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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/1] netfilter: nf_tables: fib: Drop IPV6 packages if IPv6 is disabled on boot
Leonardo Bras <leonardo@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-08-29 at 17:04 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> > > Thats a good point -- Leonardo, is the
> > > "net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables" sysctl on?
> >
> > Running
> > # sudo sysctl -a
> > I can see:
> > net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 1
>
> Also, doing
> # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/bridge/bridge-nf-call-ip6tables
> And then trying to boot the guest will not crash the host.
>
> Which would make sense, since host iptables is not dealing with guest
> IPv6 packets.

Yes.

> So, the real cause of this bug is the bridge making host ip6tables deal
> with guest IPv6 packets ?
> If so, would it be ok if write a patch testing ipv6_mod_enabled()
> before passing guest ipv6 packets to host ip6tables?

I'm not sure. This switch is very old, it was added 10 years ago
in v2.6.31-rc1.

Even if we disable call-ip6tables in br_netfilter we will at least
in addition need a patch for nft_fib_netdev.c.

From a "avoid calls to ipv6 stack when its disabled" standpoint,
the safest fix is to disable call-ip6tables functionality if ipv6
module is off *and* fix nft_fib_netdev.c to BREAK in ipv6 is off case.

I started to place a list of suspicous modules here, but that got out
of hand quickly.

So, given I don't want to plaster ipv6_mod_enabled() everywhere, I
would suggest this course of action:

1. add a patch to BREAK in nft_fib_netdev.c for !ipv6_mod_enabled()
2. change net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c, br_nf_pre_routing() to
make sure ipv6_mod_enabled() is true before doing the ipv6 stack
"emulation".

Makes sense?

Thanks,
Florian

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