Re: [PATCH v1 bpf-next 03/11] tcp: Migrate TCP_ESTABLISHED/TCP_SYN_RECV sockets in accept queues.

[Kuniyuki Iwashima]

From:   Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@xxxxxx>
Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:33:40 -0800
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 02:58:10PM +0900, Kuniyuki Iwashima wrote:
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> > > > I've implemented one-by-one migration only for the accept queue for now.
> > > > In addition to the concern about TFO queue,
> > > You meant this queue:  queue->fastopenq.rskq_rst_head?
> > 
> > Yes.
> > 
> > 
> > > Can "req" be passed?
> > > I did not look up the lock/race in details for that though.
> > 
> > I think if we rewrite freeing TFO requests part like one of accept queue
> > using reqsk_queue_remove(), we can also migrate them.
> > 
> > In this patchset, selecting a listener for accept queue, the TFO queue of
> > the same listener is also migrated to another listener in order to prevent
> > TFO spoofing attack.
> > 
> > If the request in the accept queue is migrated one by one, I am wondering
> > which should the request in TFO queue be migrated to prevent attack or
> > freed.
> > 
> > I think user need not know about keeping such requests in kernel to prevent
> > attacks, so passing them to eBPF prog is confusing. But, redistributing
> > them randomly without user's intention can make some irrelevant listeners
> > unnecessarily drop new TFO requests, so this is also bad. Moreover, freeing
> > such requests seems not so good in the point of security.
> The current behavior (during process restart) is also not carrying this
> security queue.  Not carrying them in this patch will make it
> less secure than the current behavior during process restart?

No, I thought I could make it more secure.


> Do you need it now or it is something that can be considered for later
> without changing uapi bpf.h?

No, I do not need it for any other reason, so I will simply free the
requests in TFO queue.
Thank you.


> > > > ---8<---
> > > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
> > > > index a82fd4c912be..d0ddd3cb988b 100644
> > > > --- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
> > > > +++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
> > > > @@ -1001,6 +1001,29 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(struct sock *sk,
> > > >  }
> > > >  EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add);
> > > >  
> > > > +static bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_migrate(struct sock *sk, struct sock *nsk, struct request_sock *req)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       struct request_sock_queue *queue = &inet_csk(nsk)->icsk_accept_queue;
> > > > +       bool migrated = false;
> > > > +
> > > > +       spin_lock(&queue->rskq_lock);
> > > > +       if (likely(nsk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)) {
> > > > +               migrated = true;
> > > > +
> > > > +               req->dl_next = NULL;
> > > > +               if (queue->rskq_accept_head == NULL)
> > > > +                       WRITE_ONCE(queue->rskq_accept_head, req);
> > > > +               else
> > > > +                       queue->rskq_accept_tail->dl_next = req;
> > > > +               queue->rskq_accept_tail = req;
> > > > +               sk_acceptq_added(nsk);
> > > > +               inet_csk_reqsk_queue_migrated(sk, nsk, req);
> > > need to first resolve the question raised in patch 5 regarding
> > > to the update on req->rsk_listener though.
> > 
> > In the unhash path, it is also safe to call sock_put() for the old listner.
> > 
> > In inet_csk_listen_stop(), the sk_refcnt of the listener >= 1. If the
> > listener does not have immature requests, sk_refcnt is 1 and freed in
> > __tcp_close().
> > 
> >   sock_hold(sk) in __tcp_close()
> >   sock_put(sk) in inet_csk_destroy_sock()
> >   sock_put(sk) in __tcp_clsoe()
> I don't see how it is different here than in patch 5.
> I could be missing something.
> 
> Lets contd the discussion on the other thread (patch 5) first.

The listening socket has two kinds of refcounts for itself(1) and
requests(n). I think the listener has its own refcount at least in
inet_csk_listen_stop(), so sock_put() here never free the listener.