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[V2,net-next,3/5] net: add sysctl for enabling RFC 8335 PROBE messages

Message ID 9d167c46fbfb38ab8559695524b5a84449855e1b.1612393368.git.andreas.a.roeseler@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Series add support for RFC 8335 PROBE | expand

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Commit Message

Andreas Roeseler Feb. 3, 2021, 11:24 p.m. UTC
Section 8 of RFC 8335 specifies potential security concerns of
responding to PROBE requests, and states that nodes that support PROBE
functionality MUST be able to enable/disable responses and it is
disabled by default. 

Add sysctl to enable responses to PROBE messages. 

Signed-off-by: Andreas Roeseler <andreas.a.roeseler@gmail.com>
---
Changes since v1:
 - Combine patches related to sysctl into one patch
---
 include/net/netns/ipv4.h   | 1 +
 net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Willem de Bruijn Feb. 4, 2021, 7:52 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 6:29 PM Andreas Roeseler
<andreas.a.roeseler@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Section 8 of RFC 8335 specifies potential security concerns of
> responding to PROBE requests, and states that nodes that support PROBE
> functionality MUST be able to enable/disable responses and it is
> disabled by default.
>
> Add sysctl to enable responses to PROBE messages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Roeseler <andreas.a.roeseler@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  - Combine patches related to sysctl into one patch
> ---
>  include/net/netns/ipv4.h   | 1 +
>  net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
> index 70a2a085dd1a..362388ab40c8 100644
> --- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
> +++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
>  #endif
>
>         int sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_all;
> +       int sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe;
>         int sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts;
>         int sysctl_icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses;
>         int sysctl_icmp_ratelimit;
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
> index e5798b3b59d2..06b7241bc01d 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
> @@ -599,6 +599,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
>                 .mode           = 0644,
>                 .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec
>         },
> +       {
> +               .procname       = "icmp_echo_enable_probe",
> +               .data           = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe,
> +               .maxlen         = sizeof(int),
> +               .mode           = 0644,
> +               .proc_handler   = proc_dointvec
> +       },

proc_dointvec_minmax with zero and one.
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diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index 70a2a085dd1a..362388ab40c8 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@  struct netns_ipv4 {
 #endif
 
 	int sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_all;
+	int sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe;
 	int sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts;
 	int sysctl_icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses;
 	int sysctl_icmp_ratelimit;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index e5798b3b59d2..06b7241bc01d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -599,6 +599,13 @@  static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "icmp_echo_enable_probe",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts",
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts,