[PATCH net] ipv6: Prevent ipv6_find_hdr() from returning ENOENT for valid non-first fragments

Rahul Sharma
2015-01-06T21:41:29Z

ipv6_find_hdr() currently assumes that the next-header field in the
fragment header of the non-first fragment is the "protocol number of
the last header" (here last header excludes any extension header
protocol numbers ) which is incorrect as per RFC2460. The next-header
value is the first header of the fragmentable part of the original
packet (which can be extension header as well).
This can create reassembly problems. For example: Fragmented
authenticated OSPFv3 packets (where AH header is inserted before the
protocol header). For the second fragment, the next header value in
the fragment header will be NEXTHDR_AUTH which is correct but
ipv6_find_hdr will return ENOENT since AH is an extension header
resulting in second fragment getting dropped. This check for the
presence of non-extension header needs to be removed.

Signed-off-by: Rahul Sharma <rsharma@arista.com>
---
--- linux-3.18.1/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c.orig 2015-01-06
10:25:36.411419863 -0800
+++ linux-3.18.1/net/ipv6/exthdrs_core.c 2015-01-06
10:51:45.819364986 -0800
@@ -171,10 +171,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ipv6_find_tlv);
* If the first fragment doesn't contain the final protocol header or
* NEXTHDR_NONE it is considered invalid.
*
- * Note that non-1st fragment is special case that "the protocol number
- * of last header" is "next header" field in Fragment header. In this case,
- * *offset is meaningless and fragment offset is stored in *fragoff if fragoff
- * isn't NULL.
+ * Note that non-1st fragment is special case that "the protocol number of the
+ * first header of the fragmentable part of the original packet" is
+ * "next header" field in the Fragment header. In this case, *offset is
+ * meaningless and fragment offset is stored in *fragoff if fragoff isn't
+ * NULL.
*
* if flags is not NULL and it's a fragment, then the frag flag
* IP6_FH_F_FRAG will be set. If it's an AH header, the
@@ -250,9 +251,7 @@ int ipv6_find_hdr(const struct sk_buff *

_frag_off = ntohs(*fp) & ~0x7;
if (_frag_off) {
- if (target < 0 &&
- ((!ipv6_ext_hdr(hp->nexthdr)) ||
- hp->nexthdr == NEXTHDR_NONE)) {
+ if (target < 0) {
if (fragoff)
*fragoff = _frag_off;
return hp->nexthdr;