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Open vSwitch Firewall Driver
The OVS driver has the same API as the current iptables firewall
driver, keeping the state of security groups and ports inside of the
firewall. Class SGPortMap
was created to keep state
consistent, and maps from ports to security groups and vice-versa. Every
port and security group is represented by its own object encapsulating
the necessary information.
Note: Open vSwitch firewall driver uses register 5 for marking flow related to port and register 6 which defines network and is used for conntrack zones.
Firewall API calls
There are two main calls performed by the firewall driver in order to
either create or update a port with security groups -
prepare_port_filter
and update_port_filter
.
Both methods rely on the security group objects that are already defined
in the driver and work similarly to their iptables counterparts. The
definition of the objects will be described later in this document.
prepare_port_filter
must be called only once during port
creation, and it defines the initial rules for the port. When the port
is updated, all filtering rules are removed, and new rules are generated
based on the available information about security groups in the
driver.
Security group rules can be defined in the firewall driver by calling
update_security_group_rules
, which rewrites all the rules
for a given security group. If a remote security group is changed, then
update_security_group_members
is called to determine the
set of IP addresses that should be allowed for this remote security
group. Calling this method will not have any effect on existing instance
ports. In other words, if the port is using security groups and its
rules are changed by calling one of the above methods, then no new rules
are generated for this port. update_port_filter
must be
called for the changes to take effect.
All the machinery above is controlled by security group RPC methods, which mean the firewall driver doesn't have any logic of which port should be updated based on the provided changes, it only accomplishes actions when called from the controller.
OpenFlow rules
At first, every connection is split into ingress and egress processes
based on the input or output port respectively. Each port contains the
initial hardcoded flows for ARP, DHCP and established connections, which
are accepted by default. To detect established connections, a flow must
by marked by conntrack first with an action=ct()
rule. An
accepted flow means that ingress packets for the connection are directly
sent to the port, and egress packets are left to be normally switched by
the integration bridge.
Connections that are not matched by the above rules are sent to either the ingress or egress filtering table, depending on its direction. The reason the rules are based on security group rules in separate tables is to make it easy to detect these rules during removal.
The firewall driver method
create_rules_generator_for_port
creates a generator that
builds a single security group rule either from rules belonging to a
given group, or rules allowing connections to remote groups. Every rule
is then expanded into several OpenFlow rules by the method
create_flows_from_rule_and_port
.
Rules example with explanation:
The following example presents two ports on the same host. They have different security groups and there is icmp traffic allowed from first security group to the second security group. Ports have following attributes:
Port 1
- plugged to the port 1 in OVS bridge
- ip address: 192.168.0.1
- mac address: fa:16:3e:a4:22:10
- security group 1: can send icmp packets out
Port 2
- plugged to the port 2 in OVS bridge
- ip address: 192.168.0.2
- mac address: fa:16:3e:24:57:c7
- security group 2: can receive icmp packets from security group 1
The first table 0
distinguishes the traffic to ingress
or egress and loads to register 5
value identifying port
traffic. Ingress flow is determined by switch port number and egress
flow is determined by destination mac address. register 6
contains
table=0, priority=100,in_port=1 actions=load:0x1->NXM_NX_REG5[],load:0x284->NXM_NX_REG6[],resubmit(,71)
table=0, priority=100,in_port=2 actions=load:0x2->NXM_NX_REG5[],load:0x284->NXM_NX_REG6[],resubmit(,71)
table=0, priority=90,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=load:0x1->NXM_NX_REG5[],load:0x284->NXM_NX_REG6[],resubmit(,81)
table=0, priority=90,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=load:0x2->NXM_NX_REG5[],load:0x284->NXM_NX_REG6[],resubmit(,81)
table=0, priority=0 actions=NORMAL
Following table 71
implements arp spoofing protection,
ip spoofing protection, allows traffic for obtaining ip addresses (dhcp,
dhcpv6, slaac, ndp) for egress traffic and allows arp replies. Also
identifies not tracked connections which are processed later with
information obtained from conntrack. Notice the
zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15]
in actions
when
obtaining information from conntrack. It says every port has its own
conntrack zone defined by value in register 6
. It's there
to avoid accepting established traffic that belongs to different port
with same conntrack parameters.
Rules below allow ICMPv6 traffic for multicast listeners, neighbour solicitation and neighbour advertisement.
