[strongSwan] IPSec route based VPN - VTI interface TX Errors NoRoute

Tiago Stoco tmsblink at msn.com
Wed Sep 1 01:46:16 CEST 2021


Hi Noel,

Thanks for the help.

I have moved the route for IPSec back into the main routing table.

[root at arch-linux ~]# ip route
default via 192.168.45.1 dev ens18
10.10.10.0/30 dev ip_vti1 scope link src 10.10.10.2
192.168.45.0/24 dev ens18 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.45.30

[root at arch-linux ~]# ip route show table 220
[root at arch-linux ~]#

And the connmark plugin has been disabled.

[root at arch-linux ~]# ipsec statusall | grep -i connmark
[root at arch-linux ~]#

Also, I have noticed that even after the connmark plugin is disabled some mark rules are added to iptables.

[root at arch-linux ~]# ipsec stop
Stopping strongSwan IPsec...
[root at arch-linux ~]# iptables-save | grep -i mark
[root at arch-linux ~]#

[root at arch-linux ~]# ipsec start
Starting strongSwan 5.9.3 IPsec [starter]...
[root at arch-linux ~]# swanctl --load-all
plugin 'mysql' failed to load: libmariadb.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
loaded ike secret 'ike-0'
no authorities found, 0 unloaded
no pools found, 0 unloaded
loaded connection 'ipseclab'
successfully loaded 1 connections, 0 unloaded
[root at arch-linux ~]# iptables-save | grep -i mark
-A PREROUTING -d 10.10.10.0/30 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff
-A PREROUTING -s 192.168.45.10/32 -d 192.168.45.30/32 -p esp -m esp --espspi 3419086685 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xfffffff
f
-A OUTPUT -d 10.10.10.0/30 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff


The scenario is the same at the moment :

pings from 10.10.10.1 ( pfSense ) to 10.10.10.2 ( Linux ) ✅ seem as received by Linux
pings from 10.10.10.2 ( Linux ) to 10.10.10.1 ( pfSense ) ❌ seem as Errors NoRoute
ip_vti1: ip/ip remote 192.168.45.10 local 192.168.45.30 ttl inherit nopmtudisc key 42
RX: Packets    Bytes        Errors CsumErrs OutOfSeq Mcasts
   66095      5551980      0      0        0        0
TX: Packets    Bytes        Errors DeadLoop NoRoute  NoBufs
   0          0            133788 0        133788   0

I am at work and not able to capture packets to further investigate but will do as soon possible.

[root at arch-linux ~]# ipsec statusall
Status of IKE charon daemon (strongSwan 5.9.3, Linux 5.13.12-arch1-1, x86_64):
 uptime: 9 minutes, since Sep 01 00:24:27 2021
 malloc: sbrk 2936832, mmap 0, used 1328288, free 1608544
 worker threads: 11 of 16 idle, 5/0/0/0 working, job queue: 0/0/0/0, scheduled: 115
 loaded plugins: charon ldap pkcs11 aes des rc2 sha2 sha3 sha1 md5 mgf1 random nonce x509 revocation constraints pubkey p
kcs1 pkcs7 pkcs8 pkcs12 pgp dnskey sshkey pem openssl fips-prf gmp curve25519 agent chapoly xcbc cmac hmac ntru drbg newho
pe bliss curl sqlite attr kernel-netlink resolve socket-default forecast farp stroke vici updown eap-identity eap-sim eap-
aka eap-aka-3gpp2 eap-simaka-pseudonym eap-simaka-reauth eap-md5 eap-gtc eap-mschapv2 eap-dynamic eap-radius eap-tls eap-t
tls eap-peap xauth-generic xauth-eap xauth-pam xauth-noauth dhcp radattr unity counters
Listening IP addresses:
 192.168.45.30
 10.10.10.2
Connections:
   ipseclab:  192.168.45.30...192.168.45.10  IKEv2, dpddelay=10s
   ipseclab:   local:  [ipsec-lab-openwrt] uses pre-shared key authentication
   ipseclab:   remote: [ipsec-lab-pfsense] uses pre-shared key authentication
       con1:   child:  10.10.10.0/30 === 10.10.10.0/30 TUNNEL, dpdaction=restart
Security Associations (2 up, 0 connecting):
   ipseclab[54]: ESTABLISHED 9 seconds ago, 192.168.45.30[ipsec-lab-openwrt]...192.168.45.10[ipsec-lab-pfsense]
   ipseclab[54]: IKEv2 SPIs: 840c3fd77eb0efee_i b3f6cec233130e6a_r*, rekeying in 6 hours
   ipseclab[54]: IKE proposal: AES_CBC_256/HMAC_SHA2_256_128/PRF_HMAC_SHA2_256/MODP_2048
       con1{54}:  INSTALLED, TUNNEL, reqid 1, ESP SPIs: c206ad8c_i c631ebba_o
       con1{54}:  AES_GCM_16_256, 0 bytes_i, 0 bytes_o, rekeying in 48 minutes
       con1{54}:   10.10.10.0/30 === 10.10.10.0/30
   ipseclab[53]: ESTABLISHED 19 seconds ago, 192.168.45.30[ipsec-lab-openwrt]...192.168.45.10[ipsec-lab-pfsense]
   ipseclab[53]: IKEv2 SPIs: 133d2066ebf6a358_i d8da41bca97601ca_r*, rekeying in 6 hours
   ipseclab[53]: IKE proposal: AES_CBC_256/HMAC_SHA2_256_128/PRF_HMAC_SHA2_256/MODP_2048
       con1{53}:  INSTALLED, TUNNEL, reqid 1, ESP SPIs: cb169570_i c35823e7_o
       con1{53}:  AES_GCM_16_256, 0 bytes_i, 0 bytes_o, rekeying in 51 minutes
       con1{53}:   10.10.10.0/30 === 10.10.10.0/30

