From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, edumazet@google.com, horms@kernel.org,
fw@strlen.de, ja@ssi.bg
Subject: [PATCH net 5/8] netfilter: nft_synproxy: use the family-aware checksum helper
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:28:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918112844.194503-6-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918112844.194503-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
From: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
nft_synproxy_do_eval() verifies the TCP checksum before it switches on
skb->protocol. It uses nf_ip_checksum(), which constructs an IPv4
pseudo header and relies on the IPv4 header checksum when folding the
whole skb. Neither operation is valid for an IPv6 packet.
A correctly checksummed IPv6 segment can therefore fail verification
when it reaches the hook as CHECKSUM_NONE or, at NF_INET_LOCAL_IN,
CHECKSUM_COMPLETE. nft_synproxy_do_eval() returns NF_DROP before
nft_synproxy_eval_v6() can send a SYN-ACK.
nft_synproxy_validate() deliberately admits NFPROTO_IPV6 and
NFPROTO_INET, and the xtables counterpart ip6t_SYNPROXY.c already calls
nf_ip6_checksum().
Use nf_checksum() with nft_pf() so the checksum helper dispatches to the
packet family's implementation.
Fixes: ad49d86e07a4 ("netfilter: nf_tables: Add synproxy support")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c b/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
index 9ed288c9d168..554a96a000f4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_synproxy.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ static void nft_synproxy_do_eval(const struct nft_synproxy *priv,
return;
}
- if (nf_ip_checksum(skb, nft_hook(pkt), thoff, IPPROTO_TCP)) {
+ if (nf_checksum(skb, nft_hook(pkt), thoff, IPPROTO_TCP,
+ nft_pf(pkt))) {
regs->verdict.code = NF_DROP;
return;
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 11:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-18 11:28 [PATCH net,v2 0/8] Netfilter/IPVS fixes for net Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:47 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-21 22:20 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: hold nfnl mutex in event notifier Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 3/8] netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: reject routes without inet6_dev Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 4/8] netfilter: ip6t_rt: fix zero-address non-strict match out-of-bounds read Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 15:02 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 6/8] ipvs: revalidate ihl before icmp_send Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 7/8] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix suspicious RCU usage in expect_iter_name Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-18 11:28 ` [PATCH net 8/8] netfilter: nf_tables: skip expired catchall elements on insert and delete Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-09-19 13:34 ` netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-19 14:57 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
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