Perform stateful nat

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Owen
2026-08-13 11:53:00 -04:00
parent 0ce7e6a8dd
commit 48dea3fcf9
5 changed files with 380 additions and 32 deletions
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@@ -1,57 +1,84 @@
package device
import "encoding/binary"
import (
"encoding/binary"
"sync"
"time"
"github.com/fosrl/newt/logger"
)
const (
ipv4SrcOffset = 12
ipv4DstOffset = 16
)
// FixIPv4Source rewrites an IPv4 packet's source address to correctSrc if it
// doesn't already match, incrementally fixing up the IPv4 header checksum
// and (for TCP/UDP) the transport checksum so the packet stays valid.
// doesn't already match. It returns whether a rewrite happened.
func FixIPv4Source(packet []byte, correctSrc [4]byte) bool {
return fixIPv4Address(packet, ipv4SrcOffset, correctSrc)
}
// FixIPv4Dest rewrites an IPv4 packet's destination address to correctDst if
// it doesn't already match. It returns whether a rewrite happened.
func FixIPv4Dest(packet []byte, correctDst [4]byte) bool {
return fixIPv4Address(packet, ipv4DstOffset, correctDst)
}
// fixIPv4Address rewrites the IPv4 address at the given header offset (source
// or destination) to newAddr if it doesn't already match, incrementally
// fixing up the IPv4 header checksum and (for TCP/UDP) the transport
// checksum so the packet stays valid.
//
// The common case - source already correct - is a single 4-byte comparison
// The common case - address already correct - is a single 4-byte comparison
// and nothing else, so this is safe to call unconditionally on every packet
// matched by a MiddleDevice rule. When a rewrite is needed, checksums are
// updated via the RFC 1624 incremental method (add the delta of the changed
// 16-bit words) rather than a full recompute over the packet, since only the
// address field changed. ICMP has no pseudo-header dependency on the IP
// addresses, so its checksum is left untouched. Non-IPv4 or malformed
// packets are left untouched.
func FixIPv4Source(packet []byte, correctSrc [4]byte) {
// address field changed. The formula is agnostic to which field (source or
// destination) changed - both are covered by the IPv4 header checksum and
// the TCP/UDP pseudo-header checksum identically. ICMP has no pseudo-header
// dependency on the IP addresses, so its checksum is left untouched.
// Non-IPv4 or malformed packets are left untouched.
func fixIPv4Address(packet []byte, offset int, newAddr [4]byte) bool {
if len(packet) < 20 || packet[0]>>4 != 4 {
return
return false
}
if packet[12] == correctSrc[0] && packet[13] == correctSrc[1] &&
packet[14] == correctSrc[2] && packet[15] == correctSrc[3] {
return
if packet[offset] == newAddr[0] && packet[offset+1] == newAddr[1] &&
packet[offset+2] == newAddr[2] && packet[offset+3] == newAddr[3] {
return false
}
ihl := int(packet[0]&0x0f) * 4
if ihl < 20 || len(packet) < ihl {
return
return false
}
oldSrc := [4]byte{packet[12], packet[13], packet[14], packet[15]}
old := [4]byte{packet[offset], packet[offset+1], packet[offset+2], packet[offset+3]}
ipChecksum := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[10:12])
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[10:12], checksumAdjust(ipChecksum, oldSrc[:], correctSrc[:]))
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[10:12], checksumAdjust(ipChecksum, old[:], newAddr[:]))
switch packet[9] {
case 6: // TCP
if len(packet) >= ihl+20 {
off := ihl + 16
old := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[off : off+2])
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[off:off+2], checksumAdjust(old, oldSrc[:], correctSrc[:]))
c := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[off : off+2])
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[off:off+2], checksumAdjust(c, old[:], newAddr[:]))
}
case 17: // UDP
if len(packet) >= ihl+8 {
off := ihl + 6
old := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[off : off+2])
if old != 0 { // zero means checksum not used - must stay zero
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[off:off+2], checksumAdjust(old, oldSrc[:], correctSrc[:]))
c := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[off : off+2])
if c != 0 { // zero means checksum not used - must stay zero
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(packet[off:off+2], checksumAdjust(c, old[:], newAddr[:]))
}
}
}
copy(packet[12:16], correctSrc[:])
copy(packet[offset:offset+4], newAddr[:])
return true
}
// checksumAdjust incrementally updates a ones-complement checksum after some
@@ -73,3 +100,145 @@ func checksumAdjust(checksum uint16, old, new []byte) uint16 {
return ^uint16(sum)
}
// ipv4L4Ports extracts the TCP/UDP source and destination ports from an IPv4
// packet. ok is false for anything else (non-IPv4, non-TCP/UDP, malformed).