I will add to the thread later but NFLOG is able to capture MARKS in the packets. The packets captured by NFLOG has a special section with quite useful information.

...
Linux Netfilter NFLOG
    Family: IPv4 (2)
    Version: 0
    Resource id: 7
    TLV Type: NFULA_PACKET_HDR (1), Length: 8
...

Once again, thanks for the help.

Tiago Stoco.

________________________________
From: Noel Kuntze
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 2:20 PM
To: Tiago Stoco; Tobias Brunner; users at lists.strongswan.org
Subject: Re: [strongSwan] IPSec route based VPN - VTI interface TX Errors NoRoute

Hello Tiago,

> And, I have moved the route for the VTI to table 220 because it seems to be the right way to config routed based IPSec VPN.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip rule
> 0:      from all lookup local
> 220:    from all lookup 220
> 32766:  from all lookup main
> 32767:  from all lookup default

Don't do that.
220 is managed by strongSwan. Keep them in the main table.

> -A PREROUTING -d 10.10.10.0/30 -c 2352 230776 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff
> -A OUTPUT -d 10.10.10.0/30 -c 3605 336028 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff

Disable the connmark plugin.


> I have added a few more NFLOG captures into my iptables and I am a bit confused with the results.
>
> A tcpdump capture in the VTI interface with a ping from the remote ( pfSense - 10.10.10.1 ) shows :
>
> No   Time      Source        Destination
>
> 1 0.000000 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.2 ICMP 84 Echo (ping) request  id=0x9877, seq=471/55041, ttl=64 (reply in 2)
> 2 0.000038 10.10.10.2 > 10.10.10.1 ICMP 84 Echo (ping) reply    id=0x9877, seq=471/55041, ttl=64 (request in 1)
>
> I do not see the IPSec MARK in these packets.

They are only visible in the output of the TRACE target. I suspect they are note copied into the buffer passed to the applications.

>
> Also, the NAT chain is not having packets passing through it.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# snat
> -P PREROUTING ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P INPUT ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P OUTPUT ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -A PREROUTING -c 0 0 -j NFLOG --nflog-group 9
>
> That is odd cause I am not able to manipulate the packets.
>
> I will run a ping from the local Linux (10.10.10.2) and see how the packets are flowing through the iptables chains and will update in another email.
>

The *nat table is only consulted for the first packet of a connection.

