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Caleb Jasik
2026-08-27 16:10:32 -05:00
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package iputil
import (
"encoding/binary"
"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
"github.com/slackhq/nebula/overlay/checksum"
"golang.org/x/net/ipv4"
"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
)
const udpHeaderLen = 8
// SetTransportChecksum recomputes the TCP or UDP checksum of an IPv4 or IPv6
// packet in place.
//
// A kernel that offloads checksums to the NIC hands a packet to a tun with the
// transport checksum unfinished: only the pseudo-header sum is in the field and
// the rest is left for hardware that a tun does not have. A packet written
// straight back to that tun is dropped on re-entry unless the checksum is
// completed first. ICMP is left alone; it arrived complete on the kernels this
// was measured against.
//
// So is any packet whose transport header cannot be located: fragments, unknown
// extension headers and truncated packets. An IPv6 fragment header is declined
// even when it carries the whole datagram (RFC 6946 atomic fragment), because
// the walk reports only that a fragment header was present.
func SetTransportChecksum(packet []byte) {
if len(packet) < 1 {
return
}
switch int(packet[0] >> 4) {
case ipv4.Version:
setTransportChecksum4(packet)
case ipv6.Version:
setTransportChecksum6(packet)
}
}
func setTransportChecksum4(packet []byte) {
if len(packet) < ipv4.HeaderLen {
return
}
ihl := int(packet[0]&0x0f) << 2
end := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[2:4]))
if ihl < ipv4.HeaderLen || end < ihl || end > len(packet) {
return
}
// The checksum covers the whole datagram, which a fragment (MF set or a
// non-zero offset) does not carry.
if binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[6:8])&0x3fff != 0 {
return
}
transport, ok := transportExtent(packet[ihl:end], packet[9])
if !ok {
return
}
csum := ipv4PseudoheaderChecksum(packet[12:16], packet[16:20], uint32(packet[9]), uint32(len(transport)))
writeTransportChecksum(transport, layers.IPProtocol(packet[9]), csum)
}
func setTransportChecksum6(packet []byte) {
if len(packet) < ipv6.HeaderLen {
return
}
end := ipv6.HeaderLen + int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[4:6]))
if end > len(packet) {
return
}
// The checksum covers the whole datagram, which a fragment does not carry.
// An unknown extension header hides where the transport header starts. A
// chain longer than the walk's budget ends it early, at an offset that was
// never checked against the packet.
proto, offset, _, anyFragment, err := IPv6FindUpperProtocol(packet[:end])
if err != nil || anyFragment || offset >= end {
return
}
transport, ok := transportExtent(packet[offset:end], proto)
if !ok {
return
}
csum := ipv6PseudoheaderChecksum(packet[8:24], packet[24:40], uint32(proto), uint32(len(transport)))
writeTransportChecksum(transport, layers.IPProtocol(proto), csum)
}
// transportExtent narrows a segment to the length its own header declares. UDP
// carries a Length field, and RFC 768 and RFC 8200 section 8.1 both make that
// field, not the IP payload extent, the length the pseudo-header counts and the
// checksum covers; a datagram padded out to a link's minimum frame is the usual
// way the two differ. TCP has no such field, so its segment runs to the end of
// the IP payload. A Length that overruns the bytes IP delivered describes a
// datagram that is not there.
func transportExtent(transport []byte, proto uint8) ([]byte, bool) {
if layers.IPProtocol(proto) != layers.IPProtocolUDP {
return transport, true
}
if len(transport) < udpHeaderLen {
return nil, false
}
ulen := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(transport[4:6]))
if ulen < udpHeaderLen || ulen > len(transport) {
return nil, false
}
return transport[:ulen], true
}
// writeTransportChecksum stores the checksum of transport, taken over the
// pseudo-header sum csum, in the header's checksum field. A UDP checksum that
// computes to zero goes on the wire as 0xffff: zero means no checksum was
// computed (RFC 768), and over IPv6 the checksum is mandatory (RFC 8200
// section 8.1).
