netfilter: conntrack: add sctp DATA_SENT state

SCTP conntrack currently assumes that the SCTP endpoints will
probe secondary paths using HEARTBEAT before sending traffic.

But, according to RFC 9260, SCTP endpoints can send any traffic
on any of the confirmed paths after SCTP association is up.
SCTP endpoints that sends INIT will confirm all peer addresses
that upper layer configures, and the SCTP endpoint that receives
COOKIE_ECHO will only confirm the address it sent the INIT_ACK to.

So, we can have a situation where the INIT sender can start to
use secondary paths without the need to send HEARTBEAT. This patch
allows DATA/SACK packets to create new connection tracking entry.

A new state has been added to indicate that a DATA/SACK chunk has
been seen in the original direction - SCTP_CONNTRACK_DATA_SENT.
State transitions mostly follows the HEARTBEAT_SENT, except on
receiving HEARTBEAT/HEARTBEAT_ACK/DATA/SACK in the reply direction.

State transitions in original direction:
- DATA_SENT behaves similar to HEARTBEAT_SENT for all chunks,
   except that it remains in DATA_SENT on receving HEARTBEAT,
   HEARTBEAT_ACK/DATA/SACK chunks
State transitions in reply direction:
- DATA_SENT behaves similar to HEARTBEAT_SENT for all chunks,
   except that it moves to HEARTBEAT_ACKED on receiving
   HEARTBEAT/HEARTBEAT_ACK/DATA/SACK chunks

Note: This patch still doesn't solve the problem when the SCTP
endpoint decides to use primary paths for association establishment
but uses a secondary path for association shutdown. We still have
to depend on timeout for connections to expire in such a case.

Signed-off-by: Sriram Yagnaraman <sriram.yagnaraman@est.tech>
Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sctp.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sctp.h
index edc6dda..c742469 100644 (file)
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sctp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sctp.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum sctp_conntrack {
        SCTP_CONNTRACK_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT,
        SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_SENT,
        SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_ACKED,
+       SCTP_CONNTRACK_DATA_SENT,
        SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX
 };
 

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.h
index 6b20fb2..94e7403 100644 (file)
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ enum ctattr_timeout_sctp {
        CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT,
        CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_SENT,
        CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_ACKED,
+       CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_DATA_SENT,
        __CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_MAX
 };
 #define CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_MAX (__CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_MAX - 1)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index 5a93633..d88b92a 100644 (file)
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static const unsigned int sctp_timeouts[SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = {
        [SCTP_CONNTRACK_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT]      = 3 SECS,
        [SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_SENT]         = 30 SECS,
        [SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_ACKED]        = 210 SECS,
+       [SCTP_CONNTRACK_DATA_SENT]              = 30 SECS,
 };
 
 #define        SCTP_FLAG_HEARTBEAT_VTAG_FAILED 1
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ static const unsigned int sctp_timeouts[SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = {
 #define        sSA SCTP_CONNTRACK_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT
 #define        sHS SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_SENT
 #define        sHA SCTP_CONNTRACK_HEARTBEAT_ACKED
+#define        sDS SCTP_CONNTRACK_DATA_SENT
 #define        sIV SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX
 
 /*
@@ -90,15 +92,16 @@ COOKIE WAIT       - We have seen an INIT chunk in the original direction, or als
 COOKIE ECHOED     - We have seen a COOKIE_ECHO chunk in the original direction.
 ESTABLISHED       - We have seen a COOKIE_ACK in the reply direction.
 SHUTDOWN_SENT     - We have seen a SHUTDOWN chunk in the original direction.
-SHUTDOWN_RECD     - We have seen a SHUTDOWN chunk in the reply directoin.
+SHUTDOWN_RECD     - We have seen a SHUTDOWN chunk in the reply direction.
 SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT - We have seen a SHUTDOWN_ACK chunk in the direction opposite
                    to that of the SHUTDOWN chunk.
 CLOSED            - We have seen a SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE chunk in the direction of
                    the SHUTDOWN chunk. Connection is closed.
 HEARTBEAT_SENT    - We have seen a HEARTBEAT in a new flow.
-HEARTBEAT_ACKED   - We have seen a HEARTBEAT-ACK in the direction opposite to
-                   that of the HEARTBEAT chunk. Secondary connection is
-                   established.
+HEARTBEAT_ACKED   - We have seen a HEARTBEAT-ACK/DATA/SACK in the direction
+                   opposite to that of the HEARTBEAT/DATA chunk. Secondary connection
+                   is established.
+DATA_SENT         - We have seen a DATA/SACK in a new flow.
 */
 