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,icmp_type=130 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,icmp_type=131 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,icmp_type=132 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,icmp_type=135 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,icmp_type=136 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,icmp_type=130 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,icmp_type=131 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,icmp_type=132 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,icmp_type=135 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,icmp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,icmp_type=136 actions=NORMAL
Following rules implement arp spoofing protection
table=71, priority=95,arp,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,dl_src=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,arp_spa=192.168.0.1 actions=NORMAL
table=71, priority=95,arp,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,dl_src=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,arp_spa=192.168.0.2 actions=NORMAL
DHCP and DHCPv6 traffic is allowed to instance but DHCP servers are blocked on instances.
table=71, priority=80,udp,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,tp_src=68,tp_dst=67 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=71, priority=80,udp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,tp_src=546,tp_dst=547 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=71, priority=70,udp,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,tp_src=67,tp_dst=68 actions=drop
table=71, priority=70,udp6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,tp_src=547,tp_dst=546 actions=drop
table=71, priority=80,udp,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,tp_src=68,tp_dst=67 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=71, priority=80,udp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,tp_src=546,tp_dst=547 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=71, priority=70,udp,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,tp_src=67,tp_dst=68 actions=drop
table=71, priority=70,udp6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,tp_src=547,tp_dst=546 actions=drop
Flowing rules obtain conntrack information for valid ip and mac address combinations. All other packets are dropped.
table=71, priority=65,ct_state=-trk,ip,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,dl_src=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,nw_src=192.168.0.1 actions=ct(table=72,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=71, priority=65,ct_state=-trk,ip,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,dl_src=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,nw_src=192.168.0.2 actions=ct(table=72,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=71, priority=65,ct_state=-trk,ipv6,reg5=0x1,in_port=1,dl_src=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,ipv6_src=fe80::f816:3eff:fea4:2210 actions=ct(table=72,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=71, priority=65,ct_state=-trk,ipv6,reg5=0x2,in_port=2,dl_src=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,ipv6_src=fe80::f816:3eff:fe24:57c7 actions=ct(table=72,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=71, priority=10,ct_state=-trk,reg5=0x1,in_port=1 actions=drop
table=71, priority=10,ct_state=-trk,reg5=0x2,in_port=2 actions=drop
table=71, priority=0 actions=drop
table 72
accepts only established or related
connections, and implements rules defined by the security group. As this
egress connection might also be an ingress connection for some other
port, it's not switched yet but eventually processed by ingress
pipeline.
All established or new connections defined by security group rule are
accepted
, which will be explained later. All invalid
packets are dropped. In case below we allow all icmp egress traffic.
table=72, priority=70,ct_state=+est-rel-rpl,icmp,reg5=0x1,dl_src=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=72, priority=70,ct_state=+new-est,icmp,reg5=0x1,dl_src=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=resubmit(,73)
table=72, priority=50,ct_state=+inv+trk actions=drop
Important on the flows below is the ct_mark=0x1
. Such
value have flows that were marked as not existing anymore by rule
introduced later. Those are typically connections that were allowed by
some security group rule and the rule was removed.
table=72, priority=50,ct_mark=0x1,reg5=0x1 actions=drop
table=72, priority=50,ct_mark=0x1,reg5=0x2 actions=drop
All other connections that are not marked and are established or related are allowed.
table=72, priority=50,ct_state=+est-rel+rpl,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x1 actions=NORMAL
table=72, priority=50,ct_state=+est-rel+rpl,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x2 actions=NORMAL
table=72, priority=50,ct_state=-new-est+rel-inv,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x1 actions=NORMAL
table=72, priority=50,ct_state=-new-est+rel-inv,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x2 actions=NORMAL
In the following flows are marked established connections that weren't matched in the previous flows, which means they don't have accepting security group rule anymore.
table=72, priority=40,ct_state=-est,reg5=0x1 actions=drop
table=72, priority=40,ct_state=+est,reg5=0x1 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15],exec(load:0x1->NXM_NX_CT_MARK[]))
table=72, priority=40,ct_state=-est,reg5=0x2 actions=drop
table=72, priority=40,ct_state=+est,reg5=0x2 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15],exec(load:0x1->NXM_NX_CT_MARK[]))
table=72, priority=0 actions=drop
In following table 73
are all detected ingress
connections sent to ingress pipeline. Since the connection was already
accepted by egress pipeline, all remaining egress connections are sent
to normal switching.
table=73, priority=100,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=load:0x1->NXM_NX_REG5[],resubmit(,81)
table=73, priority=100,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=load:0x2->NXM_NX_REG5[],resubmit(,81)
table=73, priority=90,ct_state=+new-est,reg5=0x1 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15]),NORMAL
table=73, priority=90,ct_state=+new-est,reg5=0x2 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15]),NORMAL
table=73, priority=80,reg5=0x1 actions=NORMAL
table=73, priority=80,reg5=0x2 actions=NORMAL
table=73, priority=0 actions=drop
table 81
is similar to table 71
, allows
basic ingress traffic for obtaining ip address and arp queries. Note
that vlan tag must be removed by adding strip_vlan
to
actions list, prior to injecting packet directly to port. Not tracked
packets are sent to obtain conntrack information.
