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* netfilter: Remove extern from function prototypesJoe Perches2013-09-231-19/+21
| | | | | | | | | | | | | There are a mix of function prototypes with and without extern in the kernel sources. Standardize on not using extern for function prototypes. Function prototypes don't need to be written with extern. extern is assumed by the compiler. Its use is as unnecessary as using auto to declare automatic/local variables in a block. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netfilter: nf_ct_helper: better logging for dropped packetsPablo Neira Ayuso2013-02-191-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Connection tracking helpers have to drop packets under exceptional situations. Currently, the user gets the following logging message in case that happens: nf_ct_%s: dropping packet ... However, depending on the helper, there are different reasons why a packet can be dropped. This patch modifies the existing code to provide more specific error message in the scope of each helper to help users to debug the reason why the packet has been dropped, ie: nf_ct_%s: dropping packet: reason ... Thanks to Joe Perches for many formatting suggestions. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: nf_ct_helper: move initialization out of pernet_operationsGao feng2013-01-231-2/+5
| | | | | | | Move the global initial codes to the module_init/exit context. Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: add user-space connection tracking helper infrastructurePablo Neira Ayuso2012-06-161-0/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | There are good reasons to supports helpers in user-space instead: * Rapid connection tracking helper development, as developing code in user-space is usually faster. * Reliability: A buggy helper does not crash the kernel. Moreover, we can monitor the helper process and restart it in case of problems. * Security: Avoid complex string matching and mangling in kernel-space running in privileged mode. Going further, we can even think about running user-space helpers as a non-root process. * Extensibility: It allows the development of very specific helpers (most likely non-standard proprietary protocols) that are very likely not to be accepted for mainline inclusion in the form of kernel-space connection tracking helpers. This patch adds the infrastructure to allow the implementation of user-space conntrack helpers by means of the new nfnetlink subsystem `nfnetlink_cthelper' and the existing queueing infrastructure (nfnetlink_queue). I had to add the new hook NF_IP6_PRI_CONNTRACK_HELPER to register ipv[4|6]_helper which results from splitting ipv[4|6]_confirm into two pieces. This change is required not to break NAT sequence adjustment and conntrack confirmation for traffic that is enqueued to our user-space conntrack helpers. Basic operation, in a few steps: 1) Register user-space helper by means of `nfct': nfct helper add ftp inet tcp [ It must be a valid existing helper supported by conntrack-tools ] 2) Add rules to enable the FTP user-space helper which is used to track traffic going to TCP port 21. For locally generated packets: iptables -I OUTPUT -t raw -p tcp --dport 21 -j CT --helper ftp For non-locally generated packets: iptables -I PREROUTING -t raw -p tcp --dport 21 -j CT --helper ftp 3) Run the test conntrackd in helper mode (see example files under doc/helper/conntrackd.conf conntrackd 4) Generate FTP traffic going, if everything is OK, then conntrackd should create expectations (you can check that with `conntrack': conntrack -E expect [NEW] 301 proto=6 src=192.168.1.136 dst=130.89.148.12 sport=0 dport=54037 mask-src=255.255.255.255 mask-dst=255.255.255.255 sport=0 dport=65535 master-src=192.168.1.136 master-dst=130.89.148.12 sport=57127 dport=21 class=0 helper=ftp [DESTROY] 301 proto=6 src=192.168.1.136 dst=130.89.148.12 sport=0 dport=54037 mask-src=255.255.255.255 mask-dst=255.255.255.255 sport=0 dport=65535 master-src=192.168.1.136 master-dst=130.89.148.12 sport=57127 dport=21 class=0 helper=ftp This confirms that our test helper is receiving packets including the conntrack information, and adding expectations in kernel-space. The user-space helper can also store its private tracking information in the conntrack structure in the kernel via the CTA_HELP_INFO. The kernel will consider this a binary blob whose layout is unknown. This information will be included in the information that is transfered to user-space via glue code that integrates nfnetlink_queue and ctnetlink. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: ctnetlink: add CTA_HELP_INFO attributePablo Neira Ayuso2012-06-161-0/+1
| | | | | | | This attribute can be used to modify and to dump the internal protocol information. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: nf_ct_helper: implement variable length helper private dataPablo Neira Ayuso2012-06-161-1/+14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch uses the new variable length conntrack extensions. Instead of using union nf_conntrack_help that contain all the helper private data information, we allocate variable length area to store the private helper data. This patch includes the modification of all existing helpers. It also includes a couple of include header to avoid compilation warnings. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: nf_ct_helper: allocate 16 bytes for the helper and policy namesPablo Neira Ayuso2012-06-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch modifies the struct nf_conntrack_helper to allocate the room for the helper name. The maximum length is 16 bytes (this was already introduced in 2.6.24). For the maximum length for expectation policy names, I have also selected 16 bytes. This patch is required by the follow-up patch to support user-space connection tracking helpers. