Re: [PATCH] ipv4: add sysctl knob to control the discarding of skb from local in ip_forward

From: Daniel Borkmann
Date: Tue Nov 09 2021 - 06:44:54 EST


On 11/9/21 12:32 PM, Changliang Wu wrote:
This change is meant to add a control for forwarding skb from local.
By default, ip forward will not receive the pakcet to/from the local.
But in some special cases, for example:
-
| ovs-bridge gw-port | <----> kube-proxy(iptables) |
-
Ovs sends the packet to the gateway, which requires iptables for nat,
such as kube-proxy (iptables), and then sends it back to the gateway
through routing for further processing in ovs.

Signed-off-by: Changliang Wu <changliang.wu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/netns/ipv4.h | 1 +
net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 1 +
net/ipv4/ip_forward.c | 6 +++---
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 7 +++++++
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index 2f65701..0dbe0d6 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
u8 sysctl_ip_no_pmtu_disc;
u8 sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu;
u8 sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority;
+ u8 sysctl_ip_fwd_accept_local;
u8 sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind;
u8 sysctl_ip_autobind_reuse;
/* Shall we try to damage output packets if routing dev changes? */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 0189e3c..b5dc205 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1844,6 +1844,7 @@ static __net_init int inet_init_net(struct net *net)
*/
net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl = IPDEFTTL;
net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority = 1;
+ net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_accept_local = 0;
net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_dynaddr = 0;
net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_early_demux = 1;
net->ipv4.sysctl_udp_early_demux = 1;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index 00ec819..06b7e00 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
if (skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST)
goto drop;
- if (unlikely(skb->sk))
- goto drop;
-
if (skb_warn_if_lro(skb))
goto drop;
@@ -110,6 +107,9 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
skb_forward_csum(skb);
net = dev_net(skb->dev);
+ if (unlikely(!net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_accept_local && skb->sk))
+ goto drop;
+

Why moving the check further down instead of initializing dev_net(skb->dev) earlier?

What about ip6_forward()? Same issue exists there too I presume?

/*
* According to the RFC, we must first decrease the TTL field. If
* that reaches zero, we must reply an ICMP control message telling
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 97eb547..d95e2e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -756,6 +756,13 @@ static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_fields(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
{
+ .procname = "ip_forward_accept_local",
+ .data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_accept_local,
+ .maxlen = sizeof(u8),
+ .mode = 0644,
+ .proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
+ },
+ {
.procname = "ip_nonlocal_bind",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind,
.maxlen = sizeof(u8),