package netlink import ( "errors" "fmt" "github.com/mdlayher/netlink/nlenc" ) // Various errors which may occur when attempting to marshal or unmarshal // a Message to and from its binary form. var ( errIncorrectMessageLength = errors.New("netlink message header length incorrect") errShortMessage = errors.New("not enough data to create a netlink message") errUnalignedMessage = errors.New("input data is not properly aligned for netlink message") ) // HeaderFlags specify flags which may be present in a Header. type HeaderFlags uint16 const ( // General netlink communication flags. // HeaderFlagsRequest indicates a request to netlink. HeaderFlagsRequest HeaderFlags = 1 // HeaderFlagsMulti indicates a multi-part message, terminated // by HeaderTypeDone on the last message. HeaderFlagsMulti HeaderFlags = 2 // HeaderFlagsAcknowledge requests that netlink reply with // an acknowledgement using HeaderTypeError and, if needed, // an error code. HeaderFlagsAcknowledge HeaderFlags = 4 // HeaderFlagsEcho requests that netlink echo this request // back to the sender. HeaderFlagsEcho HeaderFlags = 8 // HeaderFlagsDumpInterrupted indicates that a dump was // inconsistent due to a sequence change. HeaderFlagsDumpInterrupted HeaderFlags = 16 // HeaderFlagsDumpFiltered indicates that a dump was filtered // as requested. HeaderFlagsDumpFiltered HeaderFlags = 32 // Flags used to retrieve data from netlink. // HeaderFlagsRoot requests that netlink return a complete table instead // of a single entry. HeaderFlagsRoot HeaderFlags = 0x100 // HeaderFlagsMatch requests that netlink return a list of all matching // entries. HeaderFlagsMatch HeaderFlags = 0x200 // HeaderFlagsAtomic requests that netlink send an atomic snapshot of // its entries. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN or an effective UID of 0. HeaderFlagsAtomic HeaderFlags = 0x400 // HeaderFlagsDump requests that netlink return a complete list of // all entries. HeaderFlagsDump HeaderFlags = HeaderFlagsRoot | HeaderFlagsMatch // Flags used to create objects. // HeaderFlagsReplace indicates request replaces an existing matching object. HeaderFlagsReplace HeaderFlags = 0x100 // HeaderFlagsExcl indicates request does not replace the object if it already exists. HeaderFlagsExcl HeaderFlags = 0x200 // HeaderFlagsCreate indicates request creates an object if it doesn't already exist. HeaderFlagsCreate HeaderFlags = 0x400 // HeaderFlagsAppend indicates request adds to the end of the object list. HeaderFlagsAppend HeaderFlags = 0x800 ) // String returns the string representation of a HeaderFlags. func (f HeaderFlags) String() string { names := []string{ "request", "multi", "acknowledge", "echo", "dumpinterrupted", "dumpfiltered", } var s string left := uint(f) for i, name := range names { if f&(1< 0 { if s != "" { s += "|" } s += fmt.Sprintf("%#x", left) } return s } // HeaderType specifies the type of a Header. type HeaderType uint16 const ( // HeaderTypeNoop indicates that no action was taken. HeaderTypeNoop HeaderType = 0x1 // HeaderTypeError indicates an error code is present, which is also // used to indicate success when the code is 0. HeaderTypeError HeaderType = 0x2 // HeaderTypeDone indicates the end of a multi-part message. HeaderTypeDone HeaderType = 0x3 // HeaderTypeOverrun indicates that data was lost from this message. HeaderTypeOverrun HeaderType = 0x4 ) // String returns the string representation of a HeaderType. func (t HeaderType) String() string { switch t { case HeaderTypeNoop: return "noop" case HeaderTypeError: return "error" case HeaderTypeDone: return "done" case HeaderTypeOverrun: return "overrun" default: return fmt.Sprintf("unknown(%d)", t) } } // NB: the memory layout of Header and Linux's syscall.NlMsgHdr must be // exactly the same. Cannot reorder, change data type, add, or remove fields. // Named types of the same size (e.g. HeaderFlags is a uint16) are okay. // A Header is a netlink header. A Header is sent and received with each // Message to indicate metadata regarding a Message. type Header struct { // Length of a Message, including this Header. Length uint32 // Contents of a Message. Type HeaderType // Flags which may be used to modify a request or response. Flags HeaderFlags // The sequence number of a Message. Sequence uint32 // The process ID of the sending process. PID uint32 } // A Message is a netlink message. It contains a Header and an arbitrary // byte payload, which may be decoded using information from the Header. // // Data is encoded in the native endianness of the host system. For easier // of encoding and decoding of integers, use package nlenc. type Message struct { Header Header Data []byte } // MarshalBinary marshals a Message into a byte slice. func (m Message) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) { ml := nlmsgAlign(int(m.Header.Length)) if ml < nlmsgHeaderLen || ml != int(m.Header.Length) { return nil, errIncorrectMessageLength } b := make([]byte, ml) nlenc.PutUint32(b[0:4], m.Header.Length) nlenc.PutUint16(b[4:6], uint16(m.Header.Type)) nlenc.PutUint16(b[6:8], uint16(m.Header.Flags)) nlenc.PutUint32(b[8:12], m.Header.Sequence) nlenc.PutUint32(b[12:16], m.Header.PID) copy(b[16:], m.Data) return b, nil } // UnmarshalBinary unmarshals the contents of a byte slice into a Message. func (m *Message) UnmarshalBinary(b []byte) error { if len(b) < nlmsgHeaderLen { return errShortMessage } if len(b) != nlmsgAlign(len(b)) { return errUnalignedMessage } // Don't allow misleading length m.Header.Length = nlenc.Uint32(b[0:4]) if int(m.Header.Length) != len(b) { return errShortMessage } m.Header.Type = HeaderType(nlenc.Uint16(b[4:6])) m.Header.Flags = HeaderFlags(nlenc.Uint16(b[6:8])) m.Header.Sequence = nlenc.Uint32(b[8:12]) m.Header.PID = nlenc.Uint32(b[12:16]) m.Data = b[16:] return nil } // checkMessage checks a single Message for netlink errors. func checkMessage(m Message) error { const success = 0 // Per libnl documentation, only messages that indicate type error can // contain error codes: // https://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/doc/core.html#core_errmsg. // // However, at one point, this package checked both done and error for // error codes. Because there was no issue associated with the change, // it is unknown whether this change was correct or not. If you run into // a problem with your application because of this change, please file // an issue. if m.Header.Type != HeaderTypeError { return nil } if len(m.Data) < 4 { return errShortErrorMessage } if c := nlenc.Int32(m.Data[0:4]); c != success { // Error code is a negative integer, convert it into // an OS-specific system call error return newError(-1 * int(c)) } return nil }