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/* Copyright (C) 2012-2013 P.D. Buchan (pdbuchan@yahoo.com)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
// Send an IPv6 TCP packet via raw socket at the link layer (ethernet frame).
// with a large payload requiring fragmentation.
// Need to have destination MAC address.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h> // close()
#include <string.h> // strcpy, memset(), and memcpy()
#include <netdb.h> // struct addrinfo
#include <sys/types.h> // needed for socket(), uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t
#include <sys/socket.h> // needed for socket()
#include <netinet/in.h> // IPPROTO_TCP, IPPROTO_FRAGMENT, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
#include <netinet/ip.h> // IP_MAXPACKET (which is 65535)
#include <netinet/ip6.h> // struct ip6_hdr
#define __FAVOR_BSD // Use BSD format of tcp header
#include <netinet/tcp.h> // struct tcphdr
#include <arpa/inet.h> // inet_pton() and inet_ntop()
#include <sys/ioctl.h> // macro ioctl is defined
#include <bits/ioctls.h> // defines values for argument "request" of ioctl.
#include <net/if.h> // struct ifreq
#include <linux/if_ether.h> // ETH_P_IP = 0x0800, ETH_P_IPV6 = 0x86DD
#include <linux/if_packet.h> // struct sockaddr_ll (see man 7 packet)
#include <net/ethernet.h>
#include <errno.h> // errno, perror()
// Define some constants.
#define ETH_HDRLEN 14 // Ethernet header length
#define IP6_HDRLEN 40 // IPv6 header length
#define TCP_HDRLEN 20 // TCP header length, excludes options data
#define FRG_HDRLEN 8 // IPv6 fragment header
#define MAX_FRAGS 3119 // Maximum number of packet fragments
// Function prototypes
uint16_t checksum (uint16_t *, int);
uint16_t tcp6_checksum (struct ip6_hdr, struct tcphdr, uint8_t *, int);
char *allocate_strmem (int);
uint8_t *allocate_ustrmem (int);
int *allocate_intmem (int);
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
int i, n, status, frame_length, sd, bytes;
int mtu, *frag_flags, *tcp_flags, c, nframes, offset[MAX_FRAGS], len[MAX_FRAGS];
char *interface, *target, *src_ip, *dst_ip;
struct ip6_hdr iphdr;
struct tcphdr tcphdr;
struct ip6_frag fraghdr;
int payloadlen, fragbufferlen;
uint8_t *payload, *fragbuffer, *src_mac, *dst_mac, *ether_frame;
struct addrinfo hints, *res;
struct sockaddr_in6 *ipv6;
struct sockaddr_ll device;
struct ifreq ifr;
void *tmp;
FILE *fi;
// Allocate memory for various arrays.
src_mac = allocate_ustrmem (6);
dst_mac = allocate_ustrmem (6);
ether_frame = allocate_ustrmem (IP_MAXPACKET);
interface = allocate_strmem (40);
target = allocate_strmem (INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
src_ip = allocate_strmem (INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
dst_ip = allocate_strmem (INET6_ADDRSTRLEN);
tcp_flags = allocate_intmem (8);
payload = allocate_ustrmem (IP_MAXPACKET);
frag_flags = allocate_intmem (2);
// Interface to send packet through.
strcpy (interface, "eth0");
// Submit request for a socket descriptor to look up interface.
if ((sd = socket (PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons (ETH_P_ALL))) < 0) {
perror ("socket() failed to get socket descriptor for using ioctl() ");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Use ioctl() to get interface maximum transmission unit (MTU).
memset (&ifr, 0, sizeof (ifr));
strcpy (ifr.ifr_name, interface);
if (ioctl (sd, SIOCGIFMTU, &ifr) < 0) {
perror ("ioctl() failed to get MTU ");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
mtu = ifr.ifr_mtu;
printf ("Current MTU of interface %s is: %i\n", interface, mtu);
// Use ioctl() to look up interface name and get its MAC address.
