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v2 cover tunnels: fix incorrect IPv4/v6 headers interpretation

With tunneling, it is currently possible to get an IPv6 header and interpret it as an IPv4 header, or to interpret an IPv6 address as an IPv4 address (and vice versa). This leads to things like sending packets to incorrect address, IPv6 flow label being interpreted as IP packet length, etc.

Fix several places where this can happen.

Most of this is net-next only. The third patch affects net, too, but it doesn't seem there's anything in user space that sets the attribute at all currently, thus net-next is fine.

Changelog:
v2: fixed geneve after incorrect rebase on top of Pravin's patches

Jiri Benc (4):
ip_tunnels: convert the mode field of ip_tunnel_info to flags
ip_tunnels: record IP version in tunnel info
fou: reject IPv6 config
vxlan: do not receive IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket

 drivers/net/geneve.c       |  4 +++-
 drivers/net/vxlan.c        |  5 ++++-
 include/net/dst_metadata.h |  2 +-
 include/net/ip_tunnels.h   | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 include/net/udp_tunnel.h   |  3 ++-
 net/core/filter.c          |  2 ++
 net/ipv4/fou.c             |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c          |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c  |  2 +-
 net/ipv4/route.c           |  2 +-
 net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c  |  9 +++++++++
 net/ipv6/route.c           |  2 +-
 net/openvswitch/flow.c     |  2 ++
 net/openvswitch/vport.c    |  2 ++
 14 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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#1 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/4 ip_tunnels: convert the mode field of ip_tunnel_info to flags

The mode field holds a single bit of information only (whether the ip_tunnel_info struct is for rx or tx). Change the mode field to bit flags. This allows more mode flags to be added.

---
v2: converted geneve fully, too

---
 drivers/net/geneve.c       | 2 +-
 drivers/net/vxlan.c        | 2 +-
 include/net/dst_metadata.h | 1 -
 include/net/ip_tunnels.h   | 9 ++-------
 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c          | 2 +-
 net/ipv4/route.c           | 2 +-
 net/ipv6/route.c           | 2 +-
 7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
drivers/net/geneve.c +1 -1
index 4357bae732d7..4a39c09f144c 100644
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t geneve_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (geneve->collect_md) {
 		info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
-		if (unlikely(info && info->mode != IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX)) {
+		if (unlikely(info && !(info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX))) {
 			netdev_dbg(dev, "no tunnel metadata\n");
 			goto tx_error;
 		}
drivers/net/vxlan.c +1 -1
index 30e56cb58884..bd1b8cdf2bf6 100644
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxlan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	if (vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_COLLECT_METADATA &&
-	    info && info->mode == IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX) {
+	    info && info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX) {
 		vxlan_xmit_one(skb, dev, NULL, false);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
include/net/dst_metadata.h +0 -1
index 60c03326c087..2b83f0d232e0 100644
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static inline struct metadata_dst *tun_rx_dst(__be16 flags,
 		return NULL;
 
 	info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info;
-	info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_RX;
 	info->key.tun_flags = flags;
 	info->key.tun_id = tunnel_id;
 	info->key.tp_src = 0;
include/net/ip_tunnels.h +2 -7
index 224e4ecec91b..9bdb3948798f 100644
@@ -50,13 +50,8 @@ struct ip_tunnel_key {
 	__be16			tp_dst;
 };
 
-/* Indicates whether the tunnel info structure represents receive
- * or transmit tunnel parameters.
- */
-enum {
-	IP_TUNNEL_INFO_RX,
-	IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX,
-};
+/* Flags for ip_tunnel_info mode. */
+#define IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX	0x01	/* represents tx tunnel parameters */
 
 struct ip_tunnel_info {
 	struct ip_tunnel_key	key;
net/ipv4/ip_gre.c +1 -1
index faf1cde6f8da..1e813a9f9378 100644
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int err;
 
 	tun_info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
-	if (unlikely(!tun_info || tun_info->mode != IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX))
+	if (unlikely(!tun_info || !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX)))
 		goto err_free_skb;
 