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: nf_ct_helper: allow to disable automatic helper assignmentEric Leblond2012-05-081-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch allows you to disable automatic conntrack helper lookup based on TCP/UDP ports, eg. echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper [ Note: flows that already got a helper will keep using it even if automatic helper assignment has been disabled ] Once this behaviour has been disabled, you have to explicitly use the iptables CT target to attach helper to flows. There are good reasons to stop supporting automatic helper assignment, for further information, please read: http://www.netfilter.org/news.html#2012-04-03 This patch also adds one message to inform that automatic helper assignment is deprecated and it will be removed soon (this is spotted only once, with the first flow that gets a helper attached to make it as less annoying as possible). Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@regit.org> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: ctnetlink: allow to set expectfn for expectationsPablo Neira Ayuso2012-03-071-0/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch allows you to set expectfn which is specifically used by the NAT side of most of the existing conntrack helpers. I have added a symbol map that uses a string as key to look up for the function that is attached to the expectation object. This is the best solution I came out with to solve this issue. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
* netfilter: nf_conntrack: nf_conntrack snmp helperJiri Olsa2011-01-181-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adding support for SNMP broadcast connection tracking. The SNMP broadcast requests are now paired with the SNMP responses. Thus allowing using SNMP broadcasts with firewall enabled. Please refer to the following conversation: http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=125992205006600&w=2 Patrick McHardy wrote: > > The best solution would be to add generic broadcast tracking, the > > use of expectations for this is a bit of abuse. > > The second best choice I guess would be to move the help() function > > to a shared module and generalize it so it can be used for both. This patch implements the "second best choice". Since the netbios-ns conntrack module uses the same helper functionality as the snmp, only one helper function is added for both snmp and netbios-ns modules into the new object - nf_conntrack_broadcast. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* netfilter: xtables: add CT targetPatrick McHardy2010-02-031-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Add a new target for the raw table, which can be used to specify conntrack parameters for specific connections, f.i. the conntrack helper. The target attaches a "template" connection tracking entry to the skb, which is used by the conntrack core when initializing a new conntrack. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* netfilter: nf_conntrack: support conntrack templatesPatrick McHardy2010-02-031-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | Support initializing selected parameters of new conntrack entries from a "conntrack template", which is a specially marked conntrack entry attached to the skb. Currently the helper and the event delivery masks can be initialized this way. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* netfilter: ctnetlink: only assign helpers for matching protocolsPatrick McHardy2010-02-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Make sure not to assign a helper for a different network or transport layer protocol to a connection. Additionally change expectation deletion by helper to compare the name directly - there might be multiple helper registrations using the same name, currently one of them is chosen in an unpredictable manner and only those expectations are removed. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* net: cleanup include/netEric Dumazet2009-11-041-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This cleanup patch puts struct/union/enum opening braces, in first line to ease grep games. struct something { becomes : struct something { Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netfilter: conntrack: move helper destruction to nf_ct_helper_destroy()Pablo Neira Ayuso2009-06-131-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | This patch moves the helper destruction to a function that lives in nf_conntrack_helper.c. This new function is used in the patch to add ctnetlink reliable event delivery. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* netfilter: limit the length of the helper nameHolger Eitzenberger2009-03-251-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | This is necessary in order to have an upper bound for Netlink message calculation, which is not a problem at all, as there are no helpers with a longer name. Signed-off-by: Holger Eitzenberger <holger@eitzenberger.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* netfilter: ctnetlink: helper modules load-on-demand supportPablo Neira Ayuso2008-11-181-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds module loading for helpers via ctnetlink. * Creation path: We support explicit and implicit helper assignation. For the explicit case, we try to load the module. If the module is correctly loaded and the helper is present, we return EAGAIN to re-start the creation. Otherwise, we return EOPNOTSUPP. * Update path: release the spin lock, load the module and check. If it is present, then return EAGAIN to re-start the update. This patch provides a refactorized function to lookup-and-set the connection tracking helper. The function removes the exported symbol __nf_ct_helper_find as it has not clients anymore. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: introduce expectation classes and policiesPatrick McHardy2008-03-251-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Introduce expectation classes and policies. An expectation class is used to distinguish different types of expectations by the same helper (for example audio/video/t.120). The expectation policy is used to hold the maximum number of expectations and the initial timeout for each class. The individual classes are isolated from each other, which means that for example an audio expectation will only evict other audio expectations. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: use RCU for conntrack helpersPatrick McHardy2008-01-311-4/+0
