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Bug #11409

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IPv4 MSS value is incorrectly applied to IPv6 packets

Added by Michael Smith almost 4 years ago. Updated over 3 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Viktor Gurov
Category:
Interfaces
Target version:
2.5.1
Start date:
02/12/2021
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
Plus Target Version:
Release Notes:
Default
Affected Version:
2.4.5-p1
Affected Architecture:
All

Description

Follows from discussion at https://forum.netgate.com/topic/152935/ipv6-pppoe-mss-incorrect/.

When setting up MSS clamping on the WAN interface, the calculation applied on the entered value subtracts a hard-coded constant of 40 bytes, assuming 20 bytes for TCP and 20 bytes for IPv4. This is also applied on IPv6 packets, when the calculation in that case should be 20 bytes for TCP and 40 bytes for IPV6. This is done on line 640 of /src/etc/inc/filter.inc (https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/11fd7da72502c991b1f1c0e886ea212235f4a505/src/etc/inc/filter.inc#L640).

Thus, an end user who needs to set MSS can only do so by entering a value that works for IPv4 or IPv6, and not both. For example, in my setup with a PPPoE connection, I must enter 1472 as MSS instead of the correct value of 1492 to have MSS work over IPv6.

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 #2

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 4 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Pull Request Review
  • Target version set to CE-Next
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 #3

Updated by Renato Botelho almost 4 years ago

  • Status changed from Pull Request Review to Feedback
  • Assignee set to Viktor Gurov

PR has been merged. Thanks!

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 #4

Updated by Viktor Gurov almost 4 years ago

  • % Done changed from 0 to 100
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 #5

Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Waiting on Merge
  • Target version changed from CE-Next to 2.5.1
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 #6

Updated by Renato Botelho over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Waiting on Merge to Feedback

Cherry-picked to RELENG_2_5_1

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 #7

Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago

  • Subject changed from src/etc/inc/filter.inc: IPv4 MSS incorrectly applied to IPv6 packets to IPv4 MSS value is incorrectly applied to IPv6 packets

Updating subject for release notes.

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 #8

Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
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