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housecarl/internal/nft/nft_test.go
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abrown38andClaude Opus 5.5 de075edd5d Shadow mode: Housecarl beside the firewall in force, changing nothing
shadow.enabled in housecarl.yaml loads Housecarl's ruleset so that it
blocks, rejects and translates nothing: drops and rejects count and
accept (an accept only ends Housecarl's chain), policies accept and log
what they would drop, NAT only counts, MSS clamping and the flowtable
are left out, and raw rules that do more than accept, drop or reject are
left out with a warning. Comments mark what would happen ([would drop]).
Filter chains run after the other firewall's (+10) or before (-10); NAT
chains always first. Every change is checked by nftables in both forms.
No probation; takeovers and closing connections are refused. The boot
fallback filters nothing. internal/tablewatch puts the table back after
a flush ruleset. Mode in status, healthz, whoami, the web UI, the log
and the tracer; hc ruleset --enforcing. docs/shadow.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-20 18:11:01 +01:00

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package nft
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"os/exec"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"testing"
"housecarl/internal/model"
"housecarl/internal/render"
)
func TestParseTable(t *testing.T) {
data := []byte(`{"nftables": [{"metainfo": {"version": "1.1.3"}},
{"set": {"family": "inet", "name": "guests_v4", "table": "housecarl", "type": "ipv4_addr", "flags": ["timeout"],
"elem": [{"elem": {"val": "10.0.30.5", "timeout": 1800, "expires": 1799}}, "10.0.30.6"]}},
{"set": {"family": "inet", "name": "meter_r4_v4", "table": "housecarl", "elem": ["10.0.0.1"]}},
{"rule": {"family": "inet", "table": "housecarl", "chain": "input", "comment": "hc:r12 ssh",
"expr": [{"counter": {"packets": 5, "bytes": 300}}, {"accept": null}]}},
{"rule": {"family": "inet", "table": "housecarl", "chain": "input", "comment": "hc:r12 ssh",
"expr": [{"counter": {"packets": 2, "bytes": 100}}, {"accept": null}]}},
{"rule": {"family": "inet", "table": "housecarl", "chain": "input", "comment": "not ours",
"expr": [{"counter": {"packets": 9, "bytes": 900}}]}}]}`)
tb, err := ParseTable(data)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if c := tb.Counters["r12"]; c.Packets != 7 || c.Bytes != 400 || len(tb.Counters) != 1 {
t.Errorf("counters %+v", tb.Counters)
}
if e := tb.Elements["guests"]; len(e) != 2 || e[0] != (render.Element{Addr: "10.0.30.5", Timeout: 1799}) || e[1].Addr != "10.0.30.6" || len(tb.Elements) != 1 {
t.Errorf("elements %+v", tb.Elements)
}
}
func TestExplain(t *testing.T) {
rs := &render.Ruleset{Lines: map[int]string{10: "input #4 (ssh)"}}
err := explain(&Error{Output: "/dev/stdin:11:3-12: Error: syntax error, unexpected junk\n\t\tjunk\n"}, rs)
if err.Error() != "input #4 (ssh): syntax error, unexpected junk" {
t.Errorf("explained: %v", err)
}
}
// TestFirewallInContainer applies rulesets in a container with nft
// (HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE, e.g. housecarl-nft: Debian 13 with nftables):
// dynamic sets keep their entries across a reload, counters come back,
// and a broken rule is reported against its object.
func TestFirewallInContainer(t *testing.T) {
image := os.Getenv("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE")
if image == "" {
t.Skip("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE not set")
}
name := "housecarl-nft-test"
exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run()
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "--name", name, "--cap-add", "NET_ADMIN", image, "sleep", "300").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("starting the container: %v %s", err, out)
}
t.Cleanup(func() { exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run() })
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft"}}}
ctx := context.Background()
st := model.NewState()
st.Zones = []*model.Zone{{ID: 1, Name: "wan", Interfaces: []string{"eth0"}, External: true}}
st.Sets = []*model.AddressSet{{ID: 2, Name: "guests", Dynamic: true, Timeout: 3600}}
st.Rules = []*model.Rule{{ID: 3, Chain: model.ChainOutput, Position: 1, Action: model.ActionAccept, Match: model.Match{Destinations: []string{"guests"}}}}
if err := fw.Check(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("check: %v", err)
}
if _, err := fw.Table(ctx); err != ErrNoTable {
t.Errorf("before applying, the table: %v", err)
}
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("apply: %v", err)
}
if err := fw.Runner.AddElement(ctx, "guests", "127.0.0.2", 600); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := fw.Runner.AddElement(ctx, "guests", "::2", 0); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "ping", "-c", "2", "-W", "1", "127.0.0.2").Run()
// Reapplying keeps the entries.
