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firewall: rules that should be deleted seem to be still in use
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Description

This error happens from time to time, but not always.

It is part of the CI test procedure and can also be retriggered on a local buid:

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Calling commit a second time makes this go away

Details

Difficulty level
Easy (less than an hour)
Version
1.4-rolling-202104022042
Why the issue appeared?
Issues in third-party code
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible

Revisions and Commits

Event Timeline

c-po updated the task description. (Show Details)

It is a priority for configurations
When the system load, the firewall should have configuration, and after configuration is applied to the interface.
So I think we can't delete it in one commit, it tried to delete the firewall before detaching the firewall from the interface.

vyos@r4-roll:~$ /opt/vyatta/sbin/priority.pl | match "firewall|/ethernet"
199 firewall
200 firewall/group/address-group
200 firewall/group/ipv6-address-group
200 firewall/group/ipv6-network-group
200 firewall/group/network-group
200 firewall/group/port-group
200 firewall/state-policy
210 firewall/ipv6-name
210 firewall/name
250 zone-policy # after firewall, content-inspection
318 interfaces/ethernet

So we need to commit 2 times

vyos@vyos# delete firewall 
[edit]
vyos@vyos# delete interfaces ethernet eth0 vif 15 firewall 
[edit]
vyos@vyos# commit
[ firewall ipv6-name WAN-TO-VLAN15-6 ]
Firewall configuration error: Cannot delete rule set "WAN-TO-VLAN15-6" (still in use)

delete [ firewall ipv6-name WAN-TO-VLAN15-6 ] failed
[ firewall name WAN-TO-VLAN15-4 ]
Firewall configuration error: Cannot delete rule set "WAN-TO-VLAN15-4" (still in use)

delete [ firewall name WAN-TO-VLAN15-4 ] failed
delete [ firewall ] failed
Commit failed
[edit]
vyos@vyos# commit
[edit]
vyos@vyos#

What we can do with this?

  1. Use 2 commits
  2. Use separate priorities for SET and DELETE
  3. For DELETE use some indexes or link to priority firewall then for interface

Usually on delete, the firewall should be detached from the interface first as the logic should go from the highest priority to the lowest one.

But only an "echo" from within the node.def files could confirm this. You have a way to reproduce it with simple "set" commands?

To reproduce it add firewall and attach it to interface

set firewall name FOO rule 10 action 'accept'
set interfaces ethernet eth0 firewall local name 'FOO'
commit

Then delete the firewall itself and firewall from interface

vyos@r4-roll# delete firewall 
[edit]
vyos@r4-roll# delete interfaces ethernet eth0 firewall 
[edit]
vyos@r4-roll# commit
[ firewall name FOO ]
Firewall configuration error: Cannot delete rule set "FOO" (still in use)



delete [ firewall name FOO ] failed
delete [ firewall ] failed
Commit failed
[edit]
vyos@r4-roll#

From here https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg-firewall/blob/849d40f57eab839745c3828ae3ecbcabdae38929/scripts/firewall/vyatta-firewall.pl#L566-L569
And reference https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg-firewall/blob/849d40f57eab839745c3828ae3ecbcabdae38929/lib/Vyatta/IpTables/Mgr.pm#L326-L339

The same with "policy" /usr/libexec/vyos/tests/config/dialup-router-medium-vpn

set interfaces ethernet eth1 policy route 'LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 destination
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 disable
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 set table '10'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 source address '192.168.0.119/32'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 destination
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 set table '100'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 source address '192.168.0.240'

Delete

vyos@vyos# delete policy 
[edit]
vyos@vyos# delete interfaces ethernet eth1 policy 
[edit]
vyos@vyos# commit
[ policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING ]
Firewall configuration error: Cannot delete rule set "LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING" (still in use)



delete [ policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING ] failed
[[]] failed
Commit failed
copy failed [/opt/vyatta/config/tmp/tmp_7724/work/.unionfs-fuse][/opt/vyatta/config/tmp/new_config_7724/.unionfs-fuse]
Failed to generate committed config
[edit]
vyos@vyos#

This bug also persists in VyOS 1.2.7

Assigning the "interface policy" part a priority higher then the base interface (ethernet for instance) it's called properly

Adding priority: 320 to: /opt/vyatta/share/vyatta-cfg/templates/interfaces/ethernet/node.tag/policy/route/node.def

set interfaces ethernet eth1 policy route 'LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 destination
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 disable
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 set table '10'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 10 source address '192.168.0.119/32'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 destination
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 set table '100'
set policy route LAN-POLICY-BASED-ROUTING rule 20 source address '192.168.0.240'
commit
delete policy
delete interfaces ethernet eth1 policy
commit
GitHub <[email protected]> closed this task as Resolved by committing Restricted Diffusion Commit.Apr 5 2021, 12:51 PM
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c-po reopened this task as Backport pending.Apr 5 2021, 12:54 PM
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c-po triaged this task as High priority.
c-po changed Difficulty level from Unknown (require assessment) to Easy (less than an hour).
c-po changed Why the issue appeared? from Will be filled on close to Issues in third-party code.
c-po changed Is it a breaking change? from Unspecified (possibly destroys the router) to Perfectly compatible.
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus board.
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