parseV6: only walk real ipv6 extension headers, fail closed on unknown protocols (#1840)

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Nate Brown
2026-08-20 13:21:08 -05:00
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parent 6fcb926334
commit 49e35d1283
5 changed files with 235 additions and 102 deletions
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
"testing"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
"golang.org/x/net/ipv4"
"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
)
@@ -474,3 +475,61 @@ func TestCreateICMPEchoResponse_IPv6_NotICMPv6(t *testing.T) {
result := CreateICMPEchoResponse(packet, out)
assert.Nil(t, result)
}
func Test_IPv6FindUpperProtocol(t *testing.T) {
src := net.ParseIP("fd00::1")
dst := net.ParseIP("fd00::2")
// 8 byte extension/transport stand-ins, first byte is the next header, second is the length field
extToTCP := []byte{6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} // len 0 -> 8 bytes, next = TCP
extToUDP := []byte{17, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} // len 0 -> 8 bytes, next = UDP
extToRouting := []byte{43, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} // len 0 -> 8 bytes, next = Routing
ahToUDP := []byte{17, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0} // AH len 0 -> (0+2)<<2 = 8 bytes, next = UDP
firstFragToUDP := []byte{17, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1} // frag offset 0, M=1, next = UDP
nonFirstFrag := []byte{17, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, 0, 1} // frag offset non-zero, next = UDP
transport := []byte{0, 80, 1, 187, 0, 0, 0, 0} // stand-in bytes, IPv6FindUpperProtocol never reads ports
tests := []struct {
name string
nextHeader uint8
payload []byte
wantProto uint8
wantOffset int
wantFragment bool
wantErr error
}{
{"plain udp", 17, transport, 17, ipv6.HeaderLen, false, nil},
{"hop-by-hop then tcp", 0, append(extToTCP, transport...), 6, ipv6.HeaderLen + 8, false, nil},
{"routing then tcp", 43, append(extToTCP, transport...), 6, ipv6.HeaderLen + 8, false, nil},
{"destination then udp", 60, append(extToUDP, transport...), 17, ipv6.HeaderLen + 8, false, nil},
{"hop-by-hop, routing, then tcp", 0, append(append(extToRouting, extToTCP...), transport...), 6, ipv6.HeaderLen + 16, false, nil},
{"ah then udp", 51, append(ahToUDP, transport...), 17, ipv6.HeaderLen + 8, false, nil},
{"first fragment walks to transport", 44, append(firstFragToUDP, transport...), 17, ipv6.HeaderLen + 8, false, nil},
{"non-first fragment stops", 44, append(nonFirstFrag, transport...), 17, ipv6.HeaderLen, true, nil},
{"unknown protocol is terminal", 132, transport, 132, ipv6.HeaderLen, false, nil}, // SCTP
{"truncated extension header", 0, nil, 0, ipv6.HeaderLen, false, ErrIPv6CouldNotFindPayload},
// Destination Options with a declared length (255+1)*8 = 2048 that runs past the 48 byte buffer, next = SCTP
{"extension length past buffer", 60, []byte{132, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, 132, ipv6.HeaderLen + 2048, false, ErrIPv6CouldNotFindPayload},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
packet := makeIPv6Packet(src, dst, tt.nextHeader, tt.payload)
proto, offset, isFragment, err := IPv6FindUpperProtocol(packet)
if tt.wantErr != nil {
assert.ErrorIs(t, err, tt.wantErr)
return
}
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.Equal(t, tt.wantProto, proto)
assert.Equal(t, tt.wantOffset, offset)
assert.Equal(t, tt.wantFragment, isFragment)
})
}
// A packet smaller than an ipv6 header must error rather than panic reading byte 6
t.Run("shorter than ipv6 header", func(t *testing.T) {
_, _, _, err := IPv6FindUpperProtocol(make([]byte, 6))
assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrIPv6CouldNotFindPayload)
})
}