Fixes and tests for ICMP quoted packets checksum update - #1791
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When parsing an ICMP Error message, we determine whether the embedded IP packet fragment carries the full payload of the original packet, so that consumers know whether they can recompute the checksum of the embedded transport header from scratch. But we had two bugs in the full-payload detection, leading to false negatives: - Method check_full_payload() compares the length of the ICMP payload with the total length of the original IP packet, but we pass the number of bytes left in the cursor _after the embedded headers are consumed_, so the length of these headers is counted twice. Save the length before consuming the headers instead. - The length of the "original datagram" field is stored in the ICMP header (RFC 4884), and payload_length() retrieves it at a fixed offset in the buffer that it receives. But this buffer starts with the Ethernet header, not the ICMP header. Pass the buffer at the offset for the ICMP header instead. Fixes: 859192a ("feat(net): Check whether ICMP embedded packet is full") Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
The Bolero generator for the headers embedded in ICMPv6 Error messages sets the next header of the inner IPv6 header to ICMP, when it generates an embedded ICMPv6 header. As a consequence, we never parse the embedded header back as ICMPv6, and the fuzz tests relying on this generator don't cover embedded ICMPv6 headers at all. Use ICMPv6 instead. Fixes: f9652c5 ("feat(net): Support ICMP-in-ICMP") Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
The implementation of the increment_update_checksum() method hesitated between in-place checksum update (it takes a "&mut self" but doesn't use it) and returning the updated checksum. This led to bugs in calling functions, which assumed in-place update and discarded the result instead of updating the packet header with the new checksum. We recently fixed one of these functions (update_checksum() for EmbeddedTransport), but increment_update_checksum_32bit() and translate_inner_icmp() are still broken. Let's fix this by making increment_update_checksum() update in-place, so that no caller risks discarding the updated checksum. Fixes: f181232 ("fix(net): Store incremental checksum updates") Fixes: 89446b7 ("feat(nat): Translate inner ICMP Echo header for ICMP Error messages") Fixes: 45ed7b0 ("feat(net): Implement checksum handling for EmbeddedTransport") Fixes: 6ed51bc ("feat(net): Implement incremental checksum update") Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
In the NAT code, when translating the headers for an embedded packet fragment within an ICMP Error message, we update the checksum when translating the TCP/UDP ports or ICMP identifier; but we somehow omitted to update the checksum when translating the inner IP addresses, even though they're part of the pseudo-header considered for the TCP/UDP/ICMPv6 (but not ICMPv4) checksum! Let's update the checksum when the addresses change. Fixes: fab39ef ("feat(nat): Translate ICMP Error messages' inner IP packet") Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
Add checksum validation to the bolero tests for ICMP inner packet translation. Also add tests to validate the behaviour of checksum's incremental update: in particular, validate that we never update the checksum when the value does not change, or it might result on a different value (0x0000 instead of 0xffff for 1's complement), possibly associated to the "no checksum" value for UDP. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@qmon.net>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change updates incremental checksum APIs, applies transport checksum updates during embedded NAT address translation, and improves ICMPv4 and ICMPv6 quoted-payload length validation for truncated packets and RFC 4884 extensions. ChangesICMP embedded packet handling
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The PR changes ICMP quoted-packet parsing and checksum updates, but the current head can reject valid quoted packets and can convert a disabled IPv4 UDP checksum into a nonzero checksum during NAT. These correctness issues may cause packet handling failures or altered packet semantics, so the PR is not merge-ready until both are fixed. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@net/src/headers/embedded.rs`:
- Around line 643-645: Update the EmbeddedTransport::Udp handling so RFC 1624
checksum adjustment is skipped when the embedded IPv4 UDP checksum field is
zero, preserving the disabled-checksum sentinel; apply this rule only for IPv4
and retain checksum updates for valid checksums and other IP versions.