 	key = &tun_info->key;
net/ipv4/route.c +1 -1
index f3087aaa6dd8..3d9e70c804a9 100644
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ static int ip_route_input_slow(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 daddr, __be32 saddr,
 	 */
 
 	tun_info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
-	if (tun_info && tun_info->mode == IP_TUNNEL_INFO_RX)
+	if (tun_info && !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX))
 		fl4.flowi4_tun_key.tun_id = tun_info->key.tun_id;
 	else
 		fl4.flowi4_tun_key.tun_id = 0;
net/ipv6/route.c +1 -1
index df3e353a012d..308dd5f9158f 100644
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ void ip6_route_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	};
 
 	tun_info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
-	if (tun_info && tun_info->mode == IP_TUNNEL_INFO_RX)
+	if (tun_info && !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX))
 		fl6.flowi6_tun_key.tun_id = tun_info->key.tun_id;
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb_dst_set(skb, ip6_route_input_lookup(net, skb->dev, &fl6, flags));
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#4 lore raw

PATCH v2 2/4 ip_tunnels: record IP version in tunnel info

In reply to Jiri Benc

There's currently nothing preventing directing packets with IPv6 encapsulation data to IPv4 tunnels (and vice versa). If this happens, IPv6 addresses are incorrectly interpreted as IPv4 ones.

Track whether the given ip_tunnel_key contains IPv4 or IPv6 data. Store this in ip_tunnel_info. Reject packets at appropriate places if they are supposed to be encapsulated into an incompatible protocol.

---
v2: moved the af check in geneve before the first usage of tunnel info data

---
 drivers/net/geneve.c       |  2 ++
 drivers/net/vxlan.c        |  2 ++
 include/net/dst_metadata.h |  1 +
 include/net/ip_tunnels.h   | 10 ++++++++++
 net/core/filter.c          |  2 ++
 net/ipv4/ip_gre.c          |  3 ++-
 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c  |  2 +-
 net/openvswitch/flow.c     |  2 ++
 net/openvswitch/vport.c    |  2 ++
 9 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
drivers/net/geneve.c +2 -0
index 4a39c09f144c..3908a22f23d1 100644
@@ -627,6 +627,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t geneve_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 			netdev_dbg(dev, "no tunnel metadata\n");
 			goto tx_error;
 		}
+		if (info && ip_tunnel_info_af(info) != AF_INET)
+			goto tx_error;
 	}
 
 	rt = geneve_get_rt(skb, dev, &fl4, info);
drivers/net/vxlan.c +2 -0
index bd1b8cdf2bf6..e3adfe0ef66b 100644
@@ -1903,6 +1903,8 @@ static void vxlan_xmit_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 				  dev->name);
 			goto drop;
 		}
+		if (family != ip_tunnel_info_af(info))
+			goto drop;
 
 		dst_port = info->key.tp_dst ? : vxlan->cfg.dst_port;
 		vni = be64_to_cpu(info->key.tun_id);
include/net/dst_metadata.h +1 -0
index 2b83f0d232e0..d32f49cc621d 100644
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static inline struct metadata_dst *ipv6_tun_rx_dst(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	info->key.u.ipv6.dst = ip6h->daddr;
 	info->key.tos = ipv6_get_dsfield(ip6h);
 	info->key.ttl = ip6h->hop_limit;
+	info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
 	return tun_dst;
 }
 
include/net/ip_tunnels.h +10 -0
index 9bdb3948798f..2b4fa06e91bd 100644
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_tunnel.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
+#include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
 #include <net/dsfield.h>
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel_key {
 
 /* Flags for ip_tunnel_info mode. */
 #define IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX	0x01	/* represents tx tunnel parameters */
+#define IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6	0x02	/* key contains IPv6 addresses */
 
 struct ip_tunnel_info {
 	struct ip_tunnel_key	key;
@@ -208,6 +210,8 @@ static inline void __ip_tunnel_info_init(struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
 
 	tun_info->options = opts;
 	tun_info->options_len = opts_len;
+
+	tun_info->mode = 0;
 }
 
