Require a minimum length before classifying a packet as WireGuard

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Viktor Liu
2026-08-04 18:05:15 +02:00
parent e950a9487f
commit d8fc0fdbe4
2 changed files with 72 additions and 39 deletions

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@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ const (
wgMsgTypeHandshakeInitiation uint32 = 1
// wgMsgTypeTransport is the highest WireGuard message type.
wgMsgTypeTransport uint32 = 4
// wgKeepaliveSize is the size of a WireGuard transport message with an empty payload.
wgKeepaliveSize = 32
// wgMinMsgSize is the smallest WireGuard message: transport data with an empty
// payload, which is what a keepalive is.
wgMinMsgSize = 32
)
type receiverCreator struct {
@@ -229,9 +230,10 @@ func (s *ICEBind) createReceiverFn(pc wgConn.BatchReader, conn *net.UDPConn, rxO
if err != nil {
log.Debugf("failed to handle STUN packet from %s: %v", msg.Addr, err)
}
// WireGuard reuses sizes and eps across reads and only skips a slot whose size is
// below the minimum message size. Leaving a consumed slot untouched makes it
// process this buffer again under the previous packet's length and endpoint.
// WireGuard reuses sizes and eps across reads and only skips a slot
// whose size is below the minimum message size. Leaving a consumed
// slot untouched makes it process this buffer again under the
// previous packet's length and endpoint.
sizes[i] = 0
continue
}
@@ -367,17 +369,19 @@ func putMessages(msgs *[]ipv6.Message, msgsPool *sync.Pool) {
msgsPool.Put(msgs)
}
// isWireGuardMsg reports whether the packet carries a WireGuard message header: a little-endian
// uint32 message type in the range 1..4, which leaves the three bytes following the type byte zero.
// isWireGuardMsg reports whether the packet carries a WireGuard message header: a
// little-endian uint32 message type in the range 1..4, which leaves the three bytes
// after the type byte zero, in a packet long enough to hold any WireGuard message.
//
// No STUN message that ICE exchanges can take that shape. The low byte of a STUN message type holds
// the bottom method bits and a class bit, and it is non-zero for Binding (0x0001, 0x0101, 0x0111,
// 0x0011) and for every other method pion implements, so the two framings do not overlap. That
// matters because stun.IsMessage only looks at the magic cookie, which in a WireGuard message
// overlaps the receiver index: a session whose index happens to equal the cookie would otherwise
// have all of its inbound data misrouted to the STUN handler until the next rekey.
// A well formed STUN message cannot take that shape. Its length field sits in the two
// bytes the type must leave zero, and for a message of at least wgMinMsgSize bytes that
// field holds at least 12, so the two framings do not overlap. The test has to be this
// tight because stun.IsMessage only looks at the magic cookie, which in a WireGuard
// message overlaps the receiver index: a session whose index happens to equal the cookie
// would otherwise have all of its inbound data misrouted to the STUN handler until the
// next rekey.
func isWireGuardMsg(pkt []byte) bool {
if len(pkt) < 4 {
if len(pkt) < wgMinMsgSize {
return false
}
@@ -385,13 +389,14 @@ func isWireGuardMsg(pkt []byte) bool {
return msgType >= wgMsgTypeHandshakeInitiation && msgType <= wgMsgTypeTransport
}
// isTransportPkg reports whether the packet is WireGuard transport data carrying a payload, which
// is what counts as peer activity. Keepalives hold no payload and are exactly wgKeepaliveSize.
// isTransportPkg reports whether the packet is WireGuard transport data carrying a
// payload, which is what counts as peer activity. A keepalive holds no payload and is
// exactly wgMinMsgSize bytes.
func isTransportPkg(buffers [][]byte, n int) bool {
if n < 4 || n > len(buffers[0]) {
return false
}
msgType := binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(buffers[0][:4])
return msgType == wgMsgTypeTransport && n > wgKeepaliveSize
return msgType == wgMsgTypeTransport && n > wgMinMsgSize
}

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@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ import (
wgConn "golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/conn"
)
// magicCookieBytes is the STUN magic cookie as it appears on the wire. In a WireGuard message the
// same offset holds the receiver (or sender) index, which is a random uint32, so a session can draw
// exactly this value.
