[PATCH net 09/13] ipvs: fix the checksum validations
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: 2026-07-23 16:39:48
Also in:
netfilter-devel
Subsystem:
ipvs, netfilter, networking [general], networking [ipv4/ipv6], the rest · Maintainers:
Simon Horman, Julian Anastasov, Pablo Neira Ayuso, Florian Westphal, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, David Ahern, Ido Schimmel, Linus Torvalds
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
ip_vs_in_icmp_v6() is missing checksum validation for ICMPv6
packets from clients. In fact, as for TCP/UDP we should
validate the checksum for ICMP packets only when we
mangle the packets on MASQ or on reply for tunnel.
Also, Sashiko points out that handle_response_icmp() being
common for IPv4 and IPv6 is missing the pseudo-header
calculation while validating ICMPv6 messages from real
servers which is a problem if checksum is not validated
by the hardware.
Fix the problems by creating ip_vs_checksum_common_check()
helper and use it for TCP/UDP/ICMP both for IPv4 and IPv6.
Rely on the nf_checksum() for validating the ICMP messages
but use it also for TCP and UDP.
Use correct IP offset for IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT for TCP/UDP/SCTP.
IPVS packets (TCP/UDP/SCTP/ICMP) do not need checksum
validation on LOCAL_OUT (local clients or local real
servers) and on FORWARD (traffic from servers on LAN).
Do it only on LOCAL_IN, in case nf_checksum() is not
called on PRE_ROUTING.
Also, ip_vs_checksum_complete() can be marked static.
Fixes: 2a3b791e6e11 ("IPVS: Add/adjust Netfilter hook functions and helpers for v6")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260708180315.77413-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
include/net/ip_vs.h | 31 +++++++++++++++--
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c | 20 +++++++++--
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c | 15 ++++----
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.c | 44 +++++------------------
net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.c | 50 ++++++---------------------
5 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 417ff51f62fc..d8f9ddb0fb38 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ #include <linux/netfilter.h> /* for union nf_inet_addr */ #include <linux/ip.h> #include <linux/ipv6.h> /* for struct ipv6hdr */ +#include <net/route.h> #include <net/ipv6.h> +#include <net/ip6_fib.h> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK) #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack.h> #endif
@@ -2066,8 +2068,6 @@ void ip_vs_nat_icmp_v6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, struct ip_vs_conn *cp, int dir); #endif -__sum16 ip_vs_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset); - static inline __wsum ip_vs_check_diff4(__be32 old, __be32 new, __wsum oldsum) { __be32 diff[2] = { ~old, new };
@@ -2093,6 +2093,33 @@ static inline __wsum ip_vs_check_diff2(__be16 old, __be16 new, __wsum oldsum) return csum_partial(diff, sizeof(diff), oldsum); } +static inline bool ip_vs_checksum_needed(struct sk_buff *skb, int af) +{ + /* Checksum unnecessary or already validated? */ + if (skb_csum_unnecessary(skb)) + return false; + /* LOCAL_OUT ? */ + if (!skb->dev || skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) + return false; + /* !LOCAL_IN (FORWARD) ? */ + if (af == AF_INET6) { + if (!(dst_rt6_info(skb_dst(skb))->rt6i_flags & RTF_LOCAL)) + return false; + } else { + if (!(skb_rtable(skb)->rt_flags & RTCF_LOCAL)) + return false; + } + return true; +} + +static inline bool ip_vs_checksum_common_check(struct sk_buff *skb, + int offset, int proto, int af) +{ + if (!ip_vs_checksum_needed(skb, af)) + return true; + return !nf_checksum(skb, NF_INET_LOCAL_IN, offset, proto, af); +} + /* Forget current conntrack (unconfirmed) and attach notrack entry */ static inline void ip_vs_notrack(struct sk_buff *skb) {
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index bafab93451d0..c8b512725e6e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ static int sysctl_nat_icmp_send(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs) { return 0; } #endif -__sum16 ip_vs_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset) +static __sum16 ip_vs_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset) { return csum_fold(skb_checksum(skb, offset, skb->len - offset, 0)); }
@@ -1038,13 +1038,14 @@ static int handle_response_icmp(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int offset, unsigned int ihl, unsigned int hooknum) { + int iproto = af == AF_INET6 ? IPPROTO_ICMPV6 : IPPROTO_ICMP; unsigned int verdict = NF_DROP; if (IP_VS_FWD_METHOD(cp) != IP_VS_CONN_F_MASQ) goto after_nat; /* Ensure the checksum is correct */ - if (!skb_csum_unnecessary(skb) && ip_vs_checksum_complete(skb, ihl)) { + if (!ip_vs_checksum_common_check(skb, ihl, iproto, af)) { /* Failed checksum! */ IP_VS_DBG_BUF(1, "Forward ICMP: failed checksum from %s!\n", IP_VS_DBG_ADDR(af, snet));
@@ -1898,7 +1899,8 @@ ip_vs_in_icmp(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct sk_buff *skb, int *related, verdict = NF_DROP; /* Ensure the checksum is correct */ - if (!skb_csum_unnecessary(skb) && ip_vs_checksum_complete(skb, ihl)) { + if ((IP_VS_FWD_METHOD(cp) == IP_VS_CONN_F_MASQ || tunnel) && + !ip_vs_checksum_common_check(skb, ihl, IPPROTO_ICMP, AF_INET)) { /* Failed checksum! */ IP_VS_DBG(1, "Incoming ICMP: failed checksum from %pI4!\n", &iph->saddr);
@@ -2064,6 +2066,18 @@ static int ip_vs_in_icmp_v6(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, struct sk_buff *skb, goto out; } + verdict = NF_DROP; + + /* Ensure the checksum is correct */ + if (IP_VS_FWD_METHOD(cp) == IP_VS_CONN_F_MASQ && + !ip_vs_checksum_common_check(skb, iph->len, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, + AF_INET6)) { + /* Failed checksum! */ + IP_VS_DBG(1, "Incoming ICMPv6: failed checksum from %pI6c!\n", + &iph->saddr); + goto out; + } + /* do the statistics and put it back */ ip_vs_in_stats(cp, skb);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c