 static inline void ip_tunnel_info_init(struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
@@ -221,6 +225,12 @@ static inline void ip_tunnel_info_init(struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
 			      tun_id, tun_flags, opts, opts_len);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned short ip_tunnel_info_af(const struct ip_tunnel_info
+					       *tun_info)
+{
+	return tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
 
 int ip_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev);
net/core/filter.c +2 -0
index 66500d490995..13079f03902e 100644
@@ -1493,6 +1493,8 @@ static u64 bpf_skb_get_tunnel_key(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 size, u64 flags, u64 r5)
 
 	if (unlikely(size != sizeof(struct bpf_tunnel_key) || flags || !info))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ip_tunnel_info_af(info) != AF_INET)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	to->tunnel_id = be64_to_cpu(info->key.tun_id);
 	to->remote_ipv4 = be32_to_cpu(info->key.u.ipv4.src);
net/ipv4/ip_gre.c +2 -1
index 1e813a9f9378..bd0679d90519 100644
@@ -511,7 +511,8 @@ static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	int err;
 
 	tun_info = skb_tunnel_info(skb);
-	if (unlikely(!tun_info || !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX)))
+	if (unlikely(!tun_info || !(tun_info->mode & IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX) ||
+		     ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET))
 		goto err_free_skb;
 
 	key = &tun_info->key;
net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c +1 -1
index 934f2ac8ad61..0c756ade1cf7 100644
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int ip6_tun_build_state(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (tb[LWTUNNEL_IP6_FLAGS])
 		tun_info->key.tun_flags = nla_get_u16(tb[LWTUNNEL_IP6_FLAGS]);
 
-	tun_info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX;
+	tun_info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX | IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
 	tun_info->options = NULL;
 	tun_info->options_len = 0;
 
net/openvswitch/flow.c +2 -0
index 5a3195e538ce..9760dc43bdb9 100644
@@ -688,6 +688,8 @@ int ovs_flow_key_extract(const struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
 {
 	/* Extract metadata from packet. */
 	if (tun_info) {
+		if (ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET)
+			return -EINVAL;
 		memcpy(&key->tun_key, &tun_info->key, sizeof(key->tun_key));
 
 		if (tun_info->options) {
net/openvswitch/vport.c +2 -0
index e2dc9dac59e6..40164037928e 100644
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ int ovs_tunnel_get_egress_info(struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info,
 
 	if (unlikely(!tun_info))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tun_key = &tun_info->key;
 
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#8 lore raw

PATCH v2 3/4 fou: reject IPv6 config

In reply to Jiri Benc

fou does not really support IPv6 encapsulation. After an UDP socket is created in fou_create, the encap_rcv callback is set either to fou_udp_recv or to gue_udp_recv. Both of those unconditionally assume that the received packet has an IPv4 header and access the data at network_header as it was an IPv4 header. This leads to IPv6 flow label being interpreted as IP packet length, etc.

Disallow fou tunnel to be configured as IPv6 until real IPv6 support is added to fou.

---
v2: no change

---
 net/ipv4/fou.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
net/ipv4/fou.c +1 -1
index 2d1646cff057..e0fcbbbcfe54 100644
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ static int parse_nl_config(struct genl_info *info,
 	if (info->attrs[FOU_ATTR_AF]) {
 		u8 family = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[FOU_ATTR_AF]);
 
-		if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6)
+		if (family != AF_INET)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		cfg->udp_config.family = family;
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#9 lore raw

PATCH v2 4/4 vxlan: do not receive IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket

In reply to Jiri Benc

By default (subject to the sysctl settings), IPv6 sockets listen also for IPv4 traffic. Vxlan is not prepared for that and expects IPv6 header in packets received through an IPv6 socket.

In addition, it's currently not possible to have both IPv4 and IPv6 vxlan tunnel on the same port (unless bindv6only sysctl is enabled), as it's not possible to create and bind both IPv4 and IPv6 vxlan interfaces and there's no way to specify both IPv4 and IPv6 remote/group IP addresses.

Set IPV6_V6ONLY on vxlan sockets to fix both of these issues. This is not done globally in udp_tunnel, as l2tp and tipc seems to work okay when receiving IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket and people may rely on this behavior. The other tunnels (geneve and fou) do not support IPv6.

