Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: add sysctl knob to control the discarding of skb from local in ip_forward

From: Florian Westphal <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:46:12 +0100

Changliang Wu <[email-masked]> wrote:
> This change is meant to add a control for forwarding skb from local.
> By default, ip forward will not receive the pakcet to/from the local.
> But in some special cases, for example:
> -
> |  ovs-bridge  gw-port |  <---->   kube-proxy(iptables) |
> -
> Ovs sends the packet to the gateway, which requires iptables for nat,
> such as kube-proxy (iptables), and then sends it back to the gateway
> through routing for further processing in ovs.

This a very terse description.  How does packet end up in forward
after skb->sk assignment?

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
> index 00ec819..06b7e00 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
> @@ -95,9 +95,6 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
>  	if (skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST)
>  		goto drop;
>  
> -	if (unlikely(skb->sk))
> -		goto drop;
> -

Please have a look at
2ab957492d13bb819400ac29ae55911d50a82a13

you need to explain why this is now ok.

Without explanation i have to assume stack will now crash again
when net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_accept_local=1 and TW socket is assigned.