func writeTransportChecksum(transport []byte, proto layers.IPProtocol, csum uint32) {
var at, minLen int
switch proto {
case layers.IPProtocolTCP:
at, minLen = 16, 20
case layers.IPProtocolUDP:
at, minLen = 6, udpHeaderLen
default:
return
}
if len(transport) < minLen {
return
}
transport[at], transport[at+1] = 0, 0
sum := ^checksum.Checksum(transport, fold(csum))
if sum == 0 && proto == layers.IPProtocolUDP {
sum = 0xffff
}
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(transport[at:], sum)
}
// fold reduces a pseudo-header sum to the 16 bit seed Checksum takes. Carrying
// the high half back into the low half is what keeps the reduction lossless, so
// the seed sums exactly as the wider value would; 0xffff is its fixed point.
// Every term of that sum comes from a 16 bit field, so it stays far below the
// width at which the accumulator would wrap.
func fold(csum uint32) uint16 {
for csum > 0xffff {
csum = (csum >> 16) + (csum & 0xffff)
}
return uint16(csum)
}
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package iputil
import (
"encoding/binary"
"net"
"testing"
"github.com/google/gopacket"
"github.com/google/gopacket/layers"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
)
// serialize builds a packet with gopacket, whose checksums are computed
// independently of this package.
func serialize(t *testing.T, ls ...gopacket.SerializableLayer) []byte {
buf := gopacket.NewSerializeBuffer()
require.NoError(t, gopacket.SerializeLayers(buf, gopacket.SerializeOptions{FixLengths: true, ComputeChecksums: true}, ls...))
return append([]byte(nil), buf.Bytes()...)
}
// withExtensionHeader inserts an 8 byte IPv6 extension header of the given
// type between the IPv6 header and its payload. The transport checksum does not
// change: the pseudo-header counts only upper-layer bytes.
func withExtensionHeader(pkt []byte, typ layers.IPProtocol, hdr [8]byte) []byte {
hdr[0] = pkt[6]
out := make([]byte, 0, len(pkt)+8)
out = append(out, pkt[:40]...)
out = append(out, hdr[:]...)
out = append(out, pkt[40:]...)
out[6] = byte(typ)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(out[4:6], binary.BigEndian.Uint16(pkt[4:6])+8)
return out
}
// truncate copies the first n bytes into a buffer of exactly that capacity, so
// a read past the length panics instead of quietly succeeding.
func truncate(pkt []byte, n int) []byte {
out := make([]byte, n)
copy(out, pkt)
return out
}
// extChain builds an IPv6 packet fronted by n Destination Options headers. Each
// points at another one, so the walk spends its whole budget without reaching a
// transport header. lastExtLen inflates the final header's declared length,
// which is how the walk ends up past the end of the packet.
func extChain(n int, lastExtLen byte) []byte {
pkt := make([]byte, ipv6.HeaderLen)
pkt[0], pkt[6], pkt[7] = 0x60, 60, 64
for i := range n {
h := make([]byte, 8)
h[0] = 60
if i == n-1 {
h[1] = lastExtLen
}
pkt = append(pkt, h...)
}
pkt = append(pkt, make([]byte, 20)...)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(pkt[4:6], uint16(len(pkt)-ipv6.HeaderLen))
return pkt
}
func TestSetTransportChecksum(t *testing.T) {
// Source and destination differ so that a pseudo-header built from the wrong
// one, or from the two swapped, does not land on the same checksum anyway.