// magicCookieBytes is the STUN magic cookie as it appears on the wire. In a
// WireGuard message the same offset holds the receiver (or sender) index, which is
// a random uint32, so a session can draw exactly this value.
var magicCookieBytes = []byte{0x21, 0x12, 0xA4, 0x42}
const testBufSize = 1500
// wgMsg builds a WireGuard message of the given type and size, with the index field at bytes 4:8
// set to index.
// wgMsg builds a WireGuard message of the given type and size, with the index field
// at bytes 4:8 set to index.
func wgMsg(msgType uint32, size int, index []byte) []byte {
pkt := make([]byte, size)
binary.LittleEndian.PutUint32(pkt[:4], msgType)
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ func wgMsg(msgType uint32, size int, index []byte) []byte {
return pkt
}
// intoBuffer copies pkt into a full-size receive buffer, the way the kernel read does, so tests see
// the same buffer/length split as the hot path.
// intoBuffer copies pkt into a full-size receive buffer, the way the kernel read
// does, so tests see the same buffer/length split as the hot path.
func intoBuffer(pkt []byte) [][]byte {
buf := make([]byte, testBufSize)
copy(buf, pkt)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestFilterOutStunMessages_PassesWireGuardWithCookieShapedIndex(t *testing.T
size int
}{
{"transport data", wgMsgTypeTransport, 128},
{"keepalive", wgMsgTypeTransport, wgKeepaliveSize},
{"keepalive", wgMsgTypeTransport, wgMinMsgSize},
{"handshake initiation", wgMsgTypeHandshakeInitiation, 148},
{"handshake response", 2, 92},
{"cookie reply", 3, 64},
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ func TestFilterOutStunMessages_FiltersRealSTUNMessage(t *testing.T) {
assert.Empty(t, buffers[0], "consumed buffer must be emptied so WireGuard does not see it")
}
// TestIsWireGuardMsg_DisjointFromSTUN locks the invariant the filter relies on: the second byte of a
// STUN message type is never zero, so no STUN message can be mistaken for a WireGuard header.
// TestIsWireGuardMsg_DisjointFromSTUN locks the invariant the filter relies on: a
// well formed STUN message long enough to be a WireGuard message always has a
// non-zero length field, so it cannot be mistaken for a WireGuard header.
func TestIsWireGuardMsg_DisjointFromSTUN(t *testing.T) {
types := []stun.MessageType{
stun.BindingRequest,
@@ -92,9 +93,13 @@ func TestIsWireGuardMsg_DisjointFromSTUN(t *testing.T) {
}
for _, msgType := range types {
msg, err := stun.Build(msgType, stun.TransactionID)
// Long enough that the length guard is not what makes this pass.
msg, err := stun.Build(msgType, stun.TransactionID,
stun.NewUsername("remoteUfrag:localUfrag"), stun.Fingerprint)
require.NoError(t, err)
assert.False(t, isWireGuardMsg(msg.Raw), "%s must not look like a WireGuard message", msgType)
require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(msg.Raw), wgMinMsgSize, "precondition: %s", msgType)
assert.False(t, isWireGuardMsg(msg.Raw),
"%s must not look like a WireGuard message", msgType)
}
}
@@ -115,13 +120,13 @@ func TestIsWireGuardMsg(t *testing.T) {
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, tc.want, isWireGuardMsg(tc.pkt))
assert.Equal(t, tc.want, isWireGuardMsg(tc.pkt), "wrong classification for %s", tc.name)
})
}
}
// TestFilterOutStunMessages_IgnoresBytesBeyondPacket guards against classifying on buffer contents
// left over from an earlier, longer packet.
