[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-common] network: disable unicast flooding on tap|veth|fwln ports

[alexandre derumier]

Thinking a little bit more about this,
I think we should add an option in vm/ct nic options, to enable it.

It could break some network where arp timeout is bigger than default
brige ageing-time (5min by default), or with special asymetric
networks.


Le mardi 14 septembre 2021 à 02:26 +0200, Alexandre Derumier a écrit :
> Currently, if bridge receive an unknown dest mac (network
> bug/attack/..),
> we are flooding packets to all bridge ports.
> 
> This can waste cpu time, even more with firewall enabled.
> Also, if firewall is used with reject action, the src mac of RST
> packet is the original unknown dest mac.
> (This can block the server at Hetzner for example)
> 
> So, we can disable unicast_flood on tap|veth|fwln port interface.
> bridge will learn mac address of the vm|ct, when it send traffic
> or when It'll reply to arp requests coming from outside.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Derumier <aderumier at odiso.com>
> ---
>  src/PVE/Network.pm | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/src/PVE/Network.pm b/src/PVE/Network.pm
> index 15838a0..119340f 100644
> --- a/src/PVE/Network.pm
> +++ b/src/PVE/Network.pm
> @@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ sub disable_ipv6 {
>      close($fh);
>  }
>  
> +my $bridge_disable_interface_flooding = sub {
> +    my ($iface) = @_;
> +
> +   
> PVE::ProcFSTools::write_proc_entry("/sys/class/net/$iface/brport/unic
> ast_flood", "0");
> +};
> +
>  my $bridge_add_interface = sub {
>      my ($bridge, $iface, $tag, $trunks) = @_;
>  
> @@ -334,6 +340,7 @@ my $create_firewall_bridge_linux = sub {
>      veth_create($vethfw, $vethfwpeer, $bridge);
>  
>      &$bridge_add_interface($fwbr, $vethfw);
> +    &$bridge_disable_interface_flooding($vethfw);
>      &$bridge_add_interface($bridge, $vethfwpeer, $tag, $trunks);
>  
>      &$bridge_add_interface($fwbr, $iface);
> @@ -359,6 +366,7 @@ my $create_firewall_bridge_ovs = sub {
>      PVE::Tools::run_command(['/sbin/ip', 'link', 'set', $ovsintport,
> 'mtu', $bridgemtu]);
>  
>      &$bridge_add_interface($fwbr, $ovsintport);
> +    &$bridge_disable_interface_flooding($ovsintport);
>  };
>  
>  my $cleanup_firewall_bridge = sub {
> @@ -406,6 +414,7 @@ sub tap_plug {
>         } else {
>             &$bridge_add_interface($bridge, $iface, $tag, $trunks);
>         }
> +       &$bridge_disable_interface_flooding($iface);
>  
>      } else {
>         &$cleanup_firewall_bridge($iface); # remove stale devices