---
v2: no change

---
 drivers/net/vxlan.c       | 1 +
 include/net/udp_tunnel.h  | 3 ++-
 net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/net/vxlan.c +1 -0
index e3adfe0ef66b..6c5269aea544 100644
@@ -2530,6 +2530,7 @@ static struct socket *vxlan_create_sock(struct net *net, bool ipv6,
 		udp_conf.family = AF_INET6;
 		udp_conf.use_udp6_rx_checksums =
 		    !(flags & VXLAN_F_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX);
+		udp_conf.ipv6_v6only = 1;
 	} else {
 		udp_conf.family = AF_INET;
 	}
include/net/udp_tunnel.h +2 -1
index 35041d0fc21e..cb2f89f20f5c 100644
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ struct udp_port_cfg {
 	__be16			peer_udp_port;
 	unsigned int		use_udp_checksums:1,
 				use_udp6_tx_checksums:1,
-				use_udp6_rx_checksums:1;
+				use_udp6_rx_checksums:1,
+				ipv6_v6only:1;
 };
 
 int udp_sock_create4(struct net *net, struct udp_port_cfg *cfg,
net/ipv6/ip6_udp_tunnel.c +9 -0
index e1a1136bda7c..14dacf1df529 100644
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ int udp_sock_create6(struct net *net, struct udp_port_cfg *cfg,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error;
 
+	if (cfg->ipv6_v6only) {
+		int val = 1;
+
+		err = kernel_setsockopt(sock, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY,
+					(char *) &val, sizeof(val));
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto error;
+	}
+
 	udp6_addr.sin6_family = AF_INET6;
 	memcpy(&udp6_addr.sin6_addr, &cfg->local_ip6,
 	       sizeof(udp6_addr.sin6_addr));
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Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] ip_tunnels: convert the mode field of ip_tunnel_info to flags

In reply to Jiri Benc
Quoted 6 lines · Jiri Benc

The mode field holds a single bit of information only (whether the ip_tunnel_info struct is for rx or tx). Change the mode field to bit flags. This allows more mode flags to be added.

Acked-by on v2 2/4
#5 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ip_tunnels: record IP version in tunnel info

In reply to Jiri Benc

net/openvswitch/vport.c int ovs_tunnel_get_egress_info(struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info, · line 593

Quoted 12 lines · Jiri Benc
net/openvswitch/vport.c +2 -0
index e2dc9dac59e6..40164037928e 100644
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ int ovs_tunnel_get_egress_info(struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info,
 
 	if (unlikely(!tun_info))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tun_key = &tun_info->key;

Are you sure this chunk is needed? It looks like OVS_CB()->egress_tun_info can only be set via execute_set_action() which can only be of a supported AF type.

Otherwise this looks great.

#10 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] vxlan: do not receive IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket

In reply to Jiri Benc
Quoted 9 lines · Jiri Benc

By default (subject to the sysctl settings), IPv6 sockets listen also for IPv4 traffic. Vxlan is not prepared for that and expects IPv6 header in packets received through an IPv6 socket.

In addition, it's currently not possible to have both IPv4 and IPv6 vxlan tunnel on the same port (unless bindv6only sysctl is enabled), as it's not possible to create and bind both IPv4 and IPv6 vxlan interfaces and there's no way to specify both IPv4 and IPv6 remote/group IP addresses.

Quoted 6 lines

Set IPV6_V6ONLY on vxlan sockets to fix both of these issues. This is not done globally in udp_tunnel, as l2tp and tipc seems to work okay when receiving IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket and people may rely on this behavior. The other tunnels (geneve and fou) do not support IPv6.

Can we fix VXLAN instead? It should be possible to receive and send both v4 and v6 frames and represent it with metadata on a single socket.

Maybe set the flag if IFLA_VXLAN_COLLECT_METADATA is not set?

Acked-by on v2 1/4
#3 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] ip_tunnels: convert the mode field of ip_tunnel_info to flags

In reply to Jiri Benc
Quoted 9 lines · Jiri Benc

The mode field holds a single bit of information only (whether the ip_tunnel_info struct is for rx or tx). Change the mode field to bit flags. This allows more mode flags to be added.

