From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>,
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y 1/2] netfilter: conntrack: skip verification of zero UDP checksum
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:19:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261110211836.3899141-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107060821-failed-5.15-73a73d442f99@kernel.org>
From: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>
[ Upstream commit 4f9bd53084d18c2f9f1ec68fa56587b99a2cef00 ]
The checksum is optional for UDP packets. However nf_reject would
previously require a valid checksum to elicit a response such as
ICMP_DEST_UNREACH.
Add some logic to nf_reject_verify_csum to determine if a UDP packet has
a zero checksum and should therefore not be verified.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Stable-dep-of: 73a73d442f99 ("netfilter: nf_reject: initialize IPCB at inet ingress")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/net/netfilter/nf_reject.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c | 10 +++++++---
net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_reject.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_reject.h
index 9051c3a0c8e77..7c669792fb9ce 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_reject.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_reject.h
@@ -5,12 +5,28 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <uapi/linux/in.h>
-static inline bool nf_reject_verify_csum(__u8 proto)
+static inline bool nf_reject_verify_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, int dataoff,
+ __u8 proto)
{
/* Skip protocols that don't use 16-bit one's complement checksum
* of the entire payload.
*/
switch (proto) {
+ /* Protocols with optional checksums. */
+ case IPPROTO_UDP: {
+ const struct udphdr *udp_hdr;
+ struct udphdr _udp_hdr;
+
+ udp_hdr = skb_header_pointer(skb, dataoff,
+ sizeof(_udp_hdr),
+ &_udp_hdr);
+ if (!udp_hdr || udp_hdr->check)
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+ }
+ case IPPROTO_GRE:
+
/* Protocols with other integrity checks. */
case IPPROTO_AH:
case IPPROTO_ESP:
@@ -19,9 +35,6 @@ static inline bool nf_reject_verify_csum(__u8 proto)
/* Protocols with partial checksums. */
case IPPROTO_UDPLITE:
case IPPROTO_DCCP:
-
- /* Protocols with optional checksums. */
- case IPPROTO_GRE:
return false;
}
return true;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
index ddfb4e2b779d6..89f52751355bf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv4.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct sk_buff *nf_reject_skb_v4_unreach(struct net *net,
struct iphdr *niph;
struct icmphdr *icmph;
unsigned int len;
+ int dataoff;
__wsum csum;
u8 proto;
@@ -125,10 +126,11 @@ struct sk_buff *nf_reject_skb_v4_unreach(struct net *net,
if (pskb_trim_rcsum(oldskb, ntohs(ip_hdr(oldskb)->tot_len)))
return NULL;
+ dataoff = ip_hdrlen(oldskb);
proto = ip_hdr(oldskb)->protocol;
if (!skb_csum_unnecessary(oldskb) &&
- nf_reject_verify_csum(proto) &&
+ nf_reject_verify_csum(oldskb, dataoff, proto) &&
nf_ip_checksum(oldskb, hook, ip_hdrlen(oldskb), proto))
return NULL;
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_send_reset);
void nf_send_unreach(struct sk_buff *skb_in, int code, int hook)
{
struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb_in);
+ int dataoff = ip_hdrlen(skb_in);
u8 proto = iph->protocol;
if (iph->frag_off & htons(IP_OFFSET))
@@ -346,12 +349,13 @@ void nf_send_unreach(struct sk_buff *skb_in, int code, int hook)
if (!skb_valid_dst(skb_in) && nf_reject_fill_skb_dst(skb_in) < 0)
return;
- if (skb_csum_unnecessary(skb_in) || !nf_reject_verify_csum(proto)) {
+ if (skb_csum_unnecessary(skb_in) ||
+ !nf_reject_verify_csum(skb_in, dataoff, proto)) {
icmp_send(skb_in, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, code, 0);
return;
}
- if (nf_ip_checksum(skb_in, hook, ip_hdrlen(skb_in), proto) == 0)
+ if (nf_ip_checksum(skb_in, hook, dataoff, proto) == 0)
icmp_send(skb_in, ICMP_DEST_UNREACH, code, 0);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_send_unreach);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c
index 099740342f70f..c5c8962088f2c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_reject_ipv6.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static bool nf_reject_v6_csum_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, int hook)
if (thoff < 0 || thoff >= skb->len || (fo & htons(~0x7)) != 0)
return false;
- if (!nf_reject_verify_csum(proto))
+ if (!nf_reject_verify_csum(skb, thoff, proto))
return true;
return nf_ip6_checksum(skb, hook, thoff, proto) == 0;
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ static bool reject6_csum_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, int hook)
if (thoff < 0 || thoff >= skb->len || (fo & htons(~0x7)) != 0)
return false;
- if (!nf_reject_verify_csum(proto))
+ if (!nf_reject_verify_csum(skb, thoff, proto))
return true;
return nf_ip6_checksum(skb, hook, thoff, proto) == 0;
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-07 11:08 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: nf_reject: initialize IPCB at inet ingress" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree Sasha Levin
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2026-11-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/2] netfilter: nf_reject: initialize IPCB at inet ingress Sasha Levin
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