There is no easy way to distinguish if a conntracked tcp packet is
marked invalid because of tcp_in_window() check error or because
it doesn't belong to an existing connection. With this patch,
openvswitch sets liberal tcp flag for the established sessions so
that out of window packets are not marked invalid.
A helper function - nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(nf_conn) is added which
sets this flag for both the directions of the nf_conn.
Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Numan Siddique <nusiddiq@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201116130126.3065077-1-nusiddiq@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
{
return &net->ct.nf_ct_proto.icmpv6;
}
+
+/* Caller must check nf_ct_protonum(ct) is IPPROTO_TCP before calling. */
+static inline void nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+ ct->proto.tcp.seen[0].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+ ct->proto.tcp.seen[1].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+}
+
+/* Caller must check nf_ct_protonum(ct) is IPPROTO_TCP before calling. */
+static inline bool nf_conntrack_tcp_established(const struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+ return ct->proto.tcp.state == TCP_CONNTRACK_ESTABLISHED &&
+ test_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status);
+}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP
return true;
}
-static bool nf_conntrack_tcp_established(const struct nf_conn *ct)
-{
- return ct->proto.tcp.state == TCP_CONNTRACK_ESTABLISHED &&
- test_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status);
-}
-
/* Returns verdict for packet, or -1 for invalid. */
int nf_conntrack_tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
struct sk_buff *skb,
ovs_ct_helper(skb, info->family) != NF_ACCEPT) {
return -EINVAL;
}
+
+ if (nf_ct_protonum(ct) == IPPROTO_TCP &&
+ nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && nf_conntrack_tcp_established(ct)) {
+ /* Be liberal for tcp packets so that out-of-window
+ * packets are not marked invalid.
+ */
+ nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(ct);
+ }
}
return 0;