Strange problem with SCTP+IPv6

From: Corey Minyard
Date: Sun Jun 21 2020 - 11:56:13 EST


I've stumbled upon a strange problem with SCTP and IPv6. If I create an
sctp listening socket on :: and set the IPV6_V6ONLY socket option on it,
then I make a connection to it using ::1, the connection will drop after
2.5 seconds with an ECONNRESET error.

It only happens on SCTP, it doesn't have the issue if you connect to a
full IPv6 address instead of ::1, and it doesn't happen if you don't
set IPV6_V6ONLY. I have verified current end of tree kernel.org.
I tried on an ARM system and x86_64.

I haven't dug into the kernel to see if I could find anything yet, but I
thought I would go ahead and report it. I am attaching a reproducer.
Basically, compile the following code:

gcc -g -o sctptest -Wall sctptest.c

and run it in one window as a server:

./sctptest a

(Pass in any option to be the server) and run the following in another
window as the client:

./sctptest

It disconnects after about 2.5 seconds. If it works, it should just sit
there forever.

-corey


#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/select.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <netinet/sctp.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>

static int
getaddr(const char *addr, const char *port, bool listen,
struct addrinfo **rai)
{
struct addrinfo *ai, hints;

memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
hints.ai_flags = AI_ADDRCONFIG;
if (listen)
hints.ai_flags |= AI_PASSIVE;
hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_SCTP;
if (getaddrinfo(addr, port, &hints, &ai)) {
perror("getaddrinfo");
return -1;
}

*rai = ai;
return 0;
}

static int
waitread(int s)
{
char data[1];
ssize_t rv;

rv = read(s, data, sizeof(data));
if (rv == -1) {
perror("read");
return -1;
}
printf("Read %d bytes\n", (int) rv);
return 0;
}

static int
do_server(void)
{
int err, ls, s, optval;
struct addrinfo *ai;

printf("Server\n");

err = getaddr("::", "3023", true, &ai);
if (err)
return err;

ls = socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol);
if (ls == -1) {
perror("socket");
return -1;
}

optval = 1;
if (setsockopt(ls, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
(void *)&optval, sizeof(optval)) == -1) {
perror("setsockopt reuseaddr");
return -1;
}

/* Comment this out and it will work. */
if (setsockopt(ls, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, &optval,
sizeof(optval)) == -1) {
perror("setsockopt ipv6 only");
return -1;
}

err = bind(ls, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen);
if (err == -1) {
perror("bind");
return -1;
}

err = listen(ls, 5);
if (err == -1) {
perror("listen");
return -1;
}

s = accept(ls, NULL, NULL);
if (s == -1) {
perror("accept");
return -1;
}

close(ls);

err = waitread(s);
close(s);
return err;
}

static int
do_client(void)
{
int err, s;
struct addrinfo *ai;

printf("Client\n");

err = getaddr("::1", "3023", false, &ai);
if (err)
return err;

s = socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol);
if (s == -1) {
perror("socket");
return -1;
}

err = connect(s, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen);
if (err == -1) {
perror("connect");
return -1;
}

err = waitread(s);
close(s);
return err;
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int err;

if (argc > 1)
err = do_server();
else
err = do_client();
return !!err;
}