st.Settings.ForwardPolicy = model.PolicyAccept
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("reapply: %v", err)
}
tb, err := fw.Table(ctx)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
var got []string
for _, e := range tb.Elements["guests"] {
got = append(got, e.Addr)
if e.Addr == "127.0.0.2" && (e.Timeout < 500 || e.Timeout > 600) {
t.Errorf("timeout after reload: %+v", e)
}
}
if strings.Join(got, ",") != "127.0.0.2,::2" {
t.Errorf("entries after reload: %v", got)
}
if _, ok := tb.Counters["r3"]; !ok {
t.Errorf("counters %+v", tb.Counters)
}
if tb.Counters["b-established"].Packets == 0 && tb.Counters["r3"].Packets == 0 {
t.Logf("no packets counted (ping may be missing): %+v", tb.Counters)
}
// A broken raw rule: refused, named, and nothing changes.
st.Rules = append(st.Rules, &model.Rule{ID: 4, Chain: model.ChainInput, Position: 1, Action: model.ActionAccept, Raw: "tcp dport bogus accept", Comment: "broken"})
err = fw.Check(ctx, st)
if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "input #4 (broken)") {
t.Errorf("check of a broken rule: %v", err)
}
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err == nil {
t.Error("a broken ruleset was applied")
}
tb, _ = fw.Table(ctx)
if len(tb.Elements["guests"]) != 2 {
t.Errorf("a refused apply changed the table: %+v", tb.Elements)
}
// The table is Housecarl's alone: another one is left alone.
exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "nft", "add", "table", "inet", "other").Run()
fw.Apply(ctx, st.Clone())
if out, _ := exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "nft", "list", "tables").CombinedOutput(); !strings.Contains(string(out), "inet other") {
t.Errorf("another table was touched: %s", out)
}
}
// TestQuotasInContainer: quotas keep what they used across a reload,
// reset by hand, and come back after a reboot from what was saved.
func TestQuotasInContainer(t *testing.T) {
image := os.Getenv("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE")
if image == "" {
t.Skip("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE not set")
}
name := "housecarl-nft-quota-test"
exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run()
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "--name", name, "--cap-add", "NET_ADMIN", image, "sleep", "300").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("starting the container: %v %s", err, out)
}
t.Cleanup(func() { exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run() })
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft"}}}
ctx := context.Background()
st := model.NewState()
// A total quota on pings to 127.0.0.2, and one per destination on
// pings to 127.0.0.3.
st.Rules = []*model.Rule{
{ID: 1, Chain: model.ChainOutput, Position: 1, Action: model.ActionDrop, Match: model.Match{Destinations: []string{"127.0.0.2"}},
Quota: &model.Quota{Bytes: 10 << 20, Over: true}},
{ID: 2, Chain: model.ChainOutput, Position: 2, Action: model.ActionDrop, Match: model.Match{Destinations: []string{"127.0.0.3"}},
Quota: &model.Quota{Bytes: 10 << 20, Over: true, PerDestination: true}},
}
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("apply: %v", err)
}
ping := func(addr string) {
exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "ping", "-c", "3", "-s", "1000", "-W", "1", addr).Run()
}
ping("127.0.0.2")
ping("127.0.0.3")
used := func() (int64, int64) {
tb, err := fw.Table(ctx)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
var dev int64
for _, e := range tb.QuotaSets["quota_r2_v4"] {
if e.Addr == "127.0.0.3" {
dev = e.Used
}
}
return tb.Quotas["quota_r1"], dev
}
total, dev := used()
if total < 3000 || dev < 3000 {
t.Fatalf("used: total %d, per destination %d", total, dev)
}
// A reload (a change) keeps what was used.
st.Rules[0].Comment = "changed"
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if t2, d2 := used(); t2 < total || d2 < dev {
t.Errorf("after a reload: total %d (was %d), per destination %d (was %d)", t2, total, d2, dev)
}
// Reset by hand.
if err := fw.ResetQuota(ctx, 1, false); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := fw.ResetQuota(ctx, 2, true); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if t3, d3 := used(); t3 != 0 || d3 != 0 {
t.Errorf("after a reset: total %d, per destination %d", t3, d3)
}
// A reboot: the table is gone (the boot ruleset has no usage); the
// saved usage comes back.