// TestFilterOutStunMessages_IgnoresBytesBeyondPacket guards against classifying on
// buffer contents left over from an earlier, longer packet.
func TestFilterOutStunMessages_IgnoresBytesBeyondPacket(t *testing.T) {
buf := make([]byte, testBufSize)
copy(buf[4:8], magicCookieBytes)
@@ -133,10 +138,11 @@ func TestFilterOutStunMessages_IgnoresBytesBeyondPacket(t *testing.T) {
assert.False(t, filtered, "a 2 byte packet must not be classified from stale buffer bytes")
}
// TestReceiveFn_ClearsSizeOfConsumedPacket covers the accounting WireGuard relies on: sizes is
// reused across reads, so a slot whose packet was consumed as STUN must be reported as empty.
// Otherwise WireGuard reprocesses the same buffer under the previous packet's length, which for a
// WireGuard-shaped packet means it is handled twice.
// TestReceiveFn_ClearsSizeOfConsumedPacket covers the accounting WireGuard relies
// on: sizes is reused across reads, so a slot whose packet was consumed as STUN must
// be reported as empty. Otherwise WireGuard reprocesses the same buffer under the
// previous packet's length, which for a WireGuard-shaped packet means it is handled
// twice.
func TestReceiveFn_ClearsSizeOfConsumedPacket(t *testing.T) {
conn := listenUDP(t, "udp4", "127.0.0.1:0")
defer conn.Close()
@@ -156,7 +162,8 @@ func TestReceiveFn_ClearsSizeOfConsumedPacket(t *testing.T) {
require.NoError(t, conn.SetReadDeadline(time.Now().Add(3*time.Second)))
bufs := [][]byte{make([]byte, 1500)}
// A leftover size from an earlier read, which is what makes the missing reset observable.
// A leftover size from an earlier read, which is what makes the missing reset
// observable.
sizes := []int{148}
eps := make([]wgConn.Endpoint, 1)
@@ -174,14 +181,35 @@ func TestIsTransportPkg(t *testing.T) {
want bool
}{
{"transport data with payload", wgMsg(wgMsgTypeTransport, 128, nil), 128, true},
{"keepalive", wgMsg(wgMsgTypeTransport, wgKeepaliveSize, nil), wgKeepaliveSize, false},
{"keepalive", wgMsg(wgMsgTypeTransport, wgMinMsgSize, nil), wgMinMsgSize, false},
{"handshake initiation", wgMsg(wgMsgTypeHandshakeInitiation, 148, nil), 148, false},
{"stale type bytes beyond packet", wgMsg(wgMsgTypeTransport, 128, nil), 2, false},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
assert.Equal(t, tc.want, isTransportPkg(intoBuffer(tc.pkt), tc.n))
assert.Equal(t, tc.want, isTransportPkg(intoBuffer(tc.pkt), tc.n),
"wrong activity classification for %s", tc.name)
})
}
}
// TestFilterOutStunMessages_ConsumesSTUNWithWireGuardShapedType covers the one STUN
// encoding whose leading bytes collide with a WireGuard message type: method 0x080 as a
// request encodes to 0x0200, so the type byte reads as a handshake response and the byte
// after it is zero. Only the length check keeps such a message out of WireGuard's hands.
// pion implements no method in that range, so this is a synthetic worst case rather than
// traffic ICE produces.
func TestFilterOutStunMessages_ConsumesSTUNWithWireGuardShapedType(t *testing.T) {
msg, err := stun.Build(stun.NewType(stun.Method(0x080), stun.ClassRequest), stun.TransactionID)
require.NoError(t, err)
require.Equal(t, []byte{0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, msg.Raw[:4],
"precondition: the leading bytes read as a WireGuard message type")
buffers := intoBuffer(msg.Raw)
bind := &ICEBind{}
filtered, err := bind.filterOutStunMessages(buffers, len(msg.Raw), &net.UDPAddr{})
assert.NoError(t, err)
assert.True(t, filtered, "STUN message must be consumed despite its WireGuard-shaped type")
}