memset (&ifr, 0, sizeof (ifr));
snprintf (ifr.ifr_name, sizeof (ifr.ifr_name), "%s", interface);
if (ioctl (sd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0) {
perror ("ioctl() failed to get source MAC address ");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
close (sd);
// Copy source MAC address.
memcpy (src_mac, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Report source MAC address to stdout.
printf ("MAC address for interface %s is ", interface);
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
printf ("%02x:", src_mac[i]);
}
printf ("%02x\n", src_mac[5]);
// Find interface index from interface name and store index in
// struct sockaddr_ll device, which will be used as an argument of sendto().
if ((device.sll_ifindex = if_nametoindex (interface)) == 0) {
perror ("if_nametoindex() failed to obtain interface index ");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf ("Index for interface %s is %i\n", interface, device.sll_ifindex);
// Set destination MAC address: you need to fill these out
dst_mac[0] = 0xff;
dst_mac[1] = 0xff;
dst_mac[2] = 0xff;
dst_mac[3] = 0xff;
dst_mac[4] = 0xff;
dst_mac[5] = 0xff;
// Source IPv6 address: you need to fill this out
strcpy (src_ip, "2001:db8::214:51ff:fe2f:1556");
// Destination URL or IPv6 address: you need to fill this out
strcpy (target, "ipv6.google.com");
// Fill out hints for getaddrinfo().
memset (&hints, 0, sizeof (struct addrinfo));
hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
hints.ai_flags = hints.ai_flags | AI_CANONNAME;
// Resolve target using getaddrinfo().
if ((status = getaddrinfo (target, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "getaddrinfo() failed: %s\n", gai_strerror (status));
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
ipv6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) res->ai_addr;
tmp = &(ipv6->sin6_addr);
if (inet_ntop (AF_INET6, tmp, dst_ip, INET6_ADDRSTRLEN) == NULL) {
status = errno;
fprintf (stderr, "inet_ntop() failed.\nError message: %s", strerror (status));
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
freeaddrinfo (res);
// Fill out sockaddr_ll.
device.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
memcpy (device.sll_addr, src_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
device.sll_halen = htons (6);
// Get TCP data.
i = 0;
fi = fopen ("data", "r");
if (fi == NULL) {
printf ("Can't open file 'data'.\n");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
while ((n=fgetc (fi)) != EOF) {
payload[i] = n;
i++;
}
fclose (fi);
payloadlen = i;
printf ("Upper layer protocol header length (bytes): %i\n", TCP_HDRLEN);
printf ("Payload length (bytes): %i\n", payloadlen);
// Length of fragmentable portion of packet.
fragbufferlen = TCP_HDRLEN + payloadlen;
printf ("Total fragmentable data (bytes): %i\n", fragbufferlen);
// Allocate memory for the fragmentable portion.
fragbuffer = allocate_ustrmem (fragbufferlen);
// Determine how many ethernet frames we'll need.
memset (len, 0, MAX_FRAGS * sizeof (int));
memset (offset, 0, MAX_FRAGS * sizeof (int));
i = 0;
c = 0; // Variable c is index to buffer, which contains upper layer protocol header and data.
while (c < fragbufferlen) {
// Do we still need to fragment remainder of fragmentable portion?
if ((fragbufferlen - c) > (mtu - IP6_HDRLEN - FRG_HDRLEN)) { // Yes
len[i] = mtu - IP6_HDRLEN - FRG_HDRLEN; // len[i] is amount of fragmentable part we can include in this frame.
} else { // No
len[i] = fragbufferlen - c; // len[i] is amount of fragmentable part we can include in this frame.
}
c += len[i];
// If not last fragment, make sure we have an even number of 8-byte blocks.
