When the NIB is compiled for 6LN mode (but not a 6LBR), the Stateless
Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) functionality is disabled, as it is
typically not required; see `sys/include/net/gnrc/ipv6/nib/conf.h`, ll.
46 and 55. However, if a non-6LN interface is also compiled in (still
without making the node a border router) an auto-configured address will
be assigned in accordance with [RFC 6775] to the interface, just
assuming the interface is a 6LN interface. As it then only performs
duplicate address detection RFC-6775-style then, the address then never
becomes valid, as the duplicate address detection according to [RFC
4862] (part of the SLAAC functionality) is never performed.
As auto-configuring an address without SLAAC doesn't make sense, this
fix makes the interface skip it completely, but provides a warning to
the user, so they know what to do.
[RFC 6775]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6775#section-5.2
[RFC 4862]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862#section-5.4
The functions now are semantic distinct:
- gnrc_netif_is_6lo(): the interface is a 6Lo interface
- gnrc_netif_is_6ln(): the interface is using Neighbor Discovery
according to RFC 6775
We want to check if the interface is an interface requiring the 6Lo
adaptation layer, not if it is a 6LN according to RFC 6775 [[1]].
[1]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6775#section-2
When writing to the IPv6 header the implementation currently doesn't
take the packet with the (potentially) duplicated header, but the
packet with the original one, which leads to the packet sent and then
released in `gnrc_netif_ethernet.c` first and then accessed again in
further iterations of the "writing to the IPv6 header" loop, which
causes access to an invalid pointer, causing a crash.
Fixes#11980
While 485dbd1fda (from #12175) was right
in assuming that the for most ICMPv6 error messages the originating
packet's destination address must not be a multicast, this is not the
case for _all_ ICMPv6 error messages (see [RFC 4443], section 2.4(e.3)).
Additionally, 485dbd1fda removed the
check for the source address ([RFC 4443], section 2.4(e.6)), which this
PR re-adds.
[RFC 4443]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4443#section-2.4
Rather than dispatching the packet automatically once it is complete,
`gnrc_sixlowpan_frag_rb_add()` now only returns success, and leaves it
to the caller to dispatch the packet.
While it is correct to not use an invalid address as a source address,
it is incorrect to assume that addresses not assigned to the interface
(`idx == -1` in the respective piece of code) are invalid: Other than
classic forwarding via a FIB, forwarded packets utilizing a IPv6
routing header will pass this check, like any other packet sent by this
node. The source address for these is not on the given node, so e.g.
source routing is not possible at the moment.
The IPv6 (extension) headers of the first fragment received are re-used
for the reassembled packet, so when receiving a subsequent packet we
need to distinguish, if we just want to release the payload or all of
the packet after the packet data was added to the reassembly buffer.
Due to some changes to the minimal forwarding draft and in preparation
for Selective Fragment Recovery some changes to the VRB API were
needed. Now the index of a VRB entry is only (L2 src, tag) not as
before (L2 src, L2 dst, length, tag).
I know that the current `rbuf_base` causes waste, as all the fields not
used by the new index are effectively not used by the VRB. I'd like to
fix that however in a later change, since that also requires some
modifications of the classic reassembly buffer, and thus would
complicate the review and testing of the change.
Sources for the index change:
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-6lo-minimal-fragment-04#section-1
- https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/6lo/?gbt=1&index=DLCTxC2X4bRNtYPHhtEkavMWlz4
TCP options have up to three fields (kind, length, value). The
current code only checks for the presence of the first field. Before
accessing the second field (length) the code must ensure that a length
field is even present.
A received packet is outputted in DEBUG _after_ it was already parsed,
but with a reference to the already parsed header. The result is that
there can be some garbage in the output and the packet is not dumped in
total. As without parsing we do not have access to the header yet, we
use the `gnrc_netif_addr_to_str()` helper function instead of parsing
the destination address by hand.
before this commit the src address was checked for multicast, but the dst address should be checked. Therefore udp multicast packets would be flooded back to the src as ICMPv6 error, as not all nodes had a UDP receiver registered.
From the gnrc_pktbuf_mark documentation:
It's not guaranteed that `result->data` points to the
same address as the original `pkt->data.
Thus it should be necessary to update the `hdr` pointer.
If an address was pre-configured by the upper layer its validity is
currently ignored. It is neither checked if the address is on the
interface at all nor is it checked if it is valid.
This change provides a fix for that by checking both facts.
When reworking the reception of IPv6 packets I reset a previously set
`ipv6` snip as follows when the IPv6 extension handler returns a
packet (see first hunk of this commit):
```C
ipv6 = pkt->next->next
```
With `gnrc_ipv6_ext` this makes *somewhat* sense, `pkt->next` was
previously equal to `ipv6` and after the function call `pkt->next`
is the marked extension header, while `pkt->next->next` is the IPv6
header. However, since `ipv6` is already write-protected i.e.