 /* TODO
@@ -112,36 +115,38 @@ cookie echoed to closed.
 */
 
 /* SCTP conntrack state transitions */
-static const u8 sctp_conntracks[2][11][SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = {
+static const u8 sctp_conntracks[2][12][SCTP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = {
        {
 /*     ORIGINAL        */
-/*                  sNO, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA */
-/* init         */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCW, sHA},
-/* init_ack     */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA},
-/* abort        */ {sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL},
-/* shutdown     */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sSS, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sSS},
-/* shutdown_ack */ {sSA, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSA, sSA, sSA, sSA, sHA},
-/* error        */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA},/* Can't have Stale cookie*/
-/* cookie_echo  */ {sCL, sCL, sCE, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA},/* 5.2.4 - Big TODO */
-/* cookie_ack   */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA},/* Can't come in orig dir */
-/* shutdown_comp*/ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sCL, sCL, sHA},
-/* heartbeat    */ {sHS, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA},
-/* heartbeat_ack*/ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA}
+/*                  sNO, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sDS */
+/* init         */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCW, sHA, sCW},
+/* init_ack     */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA, sCL},
+/* abort        */ {sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL},
+/* shutdown     */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sSS, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sSS, sCL},
+/* shutdown_ack */ {sSA, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSA, sSA, sSA, sSA, sHA, sSA},
+/* error        */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA, sCL},/* Can't have Stale cookie*/
+/* cookie_echo  */ {sCL, sCL, sCE, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA, sCL},/* 5.2.4 - Big TODO */
+/* cookie_ack   */ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sCL, sHA, sCL},/* Can't come in orig dir */
+/* shutdown_comp*/ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sCL, sCL, sHA, sCL},
+/* heartbeat    */ {sHS, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sDS},
+/* heartbeat_ack*/ {sCL, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sDS},
+/* data/sack    */ {sDS, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sDS}
        },
        {
 /*     REPLY   */
-/*                  sNO, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA */
-/* init         */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA},/* INIT in sCL Big TODO */
-/* init_ack     */ {sIV, sCW, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA},
-/* abort        */ {sIV, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sIV, sCL},
-/* shutdown     */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sSR, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sSR},
-/* shutdown_ack */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSA, sSA, sSA, sIV, sHA},
-/* error        */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCL, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA},
-/* cookie_echo  */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA},/* Can't come in reply dir */
-/* cookie_ack   */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sES, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA},
-/* shutdown_comp*/ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sCL, sIV, sHA},
-/* heartbeat    */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA},
-/* heartbeat_ack*/ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHA, sHA}
+/*                  sNO, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sDS */
+/* init         */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},/* INIT in sCL Big TODO */
+/* init_ack     */ {sIV, sCW, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},
+/* abort        */ {sIV, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sCL, sIV, sCL, sIV},
+/* shutdown     */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sSR, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sSR, sIV},
+/* shutdown_ack */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSA, sSA, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},
+/* error        */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCL, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},
+/* cookie_echo  */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},/* Can't come in reply dir */
+/* cookie_ack   */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sES, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sIV, sHA, sIV},
+/* shutdown_comp*/ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sCL, sIV, sHA, sIV},
+/* heartbeat    */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHS, sHA, sHA},
+/* heartbeat_ack*/ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHA, sHA, sHA},
+/* data/sack    */ {sIV, sCL, sCW, sCE, sES, sSS, sSR, sSA, sHA, sHA, sHA},
        }
 };
 
