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Re: kern/48473: IPSEC tunnel doesn't send ICMP fragmentation needed for packets that are too large



On 23/Dec - 07:10, khym%azeotrope.org@localhost wrote:
> >Number:         48473
> >Category:       kern
> >Synopsis:       IPSEC tunnel doesn't send ICMP fragmentation needed for 
> >packets that are too large
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       serious
> >Priority:       medium
> >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
> >State:          open
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   net
> >Arrival-Date:   Mon Dec 23 07:10:00 +0000 2013
> >Originator:     Dave Huang
> >Release:        NetBSD 6.99.28 (-current from Dec 20 2013)
> >Organization:
> Name: Dave Huang         |  Mammal, mammal / their names are called /
> INet: khym%azeotrope.org@localhost |  they raise a paw / the bat, the cat /
> FurryMUCK: Dahan         |  dolphin and dog / koala bear and hog -- TMBG
> Dahan: Hani G Y+C 38 Y++ L+++ W- C++ T++ A+ E+ S++ V++ F- Q+++ P+ B+ PA+ PL++
> >Environment:
>       
>       
> System: NetBSD foxy.azeotrope.org 6.99.28 NetBSD 6.99.28 (FOXY) #20: Fri Dec 
> 20 00:04:49 CST 2013  
> khym%vmbsd.azeotrope.org@localhost:/usr/obj.i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/FOXY 
> i386
> Architecture: i386
> Machine: i386
> >Description:
>       An IPSEC tunnel will have a smaller MTU than the interface it
> runs on due to encapsulation overhead. However, (FAST_)IPSEC doesn't
> send ICMP fragmentation needed when it gets a Don't Fragment packet
> that needs to be fragmented because of encapsulation overhead. This
> breaks PMTU discovery. Beverly Schwartz posted an analysis of the
> problem last year
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-net/2012/10/16/msg003674.html>, but
> nobody said anything :(
> 
> >How-To-Repeat:
> Set up an IPSEC tunnel between two networks with NetBSD as the local
> endpoint. Then on a host on this side of the tunnel, send a large
> packet with DF set to a host on the other side of the tunnel. E.g.,
> % ping -Ds1450 10.2.1.2
> 
> Note the lack of any response--no echo replies, but also no ICMP
> fragmentation needed.
> >Fix:
> Here's a patch based on the changes Beverly posted about in last
> year's thread. I don't think it's exactly correct though--it uses the
> MTU from the inner packet's interface, rather than the outer packet's.
> Those are often the same, so this is better than nothing, but it'd be
> nice if someone came up with a proper fix :)
> 
> Index: ipsec.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/netipsec/ipsec.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.60
> diff -u -r1.60 ipsec.c
> --- ipsec.c   8 Jun 2013 13:50:22 -0000       1.60
> +++ ipsec.c   23 Dec 2013 06:43:49 -0000
> @@ -806,6 +806,17 @@
>       }
>  
>       /*
> +      * Check that MTU is sufficient.
> +      */
> +     if (ntohs(ip->ip_off) & IP_DF) {
> +             size_t ipsec_hdrlen = ipsec_hdrsiz(sp);
> +             if (ntohs(ip->ip_len) + ipsec_hdrlen > *mtu) {
> +                     splx(s);
> +                     return EMSGSIZE;
> +             }
> +     }
> +
> +     /*
>        * Do delayed checksums now because we send before
>        * this is done in the normal processing path.
>        */
> @@ -912,11 +923,12 @@
>               return EINVAL;
>       }
>  
> -     /* Count IPsec header size. */
> -     ipsechdr = ipsec4_hdrsiz(m, IPSEC_DIR_OUTBOUND, NULL);
> +     /* Find the correct route for outer IPv4 header */
> +     ipsechdr = roundup2(ipsec4_hdrsiz(m, IPSEC_DIR_OUTBOUND, NULL), 4);
>  
>       /*
>        * Find the correct route for outer IPv4 header, compute tunnel MTU.
> +      * XXX doesn't seem to work; sp->req->sav is NULL
>        */
>       if (sp->req && sp->req->sav && sp->req->sav->sah) {
>               struct route *ro;
> @@ -927,9 +939,10 @@
>               if (rt && rt->rt_ifp) {
>                       *destmtu = rt->rt_rmx.rmx_mtu ?
>                           rt->rt_rmx.rmx_mtu : rt->rt_ifp->if_mtu;
> -                     *destmtu -= ipsechdr;
>               }
>       }
> +     *destmtu -= ipsechdr;
> +
>       KEY_FREESP(&sp);
>       return 0;
>  }
> 
> >Unformatted:


The main issue of this patch for me (if I don't miss something) is that
it does not consider that the size of the packet may decrease after
IPSEC processing (i.e. if IPCOMP is configured for this packet), and so
may pass properly in the tunnel.

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