From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>, passt-dev@passt.top
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] tcp, udp, conf: Don't silently ignore listens on unsupported IP versions
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 19:28:49 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105082850.1985300-3-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260105082850.1985300-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Currently, it's possible to explicitly ask for forwarding from an IPv4
address, while disabling IPv4:
$ pasta -t 192.0.2.1/12345 -6
or vice versa:
$ pasta -t 2001:db8::1/12345 -4
Currently, the impossible to implement forwarding option will be silently
ignored. That's potentially confusing since in a complex setup, it might
not be obvious why the requested forward isn't taking effect.
Specifically, it's ignored at a fairly low level: tcp_listen() and
udp_listen() ignore it and return 0. Those run kind of late to give a
good error message. Change the low-level functions to return -EACCES
(chosen because that's what the kernel will return if you request IPv6
when it's disabled by sysctl). Most callers of {tcp,udp}_listen() ignore
the return code, so this is a no-op for them. In the remaining caller,
conf_ports_range_except() check for the case explicitly, and provide a
meaningful error message.
Of itself, this bug is insignificant, but this is a roadblock to having
{tcp,udp}_listen() return socket fds, which in turn is a roadblock to my
flexible forwarding work. So, might as well fix it.
Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=186
Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
---
conf.c | 10 ++++++++++
tcp.c | 6 ++----
udp.c | 6 ++----
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 70ea168c..cc3c20a9 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ static void conf_ports_range_except(const struct ctx *c, char optname,
optname, optarg);
}
+ if (addr) {
+ if (!c->ifi4 && inany_v4(addr)) {
+ die("IPv4 is disabled, can't use -%c %s",
+ optname, optarg);
+ } else if (!c->ifi6 && !inany_v4(addr)) {
+ die("IPv6 is disabled, can't use -%c %s",
+ optname, optarg);
+ }
+ }
+
for (i = first; i <= last; i++) {
if (bitmap_isset(exclude, i))
continue;
diff --git a/tcp.c b/tcp.c
index e7fa85f3..67007c05 100644
--- a/tcp.c
+++ b/tcp.c
@@ -2700,16 +2700,14 @@ int tcp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
/* Restrict to v6 only */
addr = &inany_any6;
else if (inany_v4(addr))
- /* Nothing to do */
- return 0;
+ return -EACCES;
}
if (!c->ifi6) {
if (!addr)
/* Restrict to v4 only */
addr = &inany_any4;
else if (!inany_v4(addr))
- /* Nothing to do */
- return 0;
+ return -EACCES;
}
if (pif == PIF_HOST) {
diff --git a/udp.c b/udp.c
index eda55c39..8cfa1e1f 100644
--- a/udp.c
+++ b/udp.c
@@ -1162,16 +1162,14 @@ int udp_listen(const struct ctx *c, uint8_t pif,
/* Restrict to v6 only */
addr = &inany_any6;
else if (inany_v4(addr))
- /* Nothing to do */
- return 0;
+ return -EACCES;
}
if (!c->ifi6) {
if (!addr)
/* Restrict to v4 only */
addr = &inany_any4;
else if (!inany_v4(addr))
- /* Nothing to do */
- return 0;
+ return -EACCES;
}
s = pif_sock_l4(c, EPOLL_TYPE_UDP_LISTEN, pif,
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-05 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-05 8:28 [PATCH 0/3] Allow listen functions to return fds David Gibson
2026-01-05 8:28 ` [PATCH 1/3] conf: Introduce --no-bindtodevice option for testing David Gibson
2026-01-05 8:28 ` David Gibson [this message]
2026-01-05 8:28 ` [PATCH 3/3] tcp, udp: Make {tcp,udp}_listen() return socket fds David Gibson
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