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netfilter: conntrack: mark UDP zero checksum as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY
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The udp_error function verifies the checksum of incoming UDP packets if
one is set. This has the desirable side effect of setting skb->ip_summed
to CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, signalling that this verification need not be
repeated further up the stack.

Conversely, when the UDP checksum is empty, which is perfectly legal (at least
inside IPv4), udp_error previously left no trace that the checksum had been
deemed acceptable.

This was a problem in particular for nf_reject_ipv4, which verifies the
checksum in nf_send_unreach() before sending ICMP_DEST_UNREACH. It makes
no accommodation for zero UDP checksums unless they are already marked
as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.

This commit ensures packets with empty UDP checksum are marked as
CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY, which is explicitly recommended in skbuff.h.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@arista.com>
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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Kevin Mitchell authored and Pablo Neira Ayuso committed Feb 4, 2022
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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_udp.c
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Expand Up @@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ static bool udp_error(struct sk_buff *skb,
}

/* Packet with no checksum */
if (!hdr->check)
if (!hdr->check) {
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
return false;
}

/* Checksum invalid? Ignore.
* We skip checking packets on the outgoing path
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