[Dnsmasq-discuss] Fwd: no-ping

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Tue Feb 20 09:21:46 UTC 2024


Ah, this is working because you include --dhcp-broadcast, which avoids 
the ARP-cache access.

I'm not clear why you want to avoid CAP_NET_ADMIN, but a correct patch 
to do that would only not set need_cap_netadmin when --broadcast is set, 
and only when it's set unconditionally, without tags.

Cheers,

Simon.


On 20/02/2024 00:50, Martin Ivičič wrote:
> I'm currently running dnsmasq (with my patch applied) using the following script and everything seems to work fine actually - no errors reported.
> (I have only added CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE in order to be able to bind to port 67.)
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> set -euo pipefail
> SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
> 
> PID_FILE=$SCRIPT_DIR/dnsmasq.pid
> 
> dnsmasq \
> --pid-file=$PID_FILE \
> --dhcp-leasefile=$SCRIPT_DIR/dnsmasq.leases \
> --strict-order \
> --bind-interfaces \
> --dhcp-authoritative \
> --no-ping \
> --dhcp-broadcast \
> --port=0  \
> --conf-file= \
> --no-hosts  \
> --interface=br-mgmt \
> --listen-address=10.0.0.254 \
> --dhcp-range=net:mgmt,10.0.0.1,10.0.0.250,255.255.255.0,10.0.0.255 \
> --dhcp-option=mgmt,option:router \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:00:01,id:*,net:mgmt,10.0.0.1 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:00:02,id:*,net:mgmt,10.0.0.2 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:00:03,id:*,net:mgmt,10.0.0.3 \
> \
> --interface=br-dth \
> --listen-address=10.0.1.254 \
> --dhcp-range=net:dth,10.0.1.1,10.0.1.250,255.255.255.0,10.0.1.255 \
> --dhcp-option=dth,option:router \
> --dhcp-option=dth,option:classless-static-route,10.235.0.0/16,10.0.1.254  <http://10.235.0.0/16,10.0.1.254>  \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:01:01,id:*,net:dth,10.0.1.1 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:01:02,id:*,net:dth,10.0.1.2 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:01:03,id:*,net:dth,10.0.1.3 \
> \
> --interface=br-inet \
> --listen-address=10.0.2.254 \
> --dhcp-range=net:inet,10.0.2.1,10.0.2.250,255.255.255.0,10.0.2.255 \
> --dhcp-option=inet,option:router,10.0.2.254 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:02:01,id:*,net:inet,10.0.2.1 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:02:02,id:*,net:inet,10.0.2.2 \
> --dhcp-host=52:54:00:00:02:03,id:*,net:inet,10.0.2.3 \
> \
> --no-daemon
> 
> 
> this is the output:
> 
> dnsmasq: started, version 2.90deb2-1-g1ed783b DNS disabled
> dnsmasq: compile time options: IPv6 GNU-getopt no-DBus no-UBus no-i18n no-IDN DHCP DHCPv6 no-Lua TFTP no-conntrack ipset no-nftset auth no-cryptohash no-DNSSEC loop-detect inotify dumpfile
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.2.1 -- 10.0.2.250, lease time 1h
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.1.1 -- 10.0.1.250, lease time 1h
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCP, IP range 10.0.0.1 -- 10.0.0.250, lease time 1h
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(br-mgmt) 52:54:00:00:00:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(br-mgmt) 10.0.0.1 52:54:00:00:00:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(br-dth) 52:54:00:00:01:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(br-dth) 10.0.1.1 52:54:00:00:01:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(br-inet) 52:54:00:00:02:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(br-inet) 10.0.2.1 52:54:00:00:02:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(br-mgmt) 10.0.0.1 52:54:00:00:00:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(br-mgmt) 10.0.0.1 52:54:00:00:00:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(br-inet) 10.0.2.1 52:54:00:00:02:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(br-inet) 10.0.2.1 52:54:00:00:02:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(br-dth) 10.0.1.1 52:54:00:00:01:01
> dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(br-dth) 10.0.1.1 52:54:00:00:01:01
> 
> 
> inside the VM:
> 
> root at localhost:~# ip addr
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
>      link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
>      inet127.0.0.1/8  <http://127.0.0.1/8>  scope host lo
>         valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> 2: enp0s1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether 52:54:00:00:00:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>      inet10.0.0.1/24  <http://10.0.0.1/24>  metric 1024 brd 10.0.0.255 scope global dynamic enp0s1
>         valid_lft 3525sec preferred_lft 3525sec
> 3: enp0s2: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether 52:54:00:00:01:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>      inet10.0.1.1/24  <http://10.0.1.1/24>  metric 1024 brd 10.0.1.255 scope global dynamic enp0s2
>         valid_lft 3525sec preferred_lft 3525sec
> 4: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
>      link/ether 52:54:00:00:02:01 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>      inet10.0.2.1/24  <http://10.0.2.1/24>  metric 1024 brd 10.0.2.255 scope global dynamic enp0s3
>         valid_lft 3525sec preferred_lft 3525sec
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2024 at 1:46 AM Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk 
> <mailto:simon at thekelleys.org.uk>> wrote:
> 
>     If you're doing DHCP, even if you're not sending ICMP ping packets, you
>     still need CAP_NET_ADMIN, because the DHCP server has to be able to
>     manipulate the ARP table.
> 
>     I guess you're starting dnsmasq without CAP_NET_ADMIN, dnsmasq is
>     determining that it needs CPA_NET_ADMIN to run the DHCP server, and
>     erroring out because it doesn't have it.
> 
> 
>     Simon.
> 
> 
>     On 19/02/2024 15:32, Martin Ivičič wrote:
>      > Hello,
>      >
>      > I might have stumbled upon a minor bug in dnsmasq which causes
>     NET_ADMIN
>      > capability being required even if it's actually not needed
>     (according to
>      > provided command line arguments).
>      >
>      > diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.c b/src/dnsmasq.c
>      > index 30fb419..cef42f6 100644
>      > --- a/src/dnsmasq.c
>      > +++ b/src/dnsmasq.c
>      > @@ -313,9 +313,10 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
>      >       {
>      >         dhcp_init();
>      >   #   ifdef HAVE_LINUX_NETWORK
>      > -      if (!option_bool(OPT_NO_PING))
>      > -   need_cap_net_raw = 1;
>      > -      need_cap_net_admin = 1;
>      > +      if (!option_bool(OPT_NO_PING)) {
>      > +        need_cap_net_raw = 1;
>      > +        need_cap_net_admin = 1;
>      > +      }
>      >   #   endif
>      >       }
>      >
>      > Without this patch, with following arguments, dnsmasq ends with
>      > "dnsmasq: process is missing required capability NET_ADMIN"
>      >
>      > src/dnsmasq  \
>      > --strict-order \
>      > --bind-interfaces \
>      > --interface=br-mgmt \
>      > --listen-address=10.0.0.254 \
>      > --dhcp-range=10.0.0.1,10.0.0.250 \
>      > --dhcp-authoritative \
>      > --no-ping \
>      > --dhcp-broadcast \
>      > --port=0 \
>      > --conf-file= \
>      > --pid-file=/tmp/dnsmasq.pid \
>      > --dhcp-leasefile=/tmp/dnsmasq.leases \
>      > --dhcp-no-override \
>      > --no-daemon
>      >
>      > After applying the patch dnsmasq starts and runs fine.
>      >
>      > Best regards,
>      > Martin
>      >
>      >
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