---
v2: converted geneve fully, too
---

Acked-by on v2 2/4
#7 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ip_tunnels: record IP version in tunnel info

In reply to Jiri Benc
Quoted 8 lines · Jiri Benc

There's currently nothing preventing directing packets with IPv6 encapsulation data to IPv4 tunnels (and vice versa). If this happens, IPv6 addresses are incorrectly interpreted as IPv4 ones.

Track whether the given ip_tunnel_key contains IPv4 or IPv6 data. Store this in ip_tunnel_info. Reject packets at appropriate places if they are supposed to be encapsulated into an incompatible protocol.

Quoted 5 lines

---
v2: moved the af check in geneve before the first usage of tunnel info data
---

author
#6 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] ip_tunnels: record IP version in tunnel info

In reply to Thomas Graf
Quoted 12 lines · Thomas Graf
Quoted 11 lines · Jiri Benc
net/openvswitch/vport.c +2 -0
index e2dc9dac59e6..40164037928e 100644
@@ -587,6 +587,8 @@ int ovs_tunnel_get_egress_info(struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info,
 
 	if (unlikely(!tun_info))
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
Quoted 5 lines

net/openvswitch/vport.c int ovs_tunnel_get_egress_info(struct ip_tunnel_info *egress_tun_info, · line 593

Quoted 1 line
net/openvswitch/vport.c +0 -0
 	tun_key = &tun_info->key;

Are you sure this chunk is needed? It looks like OVS_CB()->egress_tun_info can only be set via execute_set_action() which can only be of a supported AF type.

It does no harm and I'm going to add IPv6 tunneling support to ovs soon. This is a nice reminder that this function is IPv4 only and needs to be extended.

Quoted 3 lines

Otherwise this looks great.

Thanks!

Jiri

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Jiri Benc
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#11 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] vxlan: do not receive IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket

In reply to Thomas Graf
Quoted 2 lines · Thomas Graf

Can we fix VXLAN instead? It should be possible to receive and send both v4 and v6 frames and represent it with metadata on a single socket.

That's actually what I intend to do next. But I need the flag and this patch for that. If IPv6 is enabled, I'll open two sockets within a single vxlan_sock for metadata based vxlan, IPv4 one and IPv6 one. It would be easier to just open an IPv6 socket and receive both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic through it but unfortunately, this depends on bindv6only sysctl. We don't want to have IPv4 vxlan broken if bindv6only is set. Therefore, we need two sockets, and the IPv6 one needs to be v6only.

Jiri

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In reply to Jiri Benc

From: Jiri Benc <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:48:18 +0200

Quoted 5 lines

With tunneling, it is currently possible to get an IPv6 header and interpret it as an IPv4 header, or to interpret an IPv6 address as an IPv4 address (and vice versa). This leads to things like sending packets to incorrect address, IPv6 flow label being interpreted as IP packet length, etc.

Quoted 8 lines

Fix several places where this can happen.

Most of this is net-next only. The third patch affects net, too, but it doesn't seem there's anything in user space that sets the attribute at all currently, thus net-next is fine.

Changelog:
v2: fixed geneve after incorrect rebase on top of Pravin's patches

Series applied, thanks Jiri.

#12 lore raw

Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] vxlan: do not receive IPv4 packets on IPv6 socket

In reply to Jiri Benc
Quoted 11 lines · Jiri Benc
Quoted 2 lines · Thomas Graf

Can we fix VXLAN instead? It should be possible to receive and send both v4 and v6 frames and represent it with metadata on a single socket.

That's actually what I intend to do next. But I need the flag and this patch for that. If IPv6 is enabled, I'll open two sockets within a single vxlan_sock for metadata based vxlan, IPv4 one and IPv6 one. It would be easier to just open an IPv6 socket and receive both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic through it but unfortunately, this depends on bindv6only sysctl. We don't want to have IPv4 vxlan broken if bindv6only is set. Therefore, we need two sockets, and the IPv6 one needs to be v6only.

Awesome, sounds great.