// Reduce length as necessary.
if (c < (fragbufferlen - 1)) {
while ((len[i]%8) > 0) {
len[i]--;
c--;
}
}
printf ("Frag: %i, Data (bytes): %i, Data Offset (8-byte blocks): %i\n", i, len[i], offset[i]);
i++;
offset[i] = (len[i-1] / 8) + offset[i-1];
}
nframes = i;
printf ("Total number of frames to send: %i\n", nframes);
// IPv6 header
// IPv6 version (4 bits), Traffic class (8 bits), Flow label (20 bits)
iphdr.ip6_flow = htonl ((6 << 28) | (0 << 20) | 0);
// Payload length (16 bits)
// iphdr.ip6_plen is set for each fragment in loop below.
// Next header (8 bits): 6 for TCP
// We'll change this to 44 only in ether_frame because otherwise TCP checksum will be wrong.
iphdr.ip6_nxt = IPPROTO_TCP;
// Hop limit (8 bits): default to maximum value
iphdr.ip6_hops = 255;
// Source IPv6 address (128 bits)
if ((status = inet_pton (AF_INET6, src_ip, &(iphdr.ip6_src))) != 1) {
fprintf (stderr, "inet_pton() failed.\nError message: %s", strerror (status));
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Destination IPv6 address (128 bits)
if ((status = inet_pton (AF_INET6, dst_ip, &(iphdr.ip6_dst))) != 1) {
fprintf (stderr, "inet_pton() failed.\nError message: %s", strerror (status));
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// TCP header
// Source port number (16 bits)
tcphdr.th_sport = htons (60);
// Destination port number (16 bits)
tcphdr.th_dport = htons (80);
// Sequence number (32 bits)
tcphdr.th_seq = htonl (0);
// Acknowledgement number (32 bits): 0 in first packet of SYN/ACK process
tcphdr.th_ack = htonl (0);
// Reserved (4 bits): should be 0
tcphdr.th_x2 = 0;
// Data offset (4 bits): size of TCP header in 32-bit words
tcphdr.th_off = TCP_HDRLEN / 4;
// Flags (8 bits)
// FIN flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[0] = 0;
// SYN flag (1 bit): set to 1
tcp_flags[1] = 1;
// RST flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[2] = 0;
// PSH flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[3] = 0;
// ACK flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[4] = 0;
// URG flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[5] = 0;
// ECE flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[6] = 0;
// CWR flag (1 bit)
tcp_flags[7] = 0;
tcphdr.th_flags = 0;
for (i=0; i<8; i++) {
tcphdr.th_flags += (tcp_flags[i] << i);
}
// Window size (16 bits)
tcphdr.th_win = htons (65535);
// Urgent pointer (16 bits): 0 (only valid if URG flag is set)
tcphdr.th_urp = htons (0);
// TCP checksum (16 bits)
tcphdr.th_sum = tcp6_checksum (iphdr, tcphdr, payload, payloadlen);
// Build buffer array containing fragmentable portion.
// TCP header
memcpy (fragbuffer, &tcphdr, TCP_HDRLEN * sizeof (uint8_t));
// TCP data
memcpy (fragbuffer + TCP_HDRLEN, payload, payloadlen * sizeof (uint8_t));
// IPv6 next header (8 bits)
if (nframes == 1) {
iphdr.ip6_nxt = IPPROTO_TCP; // 6 for TCP
} else {
iphdr.ip6_nxt = IPPROTO_FRAGMENT; // 44 for Fragmentation extension header
}
// Submit request for a raw socket descriptor.
if ((sd = socket (PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons (ETH_P_ALL))) < 0) {
perror ("socket() failed ");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Loop through fragments.
for (i=0; i<nframes; i++) {
// Set ethernet frame contents to zero initially.
memset (ether_frame, 0, IP_MAXPACKET * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Fill out ethernet frame header.
// Copy destination and source MAC addresses to ethernet frame.
memcpy (ether_frame, dst_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
memcpy (ether_frame + 6, src_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Next is ethernet type code (ETH_P_IPV6 for IPv6).
// http://www.iana.org/assignments/ethernet-numbers
ether_frame[12] = ETH_P_IPV6 / 256;
ether_frame[13] = ETH_P_IPV6 % 256;
// Next is ethernet frame data (IPv6 header + fragment).