v4 := func(proto layers.IPProtocol) *layers.IPv4 {
return &layers.IPv4{Version: 4, TTL: 64, Id: 0x1234, Protocol: proto, SrcIP: net.IPv4(192, 0, 2, 1).To4(), DstIP: net.IPv4(198, 51, 100, 2).To4()}
}
v6 := func(proto layers.IPProtocol) *layers.IPv6 {
return &layers.IPv6{Version: 6, HopLimit: 64, NextHeader: proto, SrcIP: net.ParseIP("2001:db8::1"), DstIP: net.ParseIP("2001:db8:1::2")}
}
tcp := func(ip gopacket.NetworkLayer) *layers.TCP {
l := &layers.TCP{SrcPort: 49152, DstPort: 443, SYN: true, Window: 65535}
require.NoError(t, l.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ip))
return l
}
udp := func(ip gopacket.NetworkLayer) *layers.UDP {
l := &layers.UDP{SrcPort: 49152, DstPort: 53}
require.NoError(t, l.SetNetworkLayerForChecksum(ip))
return l
}
payload := gopacket.Payload("self")
nop := layers.IPv4Option{OptionType: 1, OptionLength: 1}
ip4tcp := v4(layers.IPProtocolTCP)
ip4opts := v4(layers.IPProtocolTCP)
ip4opts.Options = []layers.IPv4Option{nop, nop, nop, nop}
ip4udp := v4(layers.IPProtocolUDP)
ip6tcp := v6(layers.IPProtocolTCP)
ip6udp := v6(layers.IPProtocolUDP)
hopByHop := [8]byte{0, 0, 1, 4} // next header, length 0, PadN of 4
// Bytes past the length the IP header declares are not part of the
// datagram and must not be summed.
trailing4 := append(serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload), []byte("trailing")...)
trailing6 := append(serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), []byte("trailing")...)
// A datagram padded out past the length UDP declares: the pseudo-header
// counts the UDP Length field, so the checksum is the unpadded one.
padded4 := append(serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), payload), []byte("pad!")...)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(padded4[2:4], uint16(len(padded4)))
padded6 := append(serialize(t, ip6udp, udp(ip6udp), payload), []byte("pad!")...)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(padded6[4:6], uint16(len(padded6)-ipv6.HeaderLen))
// Corrupting the checksum and asking for it back must yield gopacket's
// packet, byte for byte.
recomputed := []struct {
name string
pkt []byte
cksum int
}{
{"v4 tcp", serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload), 20 + 16},
{"v4 tcp with ip options", serialize(t, ip4opts, tcp(ip4opts), payload), 24 + 16},
{"v4 udp", serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), payload), 20 + 6},
{"v4 tcp header only", serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp)), 20 + 16},
{"v4 udp header only", serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp)), 20 + 6},
{"v6 tcp", serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), 40 + 16},
{"v6 udp", serialize(t, ip6udp, udp(ip6udp), payload), 40 + 6},
{"v6 udp header only", serialize(t, ip6udp, udp(ip6udp)), 40 + 6},
{"v6 tcp behind hop-by-hop", withExtensionHeader(serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), layers.IPProtocolIPv6HopByHop, hopByHop), 48 + 16},
{"v4 tcp with bytes past the total length", trailing4, 20 + 16},
{"v6 tcp with bytes past the payload length", trailing6, 40 + 16},
{"v4 udp padded past its declared length", padded4, 20 + 6},
{"v6 udp padded past its declared length", padded6, 40 + 6},
}
for _, tt := range recomputed {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
got := append([]byte(nil), tt.pkt...)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(got[tt.cksum:], 0x1234)
require.NotEqual(t, tt.pkt, got)
SetTransportChecksum(got)
assert.Equal(t, tt.pkt, got)
})
}
ip4frag := v4(layers.IPProtocolTCP)
ip4frag.Flags = layers.IPv4MoreFragments
ip4later := v4(layers.IPProtocolTCP)
ip4later.FragOffset = 1
ip4icmp := v4(layers.IPProtocolICMPv4)
badIHL := serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload)
badIHL[0] = 0x44 // header length 16, shorter than an ipv4 header
shortTotalLen := serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(shortTotalLen[2:4], 10) // shorter than the header it introduces
cutTCP := serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(cutTCP[2:4], 20+19) // one byte short of a tcp header
cutTCP = truncate(cutTCP, 20+19)
cutUDP := serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(cutUDP[2:4], 20+7) // one byte short of a udp header
cutUDP = truncate(cutUDP, 20+7)
// Two bytes short, so a transport header survives whole and the minimum
// length check cannot stand in for the bounds check.
