[PATCH net v2 1/2] netfilter: skip recording stale or retransmitted INIT
Xin Long <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:46:40 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-sctp,org.kernel.vger.netdev,org.kernel.vger.netfilter-devel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <ee56c3e416452b2a40589a2a85245ac2ad5e9f4b.1777214801.git.lucien.xin@gmail.com> |
An INIT whose init_tag matches the peer's vtag does not provide new state
information. It indicates either:
- a stale INIT (after INIT-ACK has already been seen on the same side), or
- a retransmitted INIT (after INIT has already been recorded on the same
side).
In both cases, the INIT must not update ct->proto.sctp.init[] state, since
it does not advance the handshake tracking and may otherwise corrupt
INIT/INIT-ACK validation logic.
Allow INIT processing only when the conntrack entry is newly created
(SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE), or when the init_tag differs from the stored peer
vtag.
Note it skips the check for the ct with old_state SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE in
nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(), as it is just created in sctp_new() where it
set ct->proto.sctp.vtag[IP_CT_DIR_REPLY] = ih->init_tag.
Fixes: 9fb9cbb1082d ("[NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem.")
Signed-off-by: Xin Long <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]>
---
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
index 645d2c43ebf7..7e10fa65cbdd 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
@@ -466,9 +466,13 @@ int nf_conntrack_sctp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
if (!ih)
goto out_unlock;
- if (ct->proto.sctp.init[dir] && ct->proto.sctp.init[!dir])
- ct->proto.sctp.init[!dir] = 0;
- ct->proto.sctp.init[dir] = 1;
+ /* Do not record INIT matching peer vtag (stale or retransmitted INIT). */
+ if (old_state == SCTP_CONNTRACK_NONE ||
+ ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir] != ih->init_tag) {
+ if (ct->proto.sctp.init[dir] && ct->proto.sctp.init[!dir])
+ ct->proto.sctp.init[!dir] = 0;
+ ct->proto.sctp.init[dir] = 1;
+ }
pr_debug("Setting vtag %x for dir %d\n", ih->init_tag, !dir);
ct->proto.sctp.vtag[!dir] = ih->init_tag;
--
2.47.1