143061296467913c01aa1ff4b3ce upstream.
> 
> Based on RFC 8200, Section 4.5 Fragment Header:
> 
>   -  If the first fragment does not include all headers through an
>      Upper-Layer header, then that fragment should be discarded and
>      an ICMP Parameter Problem, Code 3, message should be sent to
>      the source of the fragment, with the Pointer field set to zero.
> 
> Checking each packet header in IPv6 fast path will have performance impact,
> so I put the checking in ipv6_frag_rcv().
> 
> As the packet may be any kind of L4 protocol, I only checked some common
> protocols' header length and handle others by (offset + 1) > skb->len.
> Also use !(frag_off & htons(IP6_OFFSET)) to catch atomic fragments
> (fragmented packet with only one fragment).
> 
> When send ICMP error message, if the 1st truncated fragment is ICMP message,
> icmp6_send() will break as is_ineligible() return true. So I added a check
> in is_ineligible() to let fragment packet with nexthdr ICMP but no ICMP header
> return false.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Aviraj CJ <acj@cisco.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/icmp.c       |  8 +++++++-
>  net/ipv6/reassembly.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Both now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2021-01-30 15:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-30 11:54 [PATCH stable v5.4 1/2] ICMPv6: Add ICMPv6 Parameter Problem, code 3 definition Aviraj CJ
2021-01-30 11:54 ` [PATCH stable v5.4 2/2] IPv6: reply ICMP error if the first fragment don't include all headers Aviraj CJ
2021-01-30 14:53   ` Greg KH [this message]

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=YBVy1kNl5joCU2Xb@kroah.com \
    --to=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org \
    --cc=acj@cisco.com \
    --cc=davem@davemloft.net \
    --cc=kuba@kernel.org \
    --cc=kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=liuhangbin@gmail.com \
    --cc=netdev@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=xe-linux-external@cisco.com \
    --cc=yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.