// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // Package netutil contains misc shared networking code & types. package netutil import ( "bytes" "fmt" "net/netip" "os" "path/filepath" "runtime" "strconv" "strings" "tailscale.com/net/interfaces" ) // protocolsRequiredForForwarding reports whether IPv4 and/or IPv6 protocols are // required to forward the specified routes. // The state param must be specified. func protocolsRequiredForForwarding(routes []netip.Prefix, state *interfaces.State) (v4, v6 bool) { if len(routes) == 0 { // Nothing to route, so no need to warn. return false, false } localIPs := make(map[netip.Addr]bool) for _, addrs := range state.InterfaceIPs { for _, pfx := range addrs { localIPs[pfx.Addr()] = true } } for _, r := range routes { // It's possible to advertise a route to one of the local // machine's local IPs. IP forwarding isn't required for this // to work, so we shouldn't warn for such exports. if r.IsSingleIP() && localIPs[r.Addr()] { continue } if r.Addr().Is4() { v4 = true } else { v6 = true } } return v4, v6 } // CheckIPForwarding reports whether IP forwarding is enabled correctly // for subnet routing and exit node functionality on any interface. // The state param can be nil, in which case interfaces.GetState is used. // The routes should only be advertised routes, and should not contain the // nodes Tailscale IPs. // It returns an error if it is unable to determine if IP forwarding is enabled. // It returns a warning describing configuration issues if IP forwarding is // non-functional or partly functional. func CheckIPForwarding(routes []netip.Prefix, state *interfaces.State) (warn, err error) { if runtime.GOOS != "linux" { switch runtime.GOOS { case "dragonfly", "freebsd", "netbsd", "openbsd": return fmt.Errorf("Subnet routing and exit nodes only work with additional manual configuration on %v, and is not currently officially supported.", runtime.GOOS), nil } return nil, nil } const kbLink = "\nSee https://tailscale.com/s/ip-forwarding" if state == nil { var err error state, err = interfaces.GetState() if err != nil { return nil, err } } wantV4, wantV6 := protocolsRequiredForForwarding(routes, state) if !wantV4 && !wantV6 { return nil, nil } v4e, err := ipForwardingEnabledLinux(ipv4, "") if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't check system's IP forwarding configuration, subnet routing/exit nodes may not work: %w%s", err, kbLink) } v6e, err := ipForwardingEnabledLinux(ipv6, "") if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't check system's IP forwarding configuration, subnet routing/exit nodes may not work: %w%s", err, kbLink) } if v4e && v6e { // IP forwarding is enabled systemwide, all is well. return nil, nil } if !wantV4 { if !v6e { return nil, fmt.Errorf("IPv6 forwarding is disabled, subnet routing/exit nodes may not work.%s", kbLink) } return nil, nil } // IP forwarding isn't enabled globally, but it might be enabled // on a per-interface basis. Check if it's on for all interfaces, // and warn appropriately if it's not. // Note: you might be wondering why we check only the state of // ipv6.conf.all.forwarding, rather than per-interface forwarding // configuration. According to kernel documentation, it seems // that to actually forward packets, you need to enable // forwarding globally, and the per-interface forwarding // setting only alters other things such as how router // advertisements are handled. The kernel itself warns that // enabling forwarding per-interface and not globally will // probably not work, so I feel okay calling those configs // broken until we have proof otherwise. var ( anyEnabled bool warnings []string ) if wantV6 && !v6e { warnings = append(warnings, "IPv6 forwarding is disabled.") } for _, iface := range state.Interface { if iface.Name == "lo" { continue } v4e, err := ipForwardingEnabledLinux(ipv4, iface.Name) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't check system's IP forwarding configuration, subnet routing/exit nodes may not work: %w%s", err, kbLink) } else if !v4e { warnings = append(warnings, fmt.Sprintf("Traffic received on %s won't be forwarded (%s disabled)", iface.Name, ipForwardSysctlKey(dotFormat, ipv4, iface.Name))) } else { anyEnabled = true } } if !anyEnabled { // IP forwarding is completely disabled, just say that rather // than enumerate all the interfaces on the system. return fmt.Errorf("IP forwarding is disabled, subnet routing/exit nodes will not work.%s", kbLink), nil } if len(warnings) > 0 { // If partially enabled, enumerate the bits that won't work. return fmt.Errorf("%s\nSubnet routes and exit nodes may not work correctly.%s", strings.Join(warnings, "\n"), kbLink), nil } return nil, nil } // ipForwardSysctlKey returns the sysctl key for the given protocol and iface. // When the dotFormat parameter is true the output is formatted as `net.ipv4.ip_forward`, // else it is `net/ipv4/ip_forward` func ipForwardSysctlKey(format sysctlFormat, p protocol, iface string) string { if iface == "" { if format == dotFormat { if p == ipv4 { return "net.ipv4.ip_forward" } return "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" } if p == ipv4 { return "net/ipv4/ip_forward" } return "net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding" } var k string if p == ipv4 { k = "net/ipv4/conf/%s/forwarding" } else { k = "net/ipv6/conf/%s/forwarding" } if format == dotFormat { // Swap the delimiters. iface = strings.ReplaceAll(iface, ".", "/") k = strings.ReplaceAll(k, "/", ".") } return fmt.Sprintf(k, iface) } type sysctlFormat int const ( dotFormat sysctlFormat = iota slashFormat ) type protocol int const ( ipv4 protocol = iota ipv6 ) // ipForwardingEnabledLinux reports whether the IP Forwarding is enabled for the // given interface. // The iface param determines which interface to check against, "" means to check // global config. // This is Linux-specific: it only reads from /proc/sys and doesn't shell out to // sysctl (which on Linux just reads from /proc/sys anyway). func ipForwardingEnabledLinux(p protocol, iface string) (bool, error) { k := ipForwardSysctlKey(slashFormat, p, iface) bs, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("/proc/sys", k)) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { // If IPv6 is disabled, sysctl keys like "net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding" just don't // exist on disk. But first diagnose whether procfs is even mounted before assuming // absence means false. if fi, err := os.Stat("/proc/sys"); err != nil { return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check sysctl %v; no procfs? %w", k, err) } else if !fi.IsDir() { return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to check sysctl %v; /proc/sys isn't a directory, is %v", k, fi.Mode()) } return false, nil } return false, err } on, err := strconv.ParseBool(string(bytes.TrimSpace(bs))) if err != nil { return false, fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse %s: %w", k, err) } return on, nil }