In `@net/src/icmp4/mod.rs`:
- Line 1324: Use RFC 4884 byte alignment for quoted datagrams: update the
padding calculation in net/src/icmp4/mod.rs:1324-1324 to next_multiple_of(4) and
net/src/icmp6/mod.rs:1375-1375 to next_multiple_of(8). Also update
EmbeddedHeaders::check_full_payload to accept lengths that are multiples of 4/8
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| EmbeddedTransport::Udp(udp) => { | ||
| let updated = udp.increment_update_checksum( | ||
| UdpChecksum::new(current_checksum), | ||
| old_value, | ||
| new_value, | ||
| ); | ||
| let _ = udp.set_checksum(updated); | ||
| let _ = udp.increment_update_checksum(UdpChecksum::new(raw), old, new); | ||
| } |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Preserve disabled IPv4 UDP checksums.
When an embedded IPv4 UDP header stores 0x0000, the field means that no UDP checksum is present. This branch applies RFC 1624 arithmetic to that value after NAT changes. It can write a nonzero checksum even though no original checksum exists.
Skip the update when the UDP checksum is zero, or pass the inner IP version into this method and apply that rule only for IPv4.
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EmbeddedTransport::Udp(udp) => {
- let _ = udp.increment_update_checksum(UdpChecksum::new(raw), old, new);
+ if raw != 0 {
+ let _ = udp.increment_update_checksum(UdpChecksum::new(raw), old, new);
+ }
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| EmbeddedTransport::Udp(udp) => { | |
| let updated = udp.increment_update_checksum( | |
| UdpChecksum::new(current_checksum), | |
| old_value, | |
| new_value, | |
| ); | |
| let _ = udp.set_checksum(updated); | |
| let _ = udp.increment_update_checksum(UdpChecksum::new(raw), old, new); | |
| } | |
| EmbeddedTransport::Udp(udp) => { | |
| if raw != 0 { | |
| let _ = udp.increment_update_checksum(UdpChecksum::new(raw), old, new); | |
| } | |
| } |
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In `@net/src/headers/embedded.rs` around lines 643 - 645, Update the
EmbeddedTransport::Udp handling so RFC 1624 checksum adjustment is skipped when
the embedded IPv4 UDP checksum field is zero, preserving the disabled-checksum
sentinel; apply this rule only for IPv4 and retain checksum updates for valid
checksums and other IP versions.
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| .with_generator((min_payload_len..=900, 0u8..=8)) | ||
| .for_each(|(payload_len, extension_words)| { | ||
| let quoted_len = QUOTED_HEADERS_LEN + usize::from(*payload_len); | ||
| let padding_len = quoted_len.next_multiple_of(32) - quoted_len; |
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Use byte alignment that matches RFC 4884 word sizes.
A 32-bit boundary is 4 bytes. A 64-bit boundary is 8 bytes. The current test construction mirrors the same 32/64-byte checks in EmbeddedHeaders::check_full_payload.
For example, an ICMPv4 quoted datagram of 129 bytes is valid with 3 bytes of padding and a length attribute of 33. The parser rejects its 132-byte length because it is not a multiple of 32. The equivalent ICMPv6 case fails for valid 8-byte alignment.
net/src/icmp4/mod.rs#L1324-L1324: pad the quoted datagram withnext_multiple_of(4).net/src/icmp6/mod.rs#L1375-L1375: pad the quoted datagram withnext_multiple_of(8).- Update
EmbeddedHeaders::check_full_payloadto require multiples of 4/8 bytes and padding shorter than 4/8 bytes for IPv4/IPv6 respectively.
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In `@net/src/icmp4/mod.rs` at line 1324, Use RFC 4884 byte alignment for quoted
datagrams: update the padding calculation in net/src/icmp4/mod.rs:1324-1324 to
next_multiple_of(4) and net/src/icmp6/mod.rs:1375-1375 to next_multiple_of(8).