table=81, priority=100,arp,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,arp,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,icmp_type=130 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,icmp_type=131 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,icmp_type=132 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,icmp_type=135 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10,icmp_type=136 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,icmp_type=130 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,icmp_type=131 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,icmp_type=132 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,icmp_type=135 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=100,icmp6,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,icmp_type=136 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=95,udp,reg5=0x1,tp_src=67,tp_dst=68 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=95,udp6,reg5=0x1,tp_src=547,tp_dst=546 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=81, priority=95,udp,reg5=0x2,tp_src=67,tp_dst=68 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=95,udp6,reg5=0x2,tp_src=547,tp_dst=546 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=81, priority=90,ct_state=-trk,ip,reg5=0x1 actions=ct(table=82,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=81, priority=90,ct_state=-trk,ipv6,reg5=0x1 actions=ct(table=82,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=81, priority=90,ct_state=-trk,ip,reg5=0x2 actions=ct(table=82,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=81, priority=90,ct_state=-trk,ipv6,reg5=0x2 actions=ct(table=82,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15])
table=81, priority=80,ct_state=+trk,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=resubmit(,82)
table=81, priority=80,ct_state=+trk,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=resubmit(,82)
table=81, priority=0 actions=drop
Similarly to table 72
, table 82
accepts
established and related connections. In this case we allow all icmp
traffic coming from security group 1
which is in this case
only port 1
with ip address 192.168.0.1
.
table=82, priority=70,ct_state=+est-rel-rpl,icmp,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,nw_src=192.168.0.1 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=82, priority=70,ct_state=+new-est,icmp,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7,nw_src=192.168.0.1 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15]),strip_vlan,output:2
table=82, priority=50,ct_state=+inv+trk actions=drop
The mechanism for dropping connections that are not allowed anymore
is the same as in table 72
.
table=82, priority=50,ct_mark=0x1,reg5=0x1 actions=drop
table=82, priority=50,ct_mark=0x1,reg5=0x2 actions=drop
table=82, priority=50,ct_state=+est-rel+rpl,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=82, priority=50,ct_state=+est-rel+rpl,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=82, priority=50,ct_state=-new-est+rel-inv,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x1,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:a4:22:10 actions=strip_vlan,output:1
table=82, priority=50,ct_state=-new-est+rel-inv,ct_zone=644,ct_mark=0,reg5=0x2,dl_dst=fa:16:3e:24:57:c7 actions=strip_vlan,output:2
table=82, priority=40,ct_state=-est,reg5=0x1 actions=drop
table=82, priority=40,ct_state=+est,reg5=0x1 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15],exec(load:0x1->NXM_NX_CT_MARK[]))
table=82, priority=40,ct_state=-est,reg5=0x2 actions=drop
table=82, priority=40,ct_state=+est,reg5=0x2 actions=ct(commit,zone=NXM_NX_REG6[0..15],exec(load:0x1->NXM_NX_CT_MARK[]))
table=82, priority=0 actions=drop
Note: Conntrack zones on a single node are now based on network to which port is plugged in. That makes a difference between traffic on hypervisor only and east-west traffic. For example, if port has a VIP that was migrated to a port on different node, then new port won't contain conntrack information about previous traffic that happened with VIP.
Future work
- Create fullstack tests with tunneling enabled
- Conjunctions in Openflow rules can be created to decrease the number of rules needed for remote security groups
- During the update of firewall rules, we can use bundles to make the changes atomic
Upgrade path from iptables hybrid driver
During an upgrade, the agent will need to re-plug each instance's tap device into the integration bridge while trying to not break existing connections. One of the following approaches can be taken:
1) Pause the running instance in order to prevent a short period of time where its network interface does not have firewall rules. This can happen due to the firewall driver calling OVS to obtain information about OVS the port. Once the instance is paused and no traffic is flowing, we can delete the qvo interface from integration bridge, detach the tap device from the qbr bridge and plug the tap device back into the integration bridge. Once this is done, the firewall rules are applied for the OVS tap interface and the instance is started from its paused state.
2) Set drop rules for the instance's tap interface, delete the qbr bridge and related veths, plug the tap device into the integration bridge, apply the OVS firewall rules and finally remove the drop rules for the instance.
3) Compute nodes can be upgraded one at a time. A free node can be switched to use the OVS firewall, and instances from other nodes can be live-migrated to it. Once the first node is evacuated, its firewall driver can be then be switched to the OVS driver.