ping("127.0.0.2")
ping("127.0.0.3")
tb, _ := fw.Table(ctx)
saved := tb.QuotaUsage
exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "nft", "delete", "table", "inet", "housecarl").Run()
fw.RestoreQuotas(&saved)
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if t4, d4 := used(); t4 < saved.Quotas["quota_r1"] || t4 == 0 || d4 == 0 {
t.Errorf("after a reboot: total %d, per destination %d (saved %+v)", t4, d4, saved)
}
}
// TestDeviceCountsInContainer: the per-device counters are read back and
// survive a reload.
func TestDeviceCountsInContainer(t *testing.T) {
image := os.Getenv("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE")
if image == "" {
t.Skip("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE not set")
}
name := "housecarl-nft-stats-test"
exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run()
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "--name", name, "--cap-add", "NET_ADMIN", image, "sleep", "300").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("starting the container: %v %s", err, out)
}
t.Cleanup(func() { exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run() })
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft"}}}
ctx := context.Background()
st := model.NewState()
st.Zones = []*model.Zone{{ID: 1, Name: "wan", Interfaces: []string{"eth0"}, External: true}}
st.Settings.StatsPerDevice = true
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("apply: %v", err)
}
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "nft", "add", "element", "inet", "housecarl", "stats_up_v4", "{ 10.0.10.5 counter packets 7 bytes 7000 }").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("adding an element: %v %s", err, out)
}
read := func() render.Element {
tb, err := fw.Table(ctx)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
for _, e := range tb.DeviceSets["stats_up_v4"] {
if e.Addr == "10.0.10.5" {
return e
}
}
t.Fatalf("no 10.0.10.5 in %+v", tb.DeviceSets)
return render.Element{}
}
if e := read(); e.Packets != 7 || e.Bytes != 7000 || e.Timeout <= 0 {
t.Fatalf("read back %+v", e)
}
st.Settings.InputPolicy = model.PolicyAccept // a change: a reload
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if e := read(); e.Packets != 7 || e.Bytes != 7000 {
t.Errorf("after a reload: %+v", e)
}
}
// TestFlowtableStale: the flowtable in force goes stale when one of its
// devices appears, goes, or comes back as a new interface.
func TestFlowtableStale(t *testing.T) {
idx := map[string]int{"eth1": 3}
old := ifIndex
ifIndex = func(name string) int { return idx[name] }
t.Cleanup(func() { ifIndex = old })
exists := func() map[string]bool {
out := map[string]bool{}
for n, i := range idx {
out[n] = i > 0
}
return out
}
// "true" stands in for nft: every apply succeeds, and lists nothing.
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"true"}}, Interfaces: exists}
st := model.NewState()
st.Settings.FlowtableDevices = []string{"ppp0", "eth1"}
if fw.FlowtableStale(st) {
t.Error("stale before anything was applied")
}
if err := fw.Apply(context.Background(), st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if fw.FlowtableStale(st) {
t.Error("stale right after applying")
}
idx["ppp0"] = 7 // PPPoE came up
if !fw.FlowtableStale(st) {
t.Error("ppp0 appeared, yet not stale")
}
fw.Apply(context.Background(), st)
idx["ppp0"] = 9 // and reconnected: a new interface by the same name
if !fw.FlowtableStale(st) {
t.Error("ppp0 came back as a new interface, yet not stale")
}
fw.Apply(context.Background(), st)
idx["eth9"] = 4 // not a flowtable device
if fw.FlowtableStale(st) {
t.Error("stale over an interface the flowtable doesn't use")
}
}
// TestBootInContainer: the boot ruleset loads although its flowtable
// devices don't exist yet, the fallback loads and is recognised, and
// housecarld's apply replaces it.
func TestBootInContainer(t *testing.T) {
image := os.Getenv("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE")
if image == "" {
t.Skip("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE not set")
}
name := "housecarl-nft-boot-test"
exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run()
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "--name", name, "--cap-add", "NET_ADMIN", image, "sleep", "300").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("starting the container: %v %s", err, out)
}
t.Cleanup(func() { exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run() })
nft := func(script string) error {
c := exec.Command("docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft", "-f", "/dev/stdin")
c.Stdin = strings.NewReader(script)
if out, err := c.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("%v: %s", err, out)
}
return nil
}
dir := t.TempDir()
// ppp0 exists when housecarld saves, but not at boot.