cutV6 := truncate(serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), 62)
fragment := [8]byte{0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1} // next header, reserved, offset 0 with M set, id
overrun4 := serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(overrun4[24:26], uint16(len(overrun4)-20+1)) // one byte past what ip delivered
overrun6 := serialize(t, ip6udp, udp(ip6udp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(overrun6[44:46], uint16(len(overrun6)-ipv6.HeaderLen+1))
shortUDPLen := serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), payload)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(shortUDPLen[24:26], 7) // shorter than the header it counts
// Where the checksum cannot be completed the packet is left as it came.
untouched := []struct {
name string
pkt []byte
cksum int
}{
{"v4 first fragment", serialize(t, ip4frag, tcp(ip4frag), payload), 20 + 16},
{"v4 later fragment", serialize(t, ip4later, tcp(ip4later), payload), 20 + 16},
{"v4 icmp", serialize(t, ip4icmp, &layers.ICMPv4{TypeCode: layers.CreateICMPv4TypeCode(8, 0), Id: 1, Seq: 1}, payload), 20 + 2},
{"v4 header length below the minimum", badIHL, 20 + 16},
{"v4 total length below the header length", shortTotalLen, 20 + 16},
{"v4 truncated below its total length", truncate(serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), payload), 30), -1},
{"v4 tcp header cut short", cutTCP, 20 + 16},
{"v4 udp header cut short", cutUDP, -1},
{"v6 fragment", withExtensionHeader(serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), layers.IPProtocolIPv6Fragment, fragment), 48 + 16},
{"v6 truncated below its payload length", truncate(serialize(t, ip6tcp, tcp(ip6tcp), payload), 50), -1},
{"v6 truncated with a whole transport header still present", cutV6, 40 + 16},
{"v6 extension header chain longer than the walk", extChain(9, 0), 112 + 16},
{"v6 extension header chain running past the packet", extChain(8, 255), 104 + 16},
{"v4 udp length past the end of the datagram", overrun4, 20 + 6},
{"v6 udp length past the end of the datagram", overrun6, 40 + 6},
{"v4 udp length below a udp header", shortUDPLen, 20 + 6},
}
for _, tt := range untouched {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
if tt.cksum >= 0 {
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(tt.pkt[tt.cksum:], 0x1234)
}
want := append([]byte(nil), tt.pkt...)
SetTransportChecksum(tt.pkt)
assert.Equal(t, want, tt.pkt)
})
}
t.Run("too short to carry a header", func(t *testing.T) {
for _, pkt := range [][]byte{nil, {}, {0x45}, {0x60}} {
assert.NotPanics(t, func() { SetTransportChecksum(pkt) })
}
})
t.Run("tcp checksum of zero goes out as zero", func(t *testing.T) {
pkt := serialize(t, ip4tcp, tcp(ip4tcp), gopacket.Payload{0, 0})
c := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(pkt[36:38])
require.NotZero(t, c)
// Only udp reserves zero to mean "not computed", so tcp keeps it.
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(pkt[40:42], c)
SetTransportChecksum(pkt)
assert.Zero(t, binary.BigEndian.Uint16(pkt[36:38]))
})
t.Run("udp checksum of zero goes out as 0xffff", func(t *testing.T) {
pkt := serialize(t, ip4udp, udp(ip4udp), gopacket.Payload{0, 0})
c := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(pkt[26:28])
require.NotZero(t, c)
// The one's complement sum is now 0xffff - c; adding c to the payload
// makes it 0xffff, whose complement is zero.
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(pkt[28:30], c)
SetTransportChecksum(pkt)
assert.Equal(t, uint16(0xffff), binary.BigEndian.Uint16(pkt[26:28]))
})
}
func TestFold(t *testing.T) {
// 0xffff is the fold's fixed point, so a loop bound one notch tight never
// terminates on it.
for _, tt := range []struct {
in uint32
want uint16
}{
{0, 0},
{0xffff, 0xffff},
{0x10000, 1},
{0x1fffe, 0xffff},
{0xffffffff, 0xffff},
} {
assert.Equal(t, tt.want, fold(tt.in))
}
}