// Payload length (16 bits): See 4.5 of RFC 2460.
if (nframes == 1) {
iphdr.ip6_plen = htons (len[i]);
} else {
iphdr.ip6_plen = htons (FRG_HDRLEN + len[i]);
}
// Copy IPv6 header to ethernet frame.
memcpy (ether_frame + ETH_HDRLEN, &iphdr, IP6_HDRLEN * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Fill out and copy fragmentation extension header to ethernet frame.
if (nframes > 1) {
fraghdr.ip6f_nxt = IPPROTO_TCP; // Upper layer protocol
fraghdr.ip6f_reserved = 0; // Reserved
frag_flags[1] = 0; // Reserved
if (i < (nframes - 1)) {
frag_flags[0] = 1; // More fragments to follow
} else {
frag_flags[0] = 0; // This is the last fragment
}
fraghdr.ip6f_offlg = htons ((offset[i] << 3) + frag_flags[0] + (frag_flags[1] <<1));
fraghdr.ip6f_ident = htonl (31415);
memcpy (ether_frame + ETH_HDRLEN + IP6_HDRLEN, &fraghdr, FRG_HDRLEN * sizeof (uint8_t));
}
// Copy fragmentable portion of packet to ethernet frame.
if (nframes == 1) {
memcpy (ether_frame + ETH_HDRLEN + IP6_HDRLEN, fragbuffer, fragbufferlen * sizeof (uint8_t));
} else {
memcpy (ether_frame + ETH_HDRLEN + IP6_HDRLEN + FRG_HDRLEN, fragbuffer + (offset[i] * 8), len[i] * sizeof (uint8_t));
}
// Ethernet frame length = ethernet header (MAC + MAC + ethernet type) + ethernet data (IPv6 header + [fragment header] + fragment)
if (nframes == 1) {
frame_length = ETH_HDRLEN + IP6_HDRLEN + len[i];
} else {
frame_length = ETH_HDRLEN + IP6_HDRLEN + FRG_HDRLEN + len[i];
}
// Send ethernet frame to socket.
printf ("Sending fragment: %i\n", i);
if ((bytes = sendto (sd, ether_frame, frame_length, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &device, sizeof (device))) <= 0) {
perror ("sendto() failed");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
// Close socket descriptor.
close (sd);
// Free allocated memory.
free (src_mac);
free (dst_mac);
free (ether_frame);
free (interface);
free (target);
free (src_ip);
free (dst_ip);
free (tcp_flags);
free (payload);
free (frag_flags);
free (fragbuffer);
return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
// Checksum function
uint16_t
checksum (uint16_t *addr, int len)
{
int nleft = len;
int sum = 0;
uint16_t *w = addr;
uint16_t answer = 0;
while (nleft > 1) {
sum += *w++;
nleft -= sizeof (uint16_t);
}
if (nleft == 1) {
*(uint8_t *) (&answer) = *(uint8_t *) w;
sum += answer;
}
sum = (sum >> 16) + (sum & 0xFFFF);
sum += (sum >> 16);
answer = ~sum;
return (answer);
}
// Build IPv6 TCP pseudo-header and call checksum function (Section 8.1 of RFC 2460).