Kind regards
Noel


Am 31.08.21 um 17:22 schrieb Tiago Stoco:
> Hi Tobias,
>
> First of all, THANKS for replying and clarifying some settings.
>
> I have completely disabled the bypass-lan plugin since I do not have a use for it right now.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# cat /etc/strongswan.conf
> ...
>         plugins {
>                 include strongswan.d/charon/*.conf
>                 bypass-lan {
>                         load = no
>                 }
> ...
>
> And, I have moved the route for the VTI to table 220 because it seems to be the right way to config routed based IPSec VPN.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip rule
> 0:      from all lookup local
> 220:    from all lookup 220
> 32766:  from all lookup main
> 32767:  from all lookup default
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip r s t 220
> 10.10.10.0/30 via 10.10.10.2 dev ip_vti1 src 10.10.10.2
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip route
> default via 192.168.45.1 dev ens18
> 192.168.45.0/24 dev ens18 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.45.30
>
> I am going to add some more details of my configs because the TX Errors NoRoute are still present.
>
> 7: ip_vti1 at NONE: <POINTOPOINT,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
>     link/ipip 192.168.45.30peer 192.168.45.10promiscuity 0 minmtu 0 maxmtu 0
>     vti remote 192.168.45.10 local 192.168.45.30 ikey 0.0.0.42 okey 0.0.0.42 numtxqueues 1 numrxqueues 1 gso_max_size 65536 gso_max_segs 65535
>     inet 10.10.10.2peer 10.10.10.1/32 scope global ip_vti1
>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>     inet6 fe80::5efe:c0a8:2d1e/64 scope link
>        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
> I can also see that the IPSec added some rules to MARK packets in my iptables.
>
> -A PREROUTING -d 10.10.10.0/30 -c 2352 230776 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff
> -A OUTPUT -d 10.10.10.0/30 -c 3605 336028 -j MARK --set-xmark 0x2a/0xffffffff
>
> The counters confirms that the packets are being marked. I am not sure if I should keep the MARK in iptables or remove it allowing routing decisions to send the packets to the VTI device that will MARK the packets but according to my understanding it should not matter.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip xfrm policy
> src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 0.0.0.0/0
>         socket in priority 0 ptype main
> src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 0.0.0.0/0
>         socket out priority 0 ptype main
> src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 0.0.0.0/0
>         socket in priority 0 ptype main
> src 0.0.0.0/0 dst 0.0.0.0/0
>         socket out priority 0 ptype main
> src ::/0 dst ::/0
>         socket in priority 0 ptype main
> src ::/0 dst ::/0
>         socket out priority 0 ptype main
> src ::/0 dst ::/0
>         socket in priority 0 ptype main
> src ::/0 dst ::/0
>         socket out priority 0 ptype main
>
> Above are the policies installed. Again, because it is a routed base VPN seems correct.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# ip xfrm state
> src 192.168.45.30 dst 192.168.45.10
>         proto esp spi 0xc2239b57 reqid 1 mode tunnel
>         replay-window 0 flag af-unspec
>         mark 0x2a/0xffffffff
>         aead rfc4106(gcm(aes)) 0x264acee3119a4e523af2fbf5905b50c5acc1f7be9079ff23ffa2c6473a9c507fe1ae936b 128
>         anti-replay context: seq 0x0, oseq 0x0, bitmap 0x00000000
> src 192.168.45.10 dst 192.168.45.30
>         proto esp spi 0xc661b9e5 reqid 1 mode tunnel
>         replay-window 32 flag af-unspec
>         aead rfc4106(gcm(aes)) 0x69a86fa6ca9448bece6ffdff77893f0e9ce5ebef604040f681b5cdd2d5976438ed005df1 128
>         anti-replay context: seq 0x656, oseq 0x0, bitmap 0xffffffff
>
> I have added a few more NFLOG captures into my iptables and I am a bit confused with the results.
>
> A tcpdump capture in the VTI interface with a ping from the remote ( pfSense - 10.10.10.1 ) shows :
>
> No   Time      Source        Destination
>
> 1 0.000000 10.10.10.1 10.10.10.2 ICMP 84 Echo (ping) request  id=0x9877, seq=471/55041, ttl=64 (reply in 2)
> 2 0.000038 10.10.10.2 > 10.10.10.1 ICMP 84 Echo (ping) reply    id=0x9877, seq=471/55041, ttl=64 (request in 1)
>
> I do not see the IPSec MARK in these packets.
> The reply packets end up in the OUTPUT chain marked but not encrypted as an ESP packet. By the way I do not see the replies even being encapsulated at all by IPSec.
>
> Also, the NAT chain is not having packets passing through it.
>
> [root at arch-linux ~]# snat
> -P PREROUTING ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P INPUT ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P OUTPUT ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT -c 0 0
> -A PREROUTING -c 0 0 -j NFLOG --nflog-group 9
>
> That is odd cause I am not able to manipulate the packets.
>
> I will run a ping from the local Linux (10.10.10.2) and see how the packets are flowing through the iptables chains and will update in another email.
>
> In the meantime, if someone sees something that I am missing. Please let me know.
>
> Many Thanks.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Tobias Brunner <tobias at strongswan.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2021 5:51 AM
> *To:* Tiago Stoco <tmsblink at msn.com>; users at lists.strongswan.org <users at lists.strongswan.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [strongSwan] IPSec route based VPN - VTI interface TX Errors NoRoute
> Hi Tiago,
>
>> Pings from the Linux system are being seem as errors NoRoute by the tunnel. > ...
>> Shunted Connections:
>> Bypass LAN 10.10.10.0/30:  10.10.10.0/30 === 10.10.10.0/30 PASS
>
> The reason is most likely this passthrough IPsec policy installed by the
> bypass-lan plugin for the subnet that is reachable (according to the
> main routing table) via ip_vti1.  For a ping from 10.10.10.2 to
> 10.10.10.1, the VTI interface won't find an IPsec policy to protect the
> packet (the passthrough policy has a higher priority), so it gets dropped.
>
> To avoid that, either install the routes via VTI in table 220 (which is
> ignored by the bypass-lan plugin automatically), exclude the VTI
> interface explicitly via charon.plugins.bypass-lan.interfaces_ignore, or
> just disable the bypass-lan plugin completely if you don't need it.
>
> Regards,
> Tobias

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