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft"}}, BootFile: filepath.Join(dir, "ruleset.nft"),
Interfaces: func() map[string]bool { return map[string]bool{"ppp0": true, "eth0": true} }}
st := model.NewState()
st.Zones = []*model.Zone{{ID: 1, Name: "wan", Interfaces: []string{"ppp0"}, External: true}, {ID: 2, Name: "lan", Interfaces: []string{"eth0"}}}
st.SNATs = []*model.SourceNAT{{ID: 3, Match: model.Match{OutZones: []string{"wan"}}}}
st.Settings.FlowtableDevices = []string{"ppp0", "eth0"}
if err := fw.SaveBoot(st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
boot, _ := os.ReadFile(fw.BootFile)
if strings.Contains(string(boot), "flowtable") {
t.Errorf("the boot ruleset has a flowtable:\n%s", boot)
}
fallback, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, "ruleset-fallback.nft"))
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if err := nft(string(boot)); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("the boot ruleset doesn't load: %v", err)
}
ctx := context.Background()
if tb, err := fw.Table(ctx); err != nil || tb.Fallback {
t.Errorf("after the boot ruleset: %+v %v", tb, err)
}
if err := nft(string(fallback)); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("the fallback doesn't load: %v", err)
}
if tb, err := fw.Table(ctx); err != nil || !tb.Fallback {
t.Errorf("the fallback isn't recognised: %+v %v", tb, err)
}
fw.Interfaces = func() map[string]bool { return map[string]bool{"eth0": true} }
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("apply over the fallback: %v", err)
}
if tb, err := fw.Table(ctx); err != nil || tb.Fallback {
t.Errorf("the fallback stayed after an apply: %+v %v", tb, err)
}
}
// TestShadowInContainer: in shadow mode a drop counts but doesn't drop,
// the ruleset for leaving shadow mode is checked too, and the boot files
// are shadow mode's.
func TestShadowInContainer(t *testing.T) {
image := os.Getenv("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE")
if image == "" {
t.Skip("HOUSECARL_NFT_IMAGE not set")
}
name := "housecarl-nft-shadow-test"
exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run()
if out, err := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "--name", name, "--cap-add", "NET_ADMIN", image, "sleep", "300").CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("starting the container: %v %s", err, out)
}
t.Cleanup(func() { exec.Command("docker", "rm", "-f", name).Run() })
dir := t.TempDir()
fw := &Firewall{Runner: &Runner{Command: []string{"docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft"}}, Shadow: true, BootFile: filepath.Join(dir, "ruleset.nft")}
ctx := context.Background()
st := model.NewState()
st.Settings.OutputPolicy = model.PolicyDrop
st.Settings.InputPolicy = model.PolicyAccept
st.Settings.Builtins.Loopback = false // it would accept the ping first
st.Rules = []*model.Rule{{ID: 3, Chain: model.ChainOutput, Position: 1, Action: model.ActionReject, Match: model.Match{Destinations: []string{"127.0.0.2"}}}}
if err := fw.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("apply: %v", err)
}
ping := func() error {
return exec.Command("docker", "exec", name, "ping", "-c", "2", "-W", "1", "127.0.0.2").Run()
}
if err := ping(); err != nil {
t.Errorf("shadow mode blocked a ping: %v", err)
}
tb, err := fw.Table(ctx)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if tb.Counters["r3"].Packets == 0 {
t.Errorf("what would be rejected isn't counted: %+v", tb.Counters)
}
// A rule shadow mode leaves out, which nftables refuses when enforcing.
broken := st.Clone()
broken.Rules = append(broken.Rules, &model.Rule{ID: 4, Chain: model.ChainInput, Position: 1, Raw: "tcp dport 22 jump nowhere", Comment: "jump"})
if err := fw.Check(ctx, broken); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "shadow mode is off") || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "input #4 (jump)") {
t.Errorf("the ruleset for leaving shadow mode wasn't checked: %v", err)
}
// Enforcing, the same rule rejects.
enforcing := &Firewall{Runner: fw.Runner}
if err := enforcing.Apply(ctx, st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
if ping() == nil {
t.Error("enforcing didn't reject")
}
// The boot files: both load, and filter nothing.
if err := fw.SaveBoot(st); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
for _, f := range []string{"ruleset.nft", "ruleset-fallback.nft"} {
b, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, f))
c := exec.Command("docker", "exec", "-i", name, "nft", "-f", "/dev/stdin")
c.Stdin = strings.NewReader(string(b))
if out, err := c.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("%s doesn't load: %v %s", f, err, out)
}
if err := ping(); err != nil {
t.Errorf("%s blocked a ping: %v", f, err)
}
}
if tb, err := fw.Table(ctx); err != nil || !tb.Fallback {
t.Errorf("the shadow fallback isn't recognised: %+v %v", tb, err)
}
}