/net/usb/ipheth.c incompatibility with Apple iOS 14

/net/usb/ipheth.c incompatibility with Apple iOS 14

[Kiran]

Effect on end user: when a linux machine is connected via USB to an
iPhone that has been updated to iOS 14 and has personal hotspot mode
turned on, the user cannot connect to the internet.

Troubleshooting: DNS works, the linux machine can ping the iPhone
gateway, pinging google.com hangs. It appears that there is a change
to the USB packets that iOS expects.

Here is a link to what I think is the most relevant part of a Github
issue discussion with more specific details:

https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038#issuecomment-699630379

This is my first linux bug report and I'm not familiar with kernel
development. The other people in the Github post will be better to
talk to regarding a fix. But if I can provide more info, just let me
know.

Thanks,

Kiran

Re: /net/usb/ipheth.c incompatibility with Apple iOS 14

[Greg KH]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 07:14:39AM -0700, Kiran wrote:
> Effect on end user: when a linux machine is connected via USB to an
> iPhone that has been updated to iOS 14 and has personal hotspot mode
> turned on, the user cannot connect to the internet.
> 
> Troubleshooting: DNS works, the linux machine can ping the iPhone
> gateway, pinging google.com hangs. It appears that there is a change
> to the USB packets that iOS expects.
> 
> Here is a link to what I think is the most relevant part of a Github
> issue discussion with more specific details:
> 
> https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038#issuecomment-699630379
> 
> This is my first linux bug report and I'm not familiar with kernel
> development. The other people in the Github post will be better to
> talk to regarding a fix. But if I can provide more info, just let me
> know.

Not much we can do about this, but if you come up with a patch that
works, please let us know and we will be glad to review it.

good luck!

greg k-h

Re: /net/usb/ipheth.c incompatibility with Apple iOS 14

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

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On Mon, 2020-09-28 at 19:50 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 07:14:39AM -0700, Kiran wrote:
> > Effect on end user: when a linux machine is connected via USB to an
> > iPhone that has been updated to iOS 14 and has personal hotspot mode
> > turned on, the user cannot connect to the internet.
> > 
> > Troubleshooting: DNS works, the linux machine can ping the iPhone
> > gateway, pinging google.com hangs. It appears that there is a change
> > to the USB packets that iOS expects.
> > 
> > Here is a link to what I think is the most relevant part of a Github
> > issue discussion with more specific details:
> > 
> > https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038#issuecomment-699630379
> > 
> > This is my first linux bug report and I'm not familiar with kernel
> > development. The other people in the Github post will be better to
> > talk to regarding a fix. But if I can provide more info, just let me
> > know.
> 
> Not much we can do about this, but if you come up with a patch that
> works, please let us know and we will be glad to review it.

Hi Greg,

I'm experiencing the issue myself so I should be able to test a patch and
submit it properly once we have one.

Unfortunately it seems that we don't really have a clue how the driver is
really supposed to behave and negotiate with the device. I'm adding Diego
Giagio to CC because his address is in the file header and in case he could
jump in and help, but I'm not holding my breath since the copyright date is
from 2009.

It'd be nice if we had some documentation and/or contact at Apple, but other
than that I guess we'll have to poke around and see how the itunes driver do
their job in MacOS or Windows.

Regards,
- -- 
Yves-Alexis
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[PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

Starting with iOS 14 released in September 2020, connectivity using the
personal hotspot USB tethering function of iOS devices is broken.

Communication between the host and the device (for example ICMP traffic
or DNS resolution using the DNS service running in the device itself)
works fine, but communication to endpoints further away doesn't work.

Investigation on the matter shows that UDP and ICMP traffic from the
tethered host is reaching the Internet at all. For TCP traffic there are
exchanges between tethered host and server but packets are modified in
transit leading to impossible communication.

After some trials Matti Vuorela discovered that reducing the URB buffer
size by two bytes restored the previous behavior. While a better
solution might exist to fix the issue, since the protocol is not
publicly documented and considering the small size of the fix, let's do
that.

Tested-by: Matti Vuorela <matti.vuorela@bitfactor.fi>
Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/CAAn0qaXmysJ9vx3ZEMkViv_B19ju-_ExN8Yn_uSefxpjS6g4Lw@mail.gmail.com/
Link: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
index b09b45382faf..207e59e74935 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ipheth.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define IPHETH_USBINTF_SUBCLASS 253
 #define IPHETH_USBINTF_PROTO    1
 
-#define IPHETH_BUF_SIZE         1516
+#define IPHETH_BUF_SIZE         1514
 #define IPHETH_IP_ALIGN		2	/* padding at front of URB */
 #define IPHETH_TX_TIMEOUT       (5 * HZ)
 
-- 
2.29.2

Re: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello!

