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mptcp: fix length of MP_PRIO suboption
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With version 0 of the protocol it was legal to encode the 'Subflow Id' in
the MP_PRIO suboption, to specify which subflow would change its 'Backup'
flag. This has been removed from v1 specification: thus, according to RFC
8684 §3.3.8, the resulting 'Length' for MP_PRIO changed from 4 to 3 byte.

Current Linux generates / parses MP_PRIO according to the old spec, using
'Length' equal to 4, and hardcoding 1 as 'Subflow Id'; RFC compliance can
improve if we change 'Length' in other to become 3, leaving a 'Nop' after
the MP_PRIO suboption. In this way the kernel will emit and accept *only*
MP_PRIO suboptions that are compliant to version 1 of the MPTCP protocol.

 unpatched 5.11-rc kernel:
 [root@bottarga ~]# tcpdump -tnnr unpatched.pcap | grep prio
 reading from file unpatched.pcap, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked v1)
 dropped privs to tcpdump
 IP 10.0.3.2.48433 > 10.0.1.1.10006: Flags [.], ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 4032325513 ecr 1876514270,mptcp prio non-backup id 1,mptcp dss ack 14084896651682217737], length 0

 patched 5.11-rc kernel:
 [root@bottarga ~]# tcpdump -tnnr patched.pcap | grep prio
 reading from file patched.pcap, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked v1)
 dropped privs to tcpdump
 IP 10.0.3.2.49735 > 10.0.1.1.10006: Flags [.], ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 1276737699 ecr 2686399734,mptcp prio non-backup,nop,mptcp dss ack 18433038869082491686], length 0

Changes since v2:
 - when accounting for option space, don't increment 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO'
   and use 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO_ALIGN' instead, thanks to Matthieu Baerts.
Changes since v1:
 - refactor patch to avoid using 'TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO' with its old value,
   thanks to Geliang Tang.

Fixes: 0670654 ("mptcp: add the outgoing MP_PRIO support")
Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <mathew.j.martineau@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthieu Baerts <matthieu.baerts@tessares.net>
Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@redhat.com>
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dcaratti authored and jenkins-tessares committed Feb 2, 2021
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions net/mptcp/options.c
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Expand Up @@ -699,10 +699,11 @@ static bool mptcp_established_options_mp_prio(struct sock *sk,
if (!subflow->send_mp_prio)
return false;

if (remaining < TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO)
/* account for the trailing 'nop' option */
if (remaining < TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO_ALIGN)
return false;

*size = TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO;
*size = TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO_ALIGN;
opts->suboptions |= OPTION_MPTCP_PRIO;
opts->backup = subflow->request_bkup;

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion net/mptcp/protocol.h
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Expand Up @@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_ADD_ADDR6_BASE_PORT 24
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PORT_LEN 4
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_RM_ADDR_BASE 4
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO 4
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO 3
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_PRIO_ALIGN 4
#define TCPOLEN_MPTCP_FASTCLOSE 12

/* MPTCP MP_JOIN flags */
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