[3.8.y.z extended stable] Patch "netfilter: ipv4: defrag: set local_df flag on defragmented skb" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    netfilter: ipv4: defrag: set local_df flag on defragmented skb

to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.24.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 2368f33298178afb7ae84e9f0d63def9c03c01be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Westphal <fw at strlen.de>
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 15:32:16 +0200
Subject: netfilter: ipv4: defrag: set local_df flag on defragmented skb

commit 895162b1101b3ea5db08ca6822ae9672717efec0 upstream.

else we may fail to forward skb even if original fragments do fit
outgoing link mtu:

1. remote sends 2k packets in two 1000 byte frags, DF set
2. we want to forward but only see '2k > mtu and DF set'
3. we then send icmp error saying that outgoing link is 1500

But original sender never sent a packet that would not fit
the outgoing link.

Setting local_df makes outgoing path test size vs.
IPCB(skb)->frag_max_size, so we will still send the correct
error in case the largest original size did not fit
outgoing link mtu.

Reported-by: Maxime Bizon <mbizon at freebox.fr>
Suggested-by: Maxime Bizon <mbizon at freebox.fr>
Fixes: 5f2d04f1f9 (ipv4: fix path MTU discovery with connection tracking)
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw at strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv4.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv4.c
index 7428155..4cfb3bd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv4.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_zones.h>

-/* Returns new sk_buff, or NULL */
 static int nf_ct_ipv4_gather_frags(struct sk_buff *skb, u_int32_t user)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -33,8 +32,10 @@ static int nf_ct_ipv4_gather_frags(struct sk_buff *skb, u_int32_t user)
 	err = ip_defrag(skb, user);
 	local_bh_enable();

-	if (!err)
+	if (!err) {
 		ip_send_check(ip_hdr(skb));
+		skb->local_df = 1;
+	}

 	return err;
 }
--
1.9.1