uint16_t
tcp6_checksum (struct ip6_hdr iphdr, struct tcphdr tcphdr, uint8_t *payload, int payloadlen)
{
uint32_t lvalue;
char buf[IP_MAXPACKET], cvalue;
char *ptr;
int chksumlen = 0;
int i;
memset (buf, 0, IP_MAXPACKET * sizeof (uint8_t));
ptr = &buf[0]; // ptr points to beginning of buffer buf
// Copy source IP address into buf (128 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &iphdr.ip6_src.s6_addr, sizeof (iphdr.ip6_src.s6_addr));
ptr += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_src.s6_addr);
chksumlen += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_src.s6_addr);
// Copy destination IP address into buf (128 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &iphdr.ip6_dst.s6_addr, sizeof (iphdr.ip6_dst.s6_addr));
ptr += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_dst.s6_addr);
chksumlen += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_dst.s6_addr);
// Copy TCP length to buf (32 bits)
lvalue = htonl (sizeof (tcphdr) + payloadlen);
memcpy (ptr, &lvalue, sizeof (lvalue));
ptr += sizeof (lvalue);
chksumlen += sizeof (lvalue);
// Copy zero field to buf (24 bits)
*ptr = 0; ptr++;
*ptr = 0; ptr++;
*ptr = 0; ptr++;
chksumlen += 3;
// Copy next header field to buf (8 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &iphdr.ip6_nxt, sizeof (iphdr.ip6_nxt));
ptr += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_nxt);
chksumlen += sizeof (iphdr.ip6_nxt);
// Copy TCP source port to buf (16 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_sport, sizeof (tcphdr.th_sport));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_sport);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_sport);
// Copy TCP destination port to buf (16 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_dport, sizeof (tcphdr.th_dport));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_dport);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_dport);
// Copy sequence number to buf (32 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_seq, sizeof (tcphdr.th_seq));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_seq);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_seq);
// Copy acknowledgement number to buf (32 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_ack, sizeof (tcphdr.th_ack));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_ack);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_ack);
// Copy data offset to buf (4 bits) and
// copy reserved bits to buf (4 bits)
cvalue = (tcphdr.th_off << 4) + tcphdr.th_x2;
memcpy (ptr, &cvalue, sizeof (cvalue));
ptr += sizeof (cvalue);
chksumlen += sizeof (cvalue);
// Copy TCP flags to buf (8 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_flags, sizeof (tcphdr.th_flags));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_flags);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_flags);
// Copy TCP window size to buf (16 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_win, sizeof (tcphdr.th_win));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_win);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_win);
// Copy TCP checksum to buf (16 bits)
// Zero, since we don't know it yet
*ptr = 0; ptr++;
*ptr = 0; ptr++;
chksumlen += 2;
// Copy urgent pointer to buf (16 bits)
memcpy (ptr, &tcphdr.th_urp, sizeof (tcphdr.th_urp));
ptr += sizeof (tcphdr.th_urp);
chksumlen += sizeof (tcphdr.th_urp);
// Copy payload to buf
memcpy (ptr, payload, payloadlen * sizeof (uint8_t));
ptr += payloadlen;
chksumlen += payloadlen;
// Pad to the next 16-bit boundary
i = 0;
while (((payloadlen+i)%2) != 0) {
i++;
chksumlen++;
ptr++;
}
return checksum ((uint16_t *) buf, chksumlen);
}
// Allocate memory for an array of chars.
char *
allocate_strmem (int len)
{
void *tmp;
if (len <= 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory because len = %i in allocate_strmem().\n", len);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
tmp = (char *) malloc (len * sizeof (char));
if (tmp != NULL) {
memset (tmp, 0, len * sizeof (char));
return (tmp);
} else {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory for array allocate_strmem().\n");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
// Allocate memory for an array of unsigned chars.
uint8_t *
allocate_ustrmem (int len)
{
void *tmp;
if (len <= 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory because len = %i in allocate_ustrmem().\n", len);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
tmp = (uint8_t *) malloc (len * sizeof (uint8_t));
if (tmp != NULL) {
memset (tmp, 0, len * sizeof (uint8_t));
return (tmp);
} else {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory for array allocate_ustrmem().\n");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}
// Allocate memory for an array of ints.
int *
allocate_intmem (int len)
{
void *tmp;
if (len <= 0) {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory because len = %i in allocate_intmem().\n", len);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
tmp = (int *) malloc (len * sizeof (int));
if (tmp != NULL) {
memset (tmp, 0, len * sizeof (int));
return (tmp);
} else {
fprintf (stderr, "ERROR: Cannot allocate memory for array allocate_intmem().\n");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
}