`ipv6->users == 1` (see ll. 665-675), any additional call of
`gnrc_pktbuf_start_write()` [won't][start-write-doc] duplicate the
packet. In fact, the only `gnrc_pktbuf_start_write()` in
`gnrc_ipv6_ext` is used to send the *result* to the subscribers of that
extension header type, leaving the original packet unchanged for the
caller. As such `ipv6` remains the pointer to the IPv6 header whether
we set it in the line above or not. So we actually don't need that
line.
However, the extension header handling also returns a packet when
`gnrc_ipv6_ext` is not compiled in. In that case it is just a dummy
define that returns the packet you give provide it which means that
this still holds true: `pkt->next == ipv6`.
So setting `ipv6` in this case is actually harmful, as `ipv6` now
points to the NETIF header [following the IPv6 header][pkt-structure]
in the packet and this causes the `user` counter of that NETIF header
`hdr` to be decremented if `hdr->users > 1` in the write-protection I
removed in hunk 2 of this commit:
```C
/* pkt might not be writable yet, if header was given above */
ipv6 = gnrc_pktbuf_start_write(ipv6);
if (ipv6 == NULL) {
DEBUG("ipv6: unable to get write access to packet: dropping it\n");
gnrc_pktbuf_release(pkt);
return;
}
```
But as we already established, `ipv6->users` is already 1, so we don't
actually need the write protection here either.
Since the packet stays unchanged after the `ipv6` snip, we also don't
need to re-search for `netif_hdr` after the other two lines are
removed.
[start-write-doc]: https://doc.riot-os.org/group__net__gnrc__pktbuf.html#ga640418467294ae3d408c109ab27bd617
[pkt-structure]: https://doc.riot-os.org/group__net__gnrc__pkt.html#ga278e783e56a5ee6f1bd7b81077ed82a7
The `addr` parameter of the NIB's `_handle_dad()` function can come
from anywhere (e.g. in the fallback to classic SLAAC the destination
address of the IP header is used), so putting that pointer in a timer
is not a good idea. Instead we use the version of the address that is
stored within the interface.
`_demux()` might change `pkt->data` in all kind of ways (moving it due
to `gnrc_pktbuf_mark()`, though unlikely; releasing it, because e.g. it
starts with a fragment header that marks a fragmented packet containing
only one fragment, etc.) so accessing the pointer *after* calling
`_demux()` is somewhat playing with fire. This change avoids this by
storing the value of `ext_hdr->nh` (all we are interested in here) in a
temporary variable that then is used to set the out-parameter `nh`.
`protnum` needs to be unchanged before the call to `_demux()` as it was
set by the previous iteration and determines what extension header
actually is handled.
If the interface's link-layer doesn't use link-layer addresses it
obviously doesn't make sense to auto-configure an IPv6 address from it.
Moreover, I think the address `fe80::` is actual illegal, but I
couldn't find any references for it.
The following functions can now be wrapped around the more generalized
approach:
- gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_from_addr()
- gnrc_netif_ipv6_iid_to_addr()
- gnrc_netif_ndp_addr_len_from_l2ao()
- gnrc_netif_eui64_from_addr()
According to the documentation of `gnrc_ipv6_nib_get_next_hop_l2addr()`
`pkt` may be `NULL`. However, whenever that function sends an error
message (the methods for that require `orig_pkt` not to be NULL) `pkt`
is not checked, which may lead to failed assertions.
Not only does this leave open a risk to crash the node for the check
in `_compressible()` but also is the `tmp` check below getting confused
when `ptr` is `NULL`, since `gnrc_pktbuf_start_write()` returns `NULL`
in that case.
Size 0 snips are legal packet snips (empty payload e.g.) so it doesn't
make sense to issue an error in the write-protection in that case.
API documentation doesn't mention it either and the tests still pass
with the check removed.
Size 0 snips are legal packet snips (empty payload e.g.) so it doesn't
make sense to issue an error in the write-protection in that case.
API documentation doesn't mention it either and the tests still pass
with the check removed.
With newlib nano-specs the debug output without this change will be
6lo: dispatch 0hx ... is not supported
With this PR this will provide a correct output, e.g.
6lo: dispatch 0x3f ... is not supported
With `DEVELHELP` activated all required options required by GNRC are
now checked at interface initialization, so that developers of new
link-layer protocols or device drivers notice as soon as possible that
something is missing.
Currently the constructed NA for a delayed NA case is neither used nor
released nor does it get an IPv6 header to be used properly. This fixes
that case.
When working on the previous commit I was unsure if a
garbage-collectible entry should remain in the list, so I added this
comment so I don't have to wonder about this in the future ;-).