func ipv4L4Ports(packet []byte) (proto uint8, srcPort, dstPort uint16, ok bool) {
if len(packet) < 20 || packet[0]>>4 != 4 {
return 0, 0, 0, false
}
proto = packet[9]
if proto != 6 && proto != 17 {
return 0, 0, 0, false
}
ihl := int(packet[0]&0x0f) * 4
if ihl < 20 || len(packet) < ihl+4 {
return 0, 0, 0, false
}
srcPort = binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[ihl : ihl+2])
dstPort = binary.BigEndian.Uint16(packet[ihl+2 : ihl+4])
return proto, srcPort, dstPort, true
}
// IPv4SourceEquals reports whether packet's IPv4 source address equals addr.
func IPv4SourceEquals(packet []byte, addr [4]byte) bool {
return len(packet) >= 16 && packet[0]>>4 == 4 &&
packet[12] == addr[0] && packet[13] == addr[1] && packet[14] == addr[2] && packet[15] == addr[3]
}
// natEntryTTL bounds how long an ExitNodeNAT entry is honored without being
// refreshed by further traffic on the same port. It's a var rather than a
// const so tests can shrink it. Chosen generously relative to typical
// request/response traffic - the only cost of expiring too early is the
// original bug reappearing for that one flow, not corruption of anything
// else, so this errs on the long side.
var natEntryTTL = 5 * time.Minute
type natKey struct {
proto uint8
port uint16
}
// ExitNodeNAT tracks which local (protocol, port) pairs had their outbound
// source address corrected by FixOutboundSource, so FixInboundDest can
// translate the destination of the matching inbound reply back to the
// address the local OS socket actually expects.
//
// This statefulness exists because rewriting the outbound packet's source
// only changes what goes out on the wire - it does not change the local
// kernel's own record of the connection's local address, which was already
// selected and cached (in the socket's own connection state) at connect()/
// send() time, before this packet ever reached this interception point.
// Without also translating the reply's destination back, the OS can't match
// the exit node's response to the socket waiting for it, and the request
// hangs even though the corrected outbound packet reached the server fine.
//
// Entries are keyed by local port only (not the full flow), refreshed on
// every match, and expire after natEntryTTL of inactivity - both so a later,
// unrelated connection that happens to reuse the same ephemeral port isn't
// wrongly treated as needing translation (e.g. one that was never affected
// because it bound explicitly to the correct address), and so the table
// doesn't grow unbounded over a long-lived tunnel.
type ExitNodeNAT struct {
mu sync.Mutex
seen map[natKey]time.Time
}
func NewExitNodeNAT() *ExitNodeNAT {
return &ExitNodeNAT{seen: make(map[natKey]time.Time)}
}
// FixOutboundSource rewrites packet's source to correctSrc (see
// FixIPv4Source) and, if a rewrite was needed, remembers the packet's source
// port so FixInboundDest knows to translate the reply back.
func (n *ExitNodeNAT) FixOutboundSource(packet []byte, correctSrc [4]byte) {
if !FixIPv4Source(packet, correctSrc) {
return
}
proto, srcPort, _, ok := ipv4L4Ports(packet)
if !ok {
return
}
key := natKey{proto, srcPort}
n.mu.Lock()
_, existed := n.seen[key]
n.seen[key] = time.Now()
n.prune()
n.mu.Unlock()
if !existed {
logger.Debug("ExitNodeNAT: corrected outbound source for proto=%d port=%d", proto, srcPort)
}
}
// FixInboundDest rewrites packet's destination to wrongDst, but only if its
// destination port matches an outbound flow FixOutboundSource actually
// corrected - otherwise this connection was never affected by the bug (e.g.
// a socket explicitly bound to the correct address already) and must be
// left alone.
func (n *ExitNodeNAT) FixInboundDest(packet []byte, wrongDst [4]byte) {
proto, _, dstPort, ok := ipv4L4Ports(packet)
if !ok {
return
}
key := natKey{proto, dstPort}
n.mu.Lock()
t, tracked := n.seen[key]
expired := tracked && time.Since(t) > natEntryTTL
if tracked {
if expired {
delete(n.seen, key)
tracked = false
} else {
n.seen[key] = time.Now()
}
}
n.mu.Unlock()
if expired {
logger.Warn("ExitNodeNAT: entry for proto=%d port=%d expired before a reply arrived on it - that flow's replies will be dropped by the OS from here on", proto, dstPort)
}
if !tracked {
return
}
FixIPv4Dest(packet, wrongDst)
}
// prune removes expired entries. Called with n.mu held, only from
// FixOutboundSource so the cost is amortized over new outbound connections
// rather than paid on every packet.
