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

Rahul Sharma
2015-01-07T05:41:20Z

Hi Pablo,

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 03:03:20AM +0530, Rahul Sharma wrote:
>> 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)) ||
>
> This check assumes that the following headers cannot show up in the
> fragmented part of the IPv6 packet:
>
> 12 bool ipv6_ext_hdr(u8 nexthdr)
> 13 {
> 14 /*
> 15 * find out if nexthdr is an extension header or a protocol
> 16 */
> 17 return (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_HOP) ||
> 18 (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_ROUTING) ||
> 19 (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT) ||
> 20 (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_AUTH) ||
> 21 (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_NONE) ||
> 22 (nexthdr == NEXTHDR_DEST);
>
>> - hp->nexthdr == NEXTHDR_NONE)) {
>> + if (target < 0) {
>> if (fragoff)
>> *fragoff = _frag_off;
>> return hp->nexthdr;
>> --
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I think this is incorrect. Authentication header shows up in the
fragmentable part of the original IPv6 packet. So, for the non-first
fragments the next-header field value can be NEXTHDR_AUTH.

Thanks