On 19.11.2020 20:24, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:

> Starting with iOS 14 released in September 2020, connectivity using the
> personal hotspot USB tethering function of iOS devices is broken.
> 
> Communication between the host and the device (for example ICMP traffic
> or DNS resolution using the DNS service running in the device itself)
> works fine, but communication to endpoints further away doesn't work.
> 
> Investigation on the matter shows that UDP and ICMP traffic from the
                                         ^ "no" missing?

> tethered host is reaching the Internet at all. For TCP traffic there are
> exchanges between tethered host and server but packets are modified in
> transit leading to impossible communication.
> 
> After some trials Matti Vuorela discovered that reducing the URB buffer
> size by two bytes restored the previous behavior. While a better
> solution might exist to fix the issue, since the protocol is not
> publicly documented and considering the small size of the fix, let's do
> that.
> 
> Tested-by: Matti Vuorela <matti.vuorela@bitfactor.fi>
> Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/CAAn0qaXmysJ9vx3ZEMkViv_B19ju-_ExN8Yn_uSefxpjS6g4Lw@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
[...]

MBR, Sergei

Re: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On Fri, 2020-11-20 at 12:15 +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> > Investigation on the matter shows that UDP and ICMP traffic from the
>                                          ^ "no" missing?
Yes indeed. Thanks and sorry for the typo.

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

Re: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:24:39 +0100 Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Starting with iOS 14 released in September 2020, connectivity using the
> personal hotspot USB tethering function of iOS devices is broken.
> 
> Communication between the host and the device (for example ICMP traffic
> or DNS resolution using the DNS service running in the device itself)
> works fine, but communication to endpoints further away doesn't work.
> 
> Investigation on the matter shows that UDP and ICMP traffic from the
> tethered host is reaching the Internet at all. For TCP traffic there are
> exchanges between tethered host and server but packets are modified in
> transit leading to impossible communication.
> 
> After some trials Matti Vuorela discovered that reducing the URB buffer
> size by two bytes restored the previous behavior. While a better
> solution might exist to fix the issue, since the protocol is not
> publicly documented and considering the small size of the fix, let's do
> that.
> 
> Tested-by: Matti Vuorela <matti.vuorela@bitfactor.fi>
> Signed-off-by: Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@corsac.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/CAAn0qaXmysJ9vx3ZEMkViv_B19ju-_ExN8Yn_uSefxpjS6g4Lw@mail.gmail.com/
> Link: https://github.com/libimobiledevice/libimobiledevice/issues/1038

Applied to net with the typo fixed, thanks!

Re: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Yves-Alexis Perez]

On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 14:03 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Applied to net with the typo fixed, thanks!

Thanks!

Is there any chance it'll be in 5.10 or will it have to wait for the 5.11
merge window?

Also it should be applied to all supported/stable kernels. I guess that'll
have to wait until it's in Linus tree according [1] to but I'm unsure if I
need to trigger the action myself or if Greg (or Dave, according to [2]) will
do it.

I looked at [3] and it seems that adding the CC: stable in my commit message
maybe was an error because it's marked as a Failure, so if there's anything
needed from me here, don't hesitate to ask.

[1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
[2]
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html#q-how-can-i-tell-what-patches-are-queued-up-for-backporting-to-the-various-stable-releases
[3] https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/netdev/stable/?state=*

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

Re: [PATCH] usbnet: ipheth: fix connectivity with iOS 14

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:41:40 +0100 Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On Sat, 2020-11-21 at 14:03 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Applied to net with the typo fixed, thanks!  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Is there any chance it'll be in 5.10 or will it have to wait for the 5.11
> merge window?

It'll be in 5.10-rc6.

> Also it should be applied to all supported/stable kernels. I guess that'll
> have to wait until it's in Linus tree according [1] to but I'm unsure if I
> need to trigger the action myself or if Greg (or Dave, according to [2]) will
> do it.

Dave (or someone helping him, like myself) will do it, probably around
the time 5.10-rc6 is released.

> I looked at [3] and it seems that adding the CC: stable in my commit message
> maybe was an error because it's marked as a Failure, so if there's anything
> needed from me here, don't hesitate to ask.

No worries, I stripped the CC and put the patch in Dave's stable queue.