index c67317be17df..f6f732b7dfa8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_sctp.c@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ static int sctp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int sctphoff); + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph); static int sctp_conn_schedule(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int af, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ sctp_snat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!sctp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, sctphoff)) + if (!sctp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /* Call application helper if needed */
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ sctp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!sctp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, sctphoff)) + if (!sctp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /* Call application helper if needed */
@@ -187,19 +187,22 @@ sctp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, static int sctp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int sctphoff) + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph) { + unsigned int sctphoff = iph->len; struct sctphdr *sh; __le32 cmp, val; + if (!ip_vs_checksum_needed(skb, af)) + return 1; sh = (struct sctphdr *)(skb->data + sctphoff); cmp = sh->checksum; val = sctp_compute_cksum(skb, sctphoff); if (val != cmp) { /* CRC failure, dump it. */ - IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, 0, - "Failed checksum for"); + IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, iph->off, + "Failed checksum for"); return 0; } return 1;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.c
index f86b763efcc4..533fce3e5e4e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_tcp.c@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int tcp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int tcphoff); + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph); static int tcp_conn_schedule(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int af, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ tcp_snat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!tcp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, tcphoff)) + if (!tcp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /* Call application helper if needed */
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ tcp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!tcp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, tcphoff)) + if (!tcp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /*
@@ -302,41 +302,13 @@ tcp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, static int tcp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int tcphoff) + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph) { - switch (skb->ip_summed) { - case CHECKSUM_NONE: - skb->csum = skb_checksum(skb, tcphoff, skb->len - tcphoff, 0); - fallthrough; - case CHECKSUM_COMPLETE: -#ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 - if (af == AF_INET6) { - if (csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, - &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr, - skb->len - tcphoff, - IPPROTO_TCP, - skb->csum)) { - IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, 0, - "Failed checksum for"); - return 0; - } - } else -#endif - if (csum_tcpudp_magic(ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, - ip_hdr(skb)->daddr, - skb->len - tcphoff, - ip_hdr(skb)->protocol, - skb->csum)) { - IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, 0, - "Failed checksum for"); - return 0; - } - break; - default: - /* No need to checksum. */ - break; + if (!ip_vs_checksum_common_check(skb, iph->len, IPPROTO_TCP, af)) { + IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, iph->off, + "Failed checksum for"); + return 0; } - return 1; }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.c
index 58f9e255927e..de3597347542 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_proto_udp.c@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static int udp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int udphoff); + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph); static int udp_conn_schedule(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs, int af, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ udp_snat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!udp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, udphoff)) + if (!udp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /*
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ udp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, int ret; /* Some checks before mangling */ - if (!udp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, udphoff)) + if (!udp_csum_check(cp->af, skb, pp, iph)) return 0; /*
@@ -298,48 +298,20 @@ udp_dnat_handler(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, static int udp_csum_check(int af, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_protocol *pp, - unsigned int udphoff) + struct ip_vs_iphdr *iph) { struct udphdr _udph, *uh; - uh = skb_header_pointer(skb, udphoff, sizeof(_udph), &_udph); + uh = skb_header_pointer(skb, iph->len, sizeof(_udph), &_udph); if (uh == NULL) return 0; - if (uh->check != 0) { - switch (skb->ip_summed) { - case CHECKSUM_NONE: - skb->csum = skb_checksum(skb, udphoff, - skb->len - udphoff, 0); - fallthrough; - case CHECKSUM_COMPLETE: -#ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 - if (af == AF_INET6) { - if (csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, - &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr, - skb->len - udphoff, - IPPROTO_UDP, - skb->csum)) { - IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, 0, - "Failed checksum for"); - return 0; - } - } else -#endif - if (csum_tcpudp_magic(ip_hdr(skb)->saddr, - ip_hdr(skb)->daddr, - skb->len - udphoff, - ip_hdr(skb)->protocol, - skb->csum)) { - IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, 0, - "Failed checksum for"); - return 0; - } - break; - default: - /* No need to checksum. */ - break; - } + if (!uh->check) + return 1; + if (!ip_vs_checksum_common_check(skb, iph->len, IPPROTO_UDP, af)) { + IP_VS_DBG_RL_PKT(0, af, pp, skb, iph->off, + "Failed checksum for"); + return 0; } return 1; }
--
2.47.3