From b3cad287d13b5f6695c6b4aab72969cd64bf0171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 14:54:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] conntrack: RFC5961 challenge ACK confuse conntrack LAST-ACK transition In compliance with RFC5961, the network stack send challenge ACK in response to spurious SYN packets, since commit 0c228e833c88 ("tcp: Restore RFC5961-compliant behavior for SYN packets"). This pose a problem for netfilter conntrack in state LAST_ACK, because this challenge ACK is (falsely) seen as ACKing last FIN, causing a false state transition (into TIME_WAIT). The challenge ACK is hard to distinguish from real last ACK. Thus, solution introduce a flag that tracks the potential for seeing a challenge ACK, in case a SYN packet is let through and current state is LAST_ACK. When conntrack transition LAST_ACK to TIME_WAIT happens, this flag is used for determining if we are expecting a challenge ACK. Scapy based reproducer script avail here: https://github.com/netoptimizer/network-testing/blob/master/scapy/tcp_hacks_3WHS_LAST_ACK.py Fixes: 0c228e833c88 ("tcp: Restore RFC5961-compliant behavior for SYN packets") Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Acked-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h | 3 +++ net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h index 9993a42..ef9f80f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ enum tcp_conntrack { /* The field td_maxack has been set */ #define IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_MAXACK_SET 0x20 +/* Marks possibility for expected RFC5961 challenge ACK */ +#define IP_CT_EXP_CHALLENGE_ACK 0x40 + struct nf_ct_tcp_flags { __u8 flags; __u8 mask; diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c index 5caa0c4..70383de 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static const u8 tcp_conntracks[2][6][TCP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = { * sES -> sES :-) * sFW -> sCW Normal close request answered by ACK. * sCW -> sCW - * sLA -> sTW Last ACK detected. + * sLA -> sTW Last ACK detected (RFC5961 challenged) * sTW -> sTW Retransmitted last ACK. Remain in the same state. * sCL -> sCL */ @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static const u8 tcp_conntracks[2][6][TCP_CONNTRACK_MAX] = { * sES -> sES :-) * sFW -> sCW Normal close request answered by ACK. * sCW -> sCW - * sLA -> sTW Last ACK detected. + * sLA -> sTW Last ACK detected (RFC5961 challenged) * sTW -> sTW Retransmitted last ACK. * sCL -> sCL */ @@ -906,6 +906,7 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, 1 : ct->proto.tcp.last_win; ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_scale = ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale; + ct->proto.tcp.last_flags &= ~IP_CT_EXP_CHALLENGE_ACK; ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].flags = ct->proto.tcp.last_flags; memset(&ct->proto.tcp.seen[dir], 0, @@ -923,7 +924,9 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, * may be in sync but we are not. In that case, we annotate * the TCP options and let the packet go through. If it is a * valid SYN packet, the server will reply with a SYN/ACK, and - * then we'll get in sync. Otherwise, the server ignores it. */ + * then we'll get in sync. Otherwise, the server potentially + * responds with a challenge ACK if implementing RFC5961. + */ if (index == TCP_SYN_SET && dir == IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL) { struct ip_ct_tcp_state seen = {}; @@ -939,6 +942,13 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_SACK_PERM; } + /* Mark the potential for RFC5961 challenge ACK, + * this pose a special problem for LAST_ACK state + * as ACK is intrepretated as ACKing last FIN. + */ + if (old_state == TCP_CONNTRACK_LAST_ACK) + ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |= + IP_CT_EXP_CHALLENGE_ACK; } spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock); if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP)) @@ -970,6 +980,25 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct, nf_log_packet(net, pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL, "nf_ct_tcp: invalid state "); return -NF_ACCEPT; + case TCP_CONNTRACK_TIME_WAIT: + /* RFC5961 compliance cause stack to send "challenge-ACK" + * e.g. in response to spurious SYNs. Conntrack MUST + * not believe this ACK is acking last FIN. + */ + if (old_state == TCP_CONNTRACK_LAST_ACK && + index == TCP_ACK_SET && + ct->proto.tcp.last_dir != dir && + ct->proto.tcp.last_index == TCP_SYN_SET && + (ct->proto.tcp.last_flags & IP_CT_EXP_CHALLENGE_ACK)) { + /* Detected RFC5961 challenge ACK */ + ct->proto.tcp.last_flags &= ~IP_CT_EXP_CHALLENGE_ACK; + spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock); + if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP)) + nf_log_packet(net, pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL, + "nf_ct_tcp: challenge-ACK ignored "); + return NF_ACCEPT; /* Don't change state */ + } + break; case TCP_CONNTRACK_CLOSE: if (index == TCP_RST_SET && (ct->proto.tcp.seen[!dir].flags & IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_MAXACK_SET) -- 2.7.4