[PATCH v3] net/ice: add MAC anti-spoof option
Anurag Mandal
anurag.mandal at intel.com
Wed Dec 3 11:41:26 CET 2025
MAC anti-spoof is disabled by default to support VRRP advertisement
packets from a vsi of ice PF. There is no way to enable this security
check in the Tx direction itself.
This patch introduces devargs "mac-anti-spoof" to allow user to
enable MAC anti-spoof check. Enable MAC Anti-spoof check in the
Tx direction to automatically drop outgoing packets as TX-errors
when their destination MAC address matches one of the MAC
addresses assigned to that same NIC port.
Signed-off-by: Anurag Mandal <anurag.mandal at intel.com>
---
V3: Addressed Morten Brørup's feedback
- set the default value of the devargs to 0
- disabled MAC anti-spoof check by default
- provided devargs option to enable the same
- synchronized with source prune
V2: Addressed Bruce Richardson's feedback
- changed devargs name to "mac-anti-spoof"
- changed devargs member name to "mac_anti_spoof"
- changed macro name to "ICE_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF_ARG"
- set the default value of the devargs to 1
- added NOTICE log msg when MAC Anti-spoof is disabled
- added more code comments to provide clarity
- fixed typo error with ICE_AQ_VSI_SEC_FLAG_ENA_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF
doc/guides/nics/ice.rst | 11 +++++++++
drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
index 6cc27cefa7..ee8d443c97 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ice.rst
@@ -194,6 +194,17 @@ Runtime Configuration
-a 80:00.0,source-prune=1
+- ``MAC Anti-spoof Enable`` (default ``0``)
+
+ Enable MAC Anti-spoof check in the Tx direction to drop outgoing
+ packets when their destination MAC address matches one of the
+ MAC addresses assigned to that same NIC port.
+
+ MAC Anti-spoof can be enabled by setting the devargs parameter ``mac-anti-spoof``,
+ for example::
+
+ -a 80:00.0,mac-anti-spoof=1
+
- ``Protocol extraction for per queue``
Configure the RX queues to do protocol extraction into mbuf for protocol
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
index c1d92435d1..fbecd00d35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#define ICE_DDP_LOAD_SCHED_ARG "ddp_load_sched_topo"
#define ICE_TM_LEVELS_ARG "tm_sched_levels"
#define ICE_SOURCE_PRUNE_ARG "source-prune"
+#define ICE_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF_ARG "mac-anti-spoof"
#define ICE_LINK_STATE_ON_CLOSE "link_state_on_close"
#define ICE_CYCLECOUNTER_MASK 0xffffffffffffffffULL
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ static const char * const ice_valid_args[] = {
ICE_DDP_LOAD_SCHED_ARG,
ICE_TM_LEVELS_ARG,
ICE_SOURCE_PRUNE_ARG,
+ ICE_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF_ARG,
ICE_LINK_STATE_ON_CLOSE,
NULL
};
@@ -1761,13 +1763,39 @@ ice_setup_vsi(struct ice_pf *pf, enum ice_vsi_type type)
/* Source Prune */
if (ad->devargs.source_prune != 1) {
/* Disable source prune to support VRRP
- * when source-prune devarg is not set
+ * when source-prune devargs is not set
*/
vsi_ctx.info.sw_flags =
ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_LOCAL_LB;
- vsi_ctx.info.sw_flags |=
+ } else { /* Enable Source Prune in Rx */
+ vsi_ctx.info.sw_flags =
ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_SRC_PRUNE;
}
+ /* MAC Anti-spoof */
+ /* By default, Source Prune in Rx and
+ * MAC Anti-spoof check in Tx are disabled.
+ *
+ * Source Prune is disabled by setting local
+ * loopback with ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_LOCAL_LB
+ * flag in the Rx direction.
+ *
+ * MAC Anti-spoof check can be disabled by
+ * setting Tx loopback with
+ * ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_ALLOW_LB flag in the
+ * Tx direction.
+ */
+ if (ad->devargs.mac_anti_spoof != 1) {
+ /* Disable mac anti-spoof check in the
+ * Tx direction to avoid getting dropped
+ * as TX-errors for VRRP support when
+ * mac-anti-spoof devargs is not set
+ */
+ vsi_ctx.info.sw_flags |=
+ ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_ALLOW_LB;
+ } else { /* Enable MAC Anti-spoof check in Tx */
+ vsi_ctx.info.sec_flags =
+ ICE_AQ_VSI_SEC_FLAG_ENA_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF;
+ }
cfg = ICE_AQ_VSI_PROP_SW_VALID;
vsi_ctx.info.valid_sections |= rte_cpu_to_le_16(cfg);
vsi_ctx.info.sw_flags2 = ICE_AQ_VSI_SW_FLAG_LAN_ENA;
@@ -2467,6 +2495,11 @@ static int ice_parse_devargs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
if (ret)
goto bail;
+ ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ICE_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF_ARG,
+ &parse_bool, &ad->devargs.mac_anti_spoof);
+ if (ret)
+ goto bail;
+
ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, ICE_LINK_STATE_ON_CLOSE,
&parse_link_state_on_close, &ad->devargs.link_state_on_close);
@@ -7732,6 +7765,7 @@ RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_ice,
ICE_DDP_LOAD_SCHED_ARG "=<0|1>"
ICE_TM_LEVELS_ARG "=<N>"
ICE_SOURCE_PRUNE_ARG "=<0|1>"
+ ICE_MAC_ANTI_SPOOF_ARG "=<0|1>"
ICE_RX_LOW_LATENCY_ARG "=<0|1>"
ICE_LINK_STATE_ON_CLOSE "=<down|up|initial>");
diff --git a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
index 72ed65f13b..5fe4688d57 100644
--- a/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/intel/ice/ice_ethdev.h
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ struct ice_devargs {
uint8_t ddp_load_sched;
uint8_t tm_exposed_levels;
uint8_t source_prune;
+ uint8_t mac_anti_spoof;
int link_state_on_close;
int xtr_field_offs;
uint8_t xtr_flag_offs[PROTO_XTR_MAX];
--
2.34.1
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