Also update EmbeddedHeaders::check_full_payload to accept lengths that are
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Pull request overview
This PR improves handling of ICMPv4/ICMPv6 error messages that quote an inner IP packet, focusing on more accurate embedded-payload detection and correct/incremental checksum handling during NAT translation, with expanded tests to validate these behaviors.
Changes:
- Fix embedded-payload parsing for ICMP error messages (better separation of ICMP header vs payload when deciding quoted-packet length).
- Refactor checksum incremental update API to support in-place updates and avoid no-op updates that can change checksum “zero” representations.
- Add property-based tests for detecting full vs truncated embedded payloads, and expand NAT translation tests to validate checksum updates.
File summaries
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| net/src/icmp6/mod.rs | Adjust ICMPv6 embedded payload parsing and add tests around embedded payload completeness. |
| net/src/icmp4/mod.rs | Adjust ICMPv4 embedded payload parsing and add tests around embedded payload completeness. |
| net/src/headers/mod.rs | Update checksum-increment test usage to match in-place API. |
| net/src/headers/embedded.rs | Update embedded transport checksum update helpers to use new in-place checksum API and skip no-op updates. |
| net/src/checksum.rs | Introduce pure incremental_checksum helper and make incremental updates apply in-place with error handling. |
| nat/src/icmp_handler/icmp_error_msg.rs | Update NAT translation for ICMP inner packets to also update inner transport checksum when inner IP addresses change; extend tests to validate checksum behavior. |
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nat/src/icmp_handler/icmp_error_msg.rs:146
- Same concern as in source translation: for UDP/IPv4, a zero checksum (0x0000) commonly means "no checksum"; incrementally updating it during address translation changes semantics and likely creates an invalid checksum. Consider skipping the update when the embedded transport is UDP with checksum 0 on IPv4.
// See the comment on the source address translation: update the checksum of the inner
// transport header to account for the new address in the pseudo-header.
if let Some(transport) = embedded_headers.try_embedded_transport_mut() {
transport.update_checksum_for_address(old_addr, target_addr);
}
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| // The inner IP addresses belong to the pseudo-header covered by the checksum of the inner | ||
| // transport header, for TCP/UDP/ICMPv6 (but not ICMPv4). Update the checksum if relevant. | ||
| if let Some(transport) = embedded_headers.try_embedded_transport_mut() { | ||
| // Note: update_checksum_for_address is a no-op for ICMPv4 | ||
| transport.update_checksum_for_address(old_addr, target_addr); | ||
| } |
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| // Implement this as a default method rather than relying on individual's Self::Checksum types | ||
| // implementations, because etherparse currendly doesn't offer a way to compute incremental | ||
| // updates for checksums. |
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| /// Perform an incremental update in-place of the checksum in the header, like | ||
| /// `increment_update_checksum` but for a 16-bit value change. |
| /// | ||
| /// # Errors | ||
| /// | ||
| /// - Returns a [`ChecksumError`] if setting the checksum fails, |
| embedded_headers.payload_length() | ||
| } | ||
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| // Tthe length announced by the header of the quoted IP packet tells whether the ICMP Error |
| .with_generator((min_payload_len..=900, 0u8..=8)) | ||
| .for_each(|(payload_len, extension_words)| { | ||
| let quoted_len = QUOTED_HEADERS_LEN + usize::from(*payload_len); | ||
| let padding_len = quoted_len.next_multiple_of(32) - quoted_len; |
| .with_generator((min_payload_len..=900, 0u8..=8)) | ||
| .for_each(|(payload_len, extension_words)| { | ||
| let quoted_len = QUOTED_HEADERS_LEN + usize::from(*payload_len); | ||
| let padding_len = quoted_len.next_multiple_of(64) - quoted_len; |
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This was meant to be a simple follow-up for #1752 (comment), but one bug leading Claude to spot another, this now contains a bunch of fixes for ICMP Error messages' inner packets payload detection and checksum validation.
I don't think it collides with other PRs in flight (but could be wrong).