From: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: "stable@dpdk.org" <stable@dpdk.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/6] ip_frag: discard datagrams with overlapping fragments
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:16:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7d4437055c204f48b956a075e1c5dba3@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616210656.464062-3-stephen@networkplumber.org>
> Existing code does not handle overlapping fragments.
>
> RFC 8200 (IPv6) requires that on overlap all reassembly is abandoned
> andall received fragments are dropped. RFC 791 (IPv4) originally called
> fortrimming and rewriting, but Linux discards for IPv4 as well, since
> overlap has no legitimate use and is a known attack vector.
Spaces are missing in a few places in the sentence above:
'andall' . "fortrimming'.
>
> Depends on the duplicate-tolerance change so that an exact duplicate is
> dropped on its own rather than discarding the whole datagram.
>
> Fixes: cc8f4d020c0b ("examples/ip_reassembly: initial import")
> Cc: stable@dpdk.org
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> ---
> lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> index 9a03ef995a..2505314a29 100644
> --- a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> +++ b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> @@ -92,16 +92,34 @@ ip_frag_process(struct ip_frag_pkt *fp, struct
> rte_ip_frag_death_row *dr,
> uint32_t i, idx;
>
> /*
> - * Discard an exact duplicate fragment. If a previously stored fragment
> - * already covers the same offset and length, this fragment carries no
> - * new data. Reassembly is tolerant of duplicates (RFC 791), so drop
> - * only this mbuf and keep the reassembly entry intact rather than
> - * treating it as an error. Fragments overlapping an existing one with
> - * different bounds are not handled here.
> + * Scan the fragments already collected for this datagram before
> + * storing the new one. The stored set is kept free of duplicates and
> + * overlaps, so a single pass is sufficient.
> */
> for (i = 0; i != fp->last_idx; i++) {
> - if (fp->frags[i].mb != NULL && fp->frags[i].ofs == ofs &&
> - fp->frags[i].len == len) {
> + if (fp->frags[i].mb == NULL)
> + continue;
> +
> + /*
> + * Exact duplicate: carries no new data. Reassembly tolerates
> + * duplicates (RFC 791), so drop only this mbuf and keep the
> + * entry.
> + */
> + if (fp->frags[i].ofs == ofs && fp->frags[i].len == len) {
> + IP_FRAG_MBUF2DR(dr, mb);
> + return NULL;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Overlap with an existing fragment. Per RFC 8200 section 4.5
> + * (and RFC 5722) the datagram must be discarded; the same is
> + * applied to IPv4. Free all collected fragments, drop this one,
> + * and invalidate the entry.
> + */
> + if (ofs < fp->frags[i].ofs + fp->frags[i].len &&
> + fp->frags[i].ofs < ofs + len) {
> + ip_frag_free(fp, dr);
> + ip_frag_key_invalidate(&fp->key);
> IP_FRAG_MBUF2DR(dr, mb);
> return NULL;
Usually that function does some logging IP_FRAG_LOG(...) in case
invalid fragments were detected (see function body below these changes).
Probably worth to keep same here:
Might be a new helper function that will report an error and free table entry,
that can be used across all places in that function.
Apart from that:
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>
> }
> --
> 2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-30 8:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 21:05 [PATCH 0/6] ip_frag: fix reassembly defects and add test Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 1/6] ip_frag: tolerate duplicate fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 8:08 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-06-30 13:32 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 2/6] ip_frag: discard datagrams with overlapping fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-19 13:12 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-19 17:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-22 15:01 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-22 15:03 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 8:16 ` Konstantin Ananyev [this message]
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 3/6] ip_frag: include protocol in IPv4 reassembly key Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 8:17 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 4/6] ip_frag: drop IPv6 fragments with unexpected headers Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 9:21 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 5/6] ip_frag: reject oversized reassembled datagrams Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 9:32 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-06-16 21:05 ` [PATCH 6/6] app/test: add test for IP reassembly Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-19 13:24 ` [PATCH 0/6] ip_frag: fix reassembly defects and add test Morten Brørup
2026-06-22 15:03 ` Morten Brørup
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] ip_frag: tolerate duplicate fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] ip_frag: discard datagrams with overlapping fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 8:13 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] ip_frag: include protocol in IPv4 reassembly key Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] ip_frag: drop IPv6 fragments with per-fragment headers Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] ip_frag: reject oversized reassembled datagrams Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] app/test: add test for IP reassembly Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] ip_frag: remove use of rte_memcpy Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 15:36 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] doc: add release note about ip_frag changes Stephen Hemminger
2026-06-30 19:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 8:22 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] ip_frag: fix reassembly defects and add test Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] ip_frag: tolerate duplicate fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] ip_frag: discard datagrams with overlapping fragments Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] ip_frag: include protocol in IPv4 reassembly key Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] ip_frag: drop IPv6 fragments with per-fragment headers Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:52 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] ip_frag: reject oversized reassembled datagrams Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] app/test: add test for IP reassembly Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] ip_frag: remove use of rte_memcpy Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:53 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-07-01 16:20 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] doc: add release note about ip_frag changes Stephen Hemminger
2026-07-01 16:42 ` Konstantin Ananyev
2026-07-02 20:55 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] ip_frag: fix reassembly defects and add test Thomas Monjalon
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