func (n *ExitNodeNAT) prune() {
now := time.Now()
for k, t := range n.seen {
if now.Sub(t) > natEntryTTL {
delete(n.seen, k)
}
}
}
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
"bytes"
"encoding/binary"
"testing"
"time"
)
// onesComplementSum computes an RFC 1071 ones-complement checksum from
@@ -218,3 +219,119 @@ func TestFixIPv4SourceMalformedPacketNoPanic(t *testing.T) {
FixIPv4Source([]byte{0x45, 0x00, 0x00}, correctSrc)
FixIPv4Source([]byte{0x60, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, correctSrc) // IPv6 version nibble
}
func TestFixIPv4DestUDP(t *testing.T) {
src := [4]byte{192, 168, 1, 1}
wrongDst := [4]byte{10, 0, 0, 1}
correctDst := [4]byte{10, 0, 0, 2}
payload := []byte("reply")
udp := buildUDPSegment(src, wrongDst, payload)
ip := buildIPv4Header(src, wrongDst, 17, len(udp))
packet := append(ip, udp...)
if !FixIPv4Dest(packet, correctDst) {
t.Fatal("expected FixIPv4Dest to report a rewrite")
}
if got := [4]byte{packet[16], packet[17], packet[18], packet[19]}; got != correctDst {
t.Fatalf("dest = %v, want %v", got, correctDst)
}
verifyIPv4HeaderChecksum(t, packet)
verifyUDPChecksum(t, packet, src, correctDst)
}
// exitNodeNATTestPacket builds a minimal IPv4/UDP packet with the given
// addresses and ports, for exercising ExitNodeNAT's port-based tracking.
func exitNodeNATTestPacket(src, dst [4]byte, srcPort, dstPort uint16) []byte {
seg := make([]byte, 8)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(seg[0:2], srcPort)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(seg[2:4], dstPort)
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(seg[4:6], uint16(len(seg)))
pseudo := make([]byte, 12+len(seg))
copy(pseudo[0:4], src[:])
copy(pseudo[4:8], dst[:])
pseudo[9] = 17
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(pseudo[10:12], uint16(len(seg)))
copy(pseudo[12:], seg)
csum := onesComplementSum(pseudo)
if csum == 0 {
csum = 0xffff
}
binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(seg[6:8], csum)
ip := buildIPv4Header(src, dst, 17, len(seg))
return append(ip, seg...)
}
func TestExitNodeNATRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
wrongSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 9} // primary/site tunnel IP (the bug's default pick)
correctSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 4} // exit node's secondary tunnel IP
serverIP := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 1}
const localPort = 52746
nat := NewExitNodeNAT()
// Outbound: kernel picked the wrong source; our fix rewrites it and should
// remember the local port so the reply gets translated.
outbound := exitNodeNATTestPacket(wrongSrc, serverIP, localPort, 80)
nat.FixOutboundSource(outbound, correctSrc)
if got := [4]byte{outbound[12], outbound[13], outbound[14], outbound[15]}; got != correctSrc {
t.Fatalf("outbound source = %v, want %v", got, correctSrc)
}
// Inbound reply: correctly addressed to correctSrc (the exit node saw the
// fixed source), but the OS's own connection state still expects wrongSrc.
reply := exitNodeNATTestPacket(serverIP, correctSrc, 80, localPort)
nat.FixInboundDest(reply, wrongSrc)
if got := [4]byte{reply[16], reply[17], reply[18], reply[19]}; got != wrongSrc {
t.Fatalf("reply dest = %v, want %v (translated back for the OS to match the socket)", got, wrongSrc)
}
verifyIPv4HeaderChecksum(t, reply)
}
func TestExitNodeNATUntrackedPortPassesThrough(t *testing.T) {
wrongSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 9}
correctSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 4}
serverIP := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 1}
const localPort = 55555 // never seen by FixOutboundSource
nat := NewExitNodeNAT()
// A socket that was already, legitimately bound to correctSrc: its reply
// must not be touched, since translating it would misroute it away from
// the socket that's actually expecting it.
reply := exitNodeNATTestPacket(serverIP, correctSrc, 80, localPort)
original := append([]byte(nil), reply...)
nat.FixInboundDest(reply, wrongSrc)
if !bytes.Equal(reply, original) {
t.Errorf("untracked port was translated: got %x, want unchanged %x", reply, original)
}
}
func TestExitNodeNATEntryExpires(t *testing.T) {
origTTL := natEntryTTL
natEntryTTL = 10 * time.Millisecond
defer func() { natEntryTTL = origTTL }()
wrongSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 9}
correctSrc := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 4}
serverIP := [4]byte{100, 89, 128, 1}
const localPort = 52746
nat := NewExitNodeNAT()
outbound := exitNodeNATTestPacket(wrongSrc, serverIP, localPort, 80)
nat.FixOutboundSource(outbound, correctSrc)
time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
reply := exitNodeNATTestPacket(serverIP, correctSrc, 80, localPort)
original := append([]byte(nil), reply...)
nat.FixInboundDest(reply, wrongSrc)
if !bytes.Equal(reply, original) {
t.Errorf("expired entry was still translated: got %x, want unchanged %x", reply, original)
}
}