net: openvswitch: Be liberal in tcp conntrack.

There is no easy way to distinguish if a conntracked tcp packet is marked invalid because of tcp_in_window() check error or because it doesn't belong to an existing connection. With this patch, openvswitch sets liberal tcp flag for the established sessions so that out of window packets are not marked invalid. A helper function - nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(nf_conn) is added which sets this flag for both the directions of the nf_conn. Suggested-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Numan Siddique <[email protected]> Acked-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
josf · Nov 20, 2020 · e2ef520 · e2ef520
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diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l4proto.h
@@ -203,6 +203,20 @@ static inline struct nf_icmp_net *nf_icmpv6_pernet(struct net *net)
 {
 	return &net->ct.nf_ct_proto.icmpv6;
 }
+
+/* Caller must check nf_ct_protonum(ct) is IPPROTO_TCP before calling. */
+static inline void nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+	ct->proto.tcp.seen[0].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+	ct->proto.tcp.seen[1].flags |= IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_BE_LIBERAL;
+}
+
+/* Caller must check nf_ct_protonum(ct) is IPPROTO_TCP before calling. */
+static inline bool nf_conntrack_tcp_established(const struct nf_conn *ct)
+{
+	return ct->proto.tcp.state == TCP_CONNTRACK_ESTABLISHED &&
+	       test_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status);
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
@@ -834,12 +834,6 @@ static noinline bool tcp_new(struct nf_conn *ct, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static bool nf_conntrack_tcp_established(const struct nf_conn *ct)
-{
-	return ct->proto.tcp.state == TCP_CONNTRACK_ESTABLISHED &&
-	       test_bit(IPS_ASSURED_BIT, &ct->status);
-}
-
 /* Returns verdict for packet, or -1 for invalid. */
 int nf_conntrack_tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 			    struct sk_buff *skb,

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,14 @@ static int __ovs_ct_lookup(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 		    ovs_ct_helper(skb, info->family) != NF_ACCEPT) {
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+
+		if (nf_ct_protonum(ct) == IPPROTO_TCP &&
+		    nf_ct_is_confirmed(ct) && nf_conntrack_tcp_established(ct)) {
+			/* Be liberal for tcp packets so that out-of-window
+			 * packets are not marked invalid.
+			 */
+			nf_ct_set_tcp_be_liberal(ct);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;