From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org,
pablo@netfilter.org, fw@strlen.de, phil@nwl.cc,
Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4 nf] netfilter: nft_exthdr: skip SCTP chunk evaluation for non-first fragments
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:34:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260417183433.4739-1-fmancera@suse.de> (raw)
The SCTP chunk matching logic in nft_exthdr relies on SCTP common header
being present at the transport header offset. For fragmented packets at
IP level, only the first fragment would match this condition.
The nft_exthdr could be used in a PREROUTING chain with a priority lower
than -400. This would bypass defragmentation. In addition, it can be use
in stateless environments so it should work on a environment where
defragmentation is not being performed at all.
Add a check for pkt->fragoff to ensure exthdr SCTP only evaluates
unfragmented packets or the first fragment in the stream.
Fixes: 133dc203d77d ("netfilter: nft_exthdr: Support SCTP chunks")
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@suse.de>
---
net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
index 7eedf4e3ae9c..8eb708bb8cff 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_exthdr.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void nft_exthdr_sctp_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
const struct sctp_chunkhdr *sch;
struct sctp_chunkhdr _sch;
- if (pkt->tprot != IPPROTO_SCTP)
+ if (pkt->tprot != IPPROTO_SCTP || pkt->fragoff)
goto err;
do {
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-17 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-17 18:34 Fernando Fernandez Mancera [this message]
2026-04-17 18:34 ` [PATCH 2/4 nf] netfilter: nft_tproxy: skip evaluation for non-first fragments Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-04-17 18:34 ` [PATCH 3/4 nf] netfilter: nft_osf: " Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-04-17 18:34 ` [PATCH 4/4 nf] netfilter: xtables: fix L4 header parsing " Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-04-18 7:51 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-18 7:49 ` [PATCH 1/4 nf] netfilter: nft_exthdr: skip SCTP chunk evaluation " Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-04-18 9:51 ` Fernando Fernandez Mancera
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