@@ -253,6 +258,11 @@ static int sctp_new_state(enum ip_conntrack_dir dir,
                pr_debug("SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT_ACK");
                i = 10;
                break;
+       case SCTP_CID_DATA:
+       case SCTP_CID_SACK:
+               pr_debug("SCTP_CID_DATA/SACK");
+               i = 11;
+               break;
        default:
                /* Other chunks like DATA or SACK do not change the state */
                pr_debug("Unknown chunk type, Will stay in %s\n",
@@ -306,7 +316,9 @@ sctp_new(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
                                 ih->init_tag);
 
                        ct->proto.sctp.vtag[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY] = ih->init_tag;
-               } else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT) {
+               } else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT ||
+                          sch->type == SCTP_CID_DATA ||
+                          sch->type == SCTP_CID_SACK) {
                        pr_debug("Setting vtag %x for secondary conntrack\n",
                                 sh->vtag);
                        ct->proto.sctp.vtag[IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL] = sh->vtag;
@@ -392,19 +404,19 @@ int nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 
                if (!sctp_new(ct, skb, sh, dataoff))
                        return -NF_ACCEPT;
-       }
-
-       /* Check the verification tag (Sec 8.5) */
-       if (!test_bit(SCTP_CID_INIT, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_COOKIE_ECHO, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_ABORT, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN_ACK, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT, map) &&
-           !test_bit(SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT_ACK, map) &&
-           sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir]) {
-               pr_debug("Verification tag check failed\n");
-               goto out;
+       } else {
+               /* Check the verification tag (Sec 8.5) */
+               if (!test_bit(SCTP_CID_INIT, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_COOKIE_ECHO, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_ABORT, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_SHUTDOWN_ACK, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT, map) &&
+                   !test_bit(SCTP_CID_HEARTBEAT_ACK, map) &&
+                   sh->vtag != ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir]) {
+                       pr_debug("Verification tag check failed\n");
+                       goto out;
+               }
        }
 
        old_state = new_state = SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE;
@@ -464,6 +476,11 @@ int nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
                        } else if (ct->proto.sctp.flags & SCTP_FLAG_HEARTBEAT_VTAG_FAILED) {
                                ct->proto.sctp.flags &= ~SCTP_FLAG_HEARTBEAT_VTAG_FAILED;
                        }
+               } else if (sch->type == SCTP_CID_DATA || sch->type == SCTP_CID_SACK) {
+                       if (ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir] == 0) {
+                               pr_debug("Setting vtag %x for dir %d\n", sh->vtag, dir);
+                               ct->proto.sctp.vtag[dir] = sh->vtag;
+                       }
                }
 
                old_state = ct->proto.sctp.state;
@@ -684,6 +701,7 @@ sctp_timeout_nla_policy[CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_MAX+1] = {
        [CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT]    = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_SENT]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_ACKED]      = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [CTA_TIMEOUT_SCTP_DATA_SENT]            = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT */
 

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
index 4ffe84c..a884c06 100644 (file)
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c
@@ -602,6 +602,7 @@ enum nf_ct_sysctl_index {
        NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_SCTP_SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT,
        NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_SENT,
        NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_SCTP_HEARTBEAT_ACKED,
+       NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_SCTP_DATA_SENT,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP
        NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_DCCP_REQUEST,
@@ -892,6 +893,12 @@ static struct ctl_table nf_ct_sysctl_table[] = {
                .mode           = 0644,
                .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_jiffies,
        },
+       [NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_SCTP_DATA_SENT] = {
+               .procname       = "nf_conntrack_sctp_timeout_data_sent",
+               .maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
+               .mode           = 0644,
+               .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_jiffies,
+       },
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP
        [NF_SYSCTL_CT_PROTO_TIMEOUT_DCCP_REQUEST] = {
@@ -1036,6 +1043,7 @@ static void nf_conntrack_standalone_init_sctp_sysctl(struct net *net,
        XASSIGN(SHUTDOWN_ACK_SENT, sn);
        XASSIGN(HEARTBEAT_SENT, sn);
        XASSIGN(HEARTBEAT_ACKED, sn);
+       XASSIGN(DATA_SENT, sn);
 #undef XASSIGN
 #endif
 }