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netfilter: nf_ct_tcp: improve out-of-sync situation in TCP tracking

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Without this patch, if we receive a SYN packet from the client while
the firewall is out-of-sync, we let it go through. Then, if we see
the SYN/ACK reply coming from the server, we destroy the conntrack
entry and drop the packet to trigger a new retransmission. Then,
the retransmision from the client is used to start a new clean
session.

This patch improves the current handling. Basically, if we see an
unexpected SYN packet, we annotate the TCP options. Then, if we
see the reply SYN/ACK, this means that the firewall was indeed
out-of-sync. Therefore, we set a clean new session from the existing
entry based on the annotated values.

This patch adds two new 8-bits fields that fit in a 16-bits gap of
the ip_ct_tcp structure.

This patch is particularly useful for conntrackd since the
asynchronous nature of the state-synchronization allows to have
backup nodes that are not perfect copies of the master. This helps
to improve the recovery under some worst-case scenarios.

I have tested this by creating lots of conntrack entries in wrong
state:

for ((i=1024;i<65535;i++)); do conntrack -I -p tcp -s 192.168.2.101 -d 192.168.2.2 --sport $i --dport 80 -t 800 --state ESTABLISHED -u ASSURED,SEEN_REPLY; done

Then, I make some TCP connections:

$ echo GET / | nc 192.168.2.2 80

The events show the result:

 [UPDATE] tcp      6 60 SYN_RECV src=192.168.2.101 dst=192.168.2.2 sport=33220 dport=80 src=192.168.2.2 dst=192.168.2.101 sport=80 dport=33220 [ASSURED]
 [UPDATE] tcp      6 432000 ESTABLISHED src=192.168.2.101 dst=192.168.2.2 sport=33220 dport=80 src=192.168.2.2 dst=192.168.2.101 sport=80 dport=33220 [ASSURED]
 [UPDATE] tcp      6 120 FIN_WAIT src=192.168.2.101 dst=192.168.2.2 sport=33220 dport=80 src=192.168.2.2 dst=192.168.2.101 sport=80 dport=33220 [ASSURED]
 [UPDATE] tcp      6 30 LAST_ACK src=192.168.2.101 dst=192.168.2.2 sport=33220 dport=80 src=192.168.2.2 dst=192.168.2.101 sport=80 dport=33220 [ASSURED]
 [UPDATE] tcp      6 120 TIME_WAIT src=192.168.2.101 dst=192.168.2.2 sport=33220 dport=80 src=192.168.2.2 dst=192.168.2.101 sport=80 dport=33220 [ASSURED]

and tcpdump shows no retransmissions:

20:47:57.271951 IP 192.168.2.101.33221 > 192.168.2.2.www: S 435402517:435402517(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 4294961827 0,nop,wscale 6>
20:47:57.273538 IP 192.168.2.2.www > 192.168.2.101.33221: S 3509927945:3509927945(0) ack 435402518 win 5792 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 235681024 4294961827,nop,wscale 4>
20:47:57.273608 IP 192.168.2.101.33221 > 192.168.2.2.www: . ack 3509927946 win 92 <nop,nop,timestamp 4294961827 235681024>
20:47:57.273693 IP 192.168.2.101.33221 > 192.168.2.2.www: P 435402518:435402524(6) ack 3509927946 win 92 <nop,nop,timestamp 4294961827 235681024>
20:47:57.275492 IP 192.168.2.2.www > 192.168.2.101.33221: . ack 435402524 win 362 <nop,nop,timestamp 235681024 4294961827>
20:47:57.276492 IP 192.168.2.2.www > 192.168.2.101.33221: P 3509927946:3509928082(136) ack 435402524 win 362 <nop,nop,timestamp 235681025 4294961827>
20:47:57.276515 IP 192.168.2.101.33221 > 192.168.2.2.www: . ack 3509928082 win 108 <nop,nop,timestamp 4294961828 235681025>
20:47:57.276521 IP 192.168.2.2.www > 192.168.2.101.33221: F 3509928082:3509928082(0) ack 435402524 win 362 <nop,nop,timestamp 235681025 4294961827>
20:47:57.277369 IP 192.168.2.101.33221 > 192.168.2.2.www: F 435402524:435402524(0) ack 3509928083 win 108 <nop,nop,timestamp 4294961828 235681025>
20:47:57.279491 IP 192.168.2.2.www > 192.168.2.101.33221: . ack 435402525 win 362 <nop,nop,timestamp 235681025 4294961828>

I also added a rule to log invalid packets, with no occurrences  :-) .

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Acked-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
This commit is contained in:
Pablo Neira Ayuso 2009-11-23 10:34:39 +01:00 committed by Patrick McHardy
parent dee5817e88
commit c4832c7bbc
2 changed files with 43 additions and 9 deletions
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3
include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h
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@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ struct ip_ct_tcp
u_int32_t last_ack; /* Last sequence number seen in opposite dir */
u_int32_t last_end; /* Last seq + len */
u_int16_t last_win; /* Last window advertisement seen in dir */
/* For SYN packets while we may be out-of-sync */
u_int8_t last_wscale; /* Last window scaling factor seen */
u_int8_t last_flags; /* Last flags set */
};
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */

49
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
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@ -908,23 +908,54 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
/* b) This SYN/ACK acknowledges a SYN that we earlier
* ignored as invalid. This means that the client and
* the server are both in sync, while the firewall is
* not. We kill this session and block the SYN/ACK so
* that the client cannot but retransmit its SYN and
* thus initiate a clean new session.
* not. We get in sync from the previously annotated
* values.
*/
spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP))
nf_log_packet(pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL,
"nf_ct_tcp: killing out of sync session ");
nf_ct_kill(ct);
return NF_DROP;
old_state = TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_SENT;
new_state = TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_RECV;
ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_end =
ct->proto.tcp.last_end;
ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_maxend =
ct->proto.tcp.last_end;
ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_maxwin =
ct->proto.tcp.last_win == 0 ?
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.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].flags =
ct->proto.tcp.last_flags;
memset(&ct->proto.tcp.seen[dir], 0,
sizeof(struct ip_ct_tcp_state));
break;
}
ct->proto.tcp.last_index = index;
ct->proto.tcp.last_dir = dir;
ct->proto.tcp.last_seq = ntohl(th->seq);
ct->proto.tcp.last_end =
segment_seq_plus_len(ntohl(th->seq), skb->len, dataoff, th);
ct->proto.tcp.last_win = ntohs(th->window);
/* a) This is a SYN in ORIGINAL. The client and the server
* 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. */
if (index == TCP_SYN_SET && dir == IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL) {
struct ip_ct_tcp_state seen = {};
ct->proto.tcp.last_flags =
ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale = 0;
tcp_options(skb, dataoff, th, &seen);
if (seen.flags & IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_WINDOW_SCALE) {
ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |=
IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_WINDOW_SCALE;
ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale = seen.td_scale;
}
if (seen.flags & IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_SACK_PERM) {
ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |=
IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_SACK_PERM;
}
}
spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP))
nf_log_packet(pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL,