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From: lvjunyu <lvjunyu@cmss.chinamobile.com>
To: pablo@netfilter.org
Cc: fw@strlen.de, phil@nwl.cc, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, lvjunyu <lvjunyu@cmss.chinamobile.com>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_nat: Fix stale outer UDP checksum on VXLAN encapsulated packets
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:45:43 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260920074543.525572-1-lvjunyu@cmss.chinamobile.com> (raw)

When MASQUERADE --random-fully rewrites the outer UDP source port of a
VXLAN-encapsulated packet whose inner header has CHECKSUM_PARTIAL, the
outer UDP checksum is not updated.  inet_proto_csum_replace2() is a
no-op for CHECKSUM_PARTIAL skb's, so the stale checksum causes remote
VTEP to drop the first packet (UdpInCsumErrors) until a ~1s SYN
retransmission.

Add an explicit csum_replace2() call to update the outer UDP checksum
when the skb is encapsulated, has CHECKSUM_PARTIAL, and is not GSO
(hardware offload handles the non-encapsulated case).

Test results (10 connections, single netns vxlan + veth environment):
  Before fix: ~1080ms avg first-connection latency, 10 SYN retransmits,
              UdpInCsumErrors incremented per connection
  After fix:  ~29ms avg first-connection latency, 0 SYN retransmits,
              UdpInCsumErrors unchanged

Fixes: faec18dbb0405 ("netfilter: nat: remove l4proto->manip_pkt")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: lvjunyu <lvjunyu@cmss.chinamobile.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto.c b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto.c
index 64b9bac228e..35cc6e10b5b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto.c
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ __udp_manip_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		nf_csum_update(skb, iphdroff, &hdr->check, tuple, maniptype);
 		inet_proto_csum_replace2(&hdr->check, skb, *portptr, newport,
 					 false);
+		/* For CHECKSUM_PARTIAL encapsulated non-GSO packets,
+		 * inet_proto_csum_replace2() above is a no-op because the
+		 * port field is data, not pseudo-header. The outer uh->check
+		 * was computed by udp_set_csum() with a temporary sport, and
+		 * the subsequent NAT sport rewrite leaves it stale. On devices
+		 * without hw_enc_features, the software fallback
+		 * skb_checksum_help() honors csum_start which points at the
+		 * inner transport header and only recomputes the inner
+		 * checksum. The stale outer checksum goes out and the
+		 * receiver drops the packet with UdpInCsumErrors.
+		 */
+		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
+		    skb->encapsulation && !skb_is_gso(skb))
+			csum_replace2(&hdr->check, *portptr, newport);
 		if (!hdr->check)
 			hdr->check = CSUM_MANGLED_0;
 	}
-- 
2.43.0




             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-20  7:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-20  7:45 lvjunyu [this message]
2026-09-21  7:49 ` [PATCH] netfilter: nf_nat: Fix stale outer UDP checksum on VXLAN encapsulated packets netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-09-21 13:01   ` lvjunyu

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