From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> commit 6ed5943f8735e2b778d92ea4d9805c0a1d89bc2b upstream. This is a leftover from days where single-cpu systems were common: Store last port used to resolve a clash to use it as a starting point when the next conflict needs to be resolved. When we have parallel attempt to connect to same address:port pair, its likely that both cores end up computing the same "available" port, as both use same starting port, and newly used ports won't become visible to other cores until the conntrack gets confirmed later. One of the cores then has to drop the packet at insertion time because the chosen new tuple turns out to be in use after all. Lets simplify this: remove port rover and use a pseudo-random starting point. Note that this doesn't make netfilter default to 'fully random' mode; the 'rover' was only used if NAT could not reuse source port as-is. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h | 2 +- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_common.c | 7 ++----- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_dccp.c | 5 +---- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_sctp.c | 5 +---- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_tcp.c | 5 +---- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udp.c | 5 +---- net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udplite.c | 5 +---- 7 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h +++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(const s struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, const struct nf_nat_range *range, enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, - const struct nf_conn *ct, u16 *rover); + const struct nf_conn *ct); int nf_nat_l4proto_nlattr_to_range(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nf_nat_range *range); --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_common.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_common.c @@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ void nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(const s struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, const struct nf_nat_range *range, enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, - const struct nf_conn *ct, - u16 *rover) + const struct nf_conn *ct) { unsigned int range_size, min, max, i; __be16 *portptr; @@ -84,15 +83,13 @@ void nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(const s } else if (range->flags & NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM_FULLY) { off = prandom_u32(); } else { - off = *rover; + off = prandom_u32(); } for (i = 0; ; ++off) { *portptr = htons(min + off % range_size); if (++i != range_size && nf_nat_used_tuple(tuple, ct)) continue; - if (!(range->flags & NF_NAT_RANGE_PROTO_RANDOM_ALL)) - *rover = off; return; } } --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_dccp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_dccp.c @@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto.h> #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h> -static u_int16_t dccp_port_rover; - static void dccp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3proto *l3proto, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, @@ -29,8 +27,7 @@ dccp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3 enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, const struct nf_conn *ct) { - nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct, - &dccp_port_rover); + nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct); } static bool --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_sctp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_sctp.c @@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h> -static u_int16_t nf_sctp_port_rover; - static void sctp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3proto *l3proto, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, @@ -23,8 +21,7 @@ sctp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3 enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, const struct nf_conn *ct) { - nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct, - &nf_sctp_port_rover); + nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct); } static bool --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_tcp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_tcp.c @@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h> #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.h> -static u16 tcp_port_rover; - static void tcp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3proto *l3proto, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, @@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ tcp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3p enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, const struct nf_conn *ct) { - nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct, - &tcp_port_rover); + nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct); } static bool --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udp.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udp.c @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto.h> #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h> -static u16 udp_port_rover; - static void udp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3proto *l3proto, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, @@ -26,8 +24,7 @@ udp_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3p enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, const struct nf_conn *ct) { - nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct, - &udp_port_rover); + nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct); } static bool --- a/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udplite.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_nat_proto_udplite.c @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l3proto.h> #include <net/netfilter/nf_nat_l4proto.h> -static u16 udplite_port_rover; - static void udplite_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat_l3proto *l3proto, struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple, @@ -26,8 +24,7 @@ udplite_unique_tuple(const struct nf_nat enum nf_nat_manip_type maniptype, const struct nf_conn *ct) { - nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct, - &udplite_port_rover); + nf_nat_l4proto_unique_tuple(l3proto, tuple, range, maniptype, ct); } static bool Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from fw@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/netfilter-nat-limit-port-clash-resolution-attempts.patch queue-4.9/netfilter-nat-remove-l4-protocol-port-rovers.patch