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: clean up a few header filesPatrick McHardy2008-01-281-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | - Remove declarations of non-existing variables and functions - Move helper init/cleanup function declarations to nf_conntrack_helper.h - Remove unneeded __nf_conntrack_attach declaration and make it static Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: Replace sk_buff ** with sk_buff *Herbert Xu2007-10-151-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | With all the users of the double pointers removed, this patch mops up by finally replacing all occurances of sk_buff ** in the netfilter API by sk_buff *. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink: rename functions containing 'nfattr'Patrick McHardy2007-10-101-1/+1
| | | | | | | There is no struct nfattr anymore, rename functions to 'nlattr'. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_helper: use hashtable for conntrack helpersPatrick McHardy2007-07-101-2/+2
| | | | | | | Eliminate the last global list searched for every new connection. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack_expect: maintain per conntrack expectation listPatrick McHardy2007-07-101-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch brings back the per-conntrack expectation list that was removed around 2.6.10 to avoid walking all expectations on expectation eviction and conntrack destruction. As these were the last users of the global expectation list, this patch also kills that. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: reduce masks to a subset of tuplesPatrick McHardy2007-07-101-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Since conntrack currently allows to use masks for every bit of both helper and expectation tuples, we can't hash them and have to keep them on two global lists that are searched for every new connection. This patch removes the never used ability to use masks for the destination part of the expectation tuple and completely removes masks from helpers since the only reasonable choice is a full match on l3num, protonum and src.u.all. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: use extension infrastructure for helperYasuyuki Kozakai2007-07-101-0/+5
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack/nf_nat: add PPTP helper portPatrick McHardy2006-12-021-0/+2
| | | | | | | | Add nf_conntrack port of the PPtP conntrack/NAT helper. Since there seems to be no IPv6-capable PPtP implementation the helper only support IPv4. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: split out helper handlingMartin Josefsson2006-12-021-0/+10
| | | | | | | | This patch splits out handling of helpers into its own file nf_conntrack_helper.c Signed-off-by: Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* [NETFILTER]: nf_conntrack: split out expectation handlingMartin Josefsson2006-12-021-10/+0
| | | | | | | | This patch splits out expectation handling into its own file nf_conntrack_expect.c Signed-off-by: Martin Josefsson <gandalf@wlug.westbo.se> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* [NETFILTER]: Add ctnetlink port for nf_conntrackPablo Neira Ayuso2006-01-051-0/+2
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* [NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem.Yasuyuki Kozakai2005-11-091-0/+51
The existing connection tracking subsystem in netfilter can only handle ipv4. There were basically two choices present to add connection tracking support for ipv6. We could either duplicate all of the ipv4 connection tracking code into an ipv6 counterpart, or (the choice taken by these patches) we could design a generic layer that could handle both ipv4 and ipv6 and thus requiring only one sub-protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.) connection tracking helper module to be written. In fact nf_conntrack is capable of working with any layer 3 protocol. The existing ipv4 specific conntrack code could also not deal with the pecularities of doing connection tracking on ipv6, which is also cured here. For example, these issues include: 1) ICMPv6 handling, which is used for neighbour discovery in ipv6 thus some messages such as these should not participate in connection tracking since effectively they are like ARP messages 2) fragmentation must be handled differently in ipv6, because the simplistic "defrag, connection track and NAT, refrag" (which the existing ipv4 connection tracking does) approach simply isn't feasible in ipv6 3) ipv6 extension header parsing must occur at the correct spots before and after connection tracking decisions, and there were no provisions for this in the existing connection tracking design 4) ipv6 has no need for stateful NAT The ipv4 specific conntrack layer is kept around, until all of the ipv4 specific conntrack helpers are ported over to nf_conntrack and it is feature complete. Once that occurs, the old conntrack stuff will get placed into the feature-removal-schedule and we will fully kill it off 6 months later. Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
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