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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/Kconfig12
-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.c22
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
index 71709c104081..f61c306de1d0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -771,13 +771,13 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM
depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
---help---
This option adds a `CHECKSUM' target, which can be used in the iptables mangle
- table.
+ table to work around buggy DHCP clients in virtualized environments.
- You can use this target to compute and fill in the checksum in
- a packet that lacks a checksum. This is particularly useful,
- if you need to work around old applications such as dhcp clients,
- that do not work well with checksum offloads, but don't want to disable
- checksum offload in your device.
+ Some old DHCP clients drop packets because they are not aware
+ that the checksum would normally be offloaded to hardware and
+ thus should be considered valid.
+ This target can be used to fill in the checksum using iptables
+ when such packets are sent via a virtual network device.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.c b/net/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.c
index 9f4151ec3e06..6c7aa6a0a0d2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
#include <linux/netfilter/x_tables.h>
#include <linux/netfilter/xt_CHECKSUM.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_tables.h>
+#include <linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6_tables.h>
+
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xtables: checksum modification");
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("ip6t_CHECKSUM");
static unsigned int
checksum_tg(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_action_param *par)
{
- if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
+ if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && !skb_is_gso(skb))
skb_checksum_help(skb);
return XT_CONTINUE;
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ checksum_tg(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_action_param *par)
static int checksum_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par)
{
const struct xt_CHECKSUM_info *einfo = par->targinfo;
+ const struct ip6t_ip6 *i6 = par->entryinfo;
+ const struct ipt_ip *i4 = par->entryinfo;
if (einfo->operation & ~XT_CHECKSUM_OP_FILL) {
pr_info_ratelimited("unsupported CHECKSUM operation %x\n",
@@ -43,6 +48,21 @@ static int checksum_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par)
if (!einfo->operation)
return -EINVAL;
+ switch (par->family) {
+ case NFPROTO_IPV4:
+ if (i4->proto == IPPROTO_UDP &&
+ (i4->invflags & XT_INV_PROTO) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ break;
+ case NFPROTO_IPV6:
+ if ((i6->flags & IP6T_F_PROTO) &&
+ i6->proto == IPPROTO_UDP &&
+ (i6->invflags & XT_INV_PROTO) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ pr_warn_once("CHECKSUM should be avoided. If really needed, restrict with \"-p udp\" and only use in OUTPUT\n");
return 0;
}