Add a preflight check for the precence of ip_tables. Check if the kernel has ipv6_tables support and if the module is present load it. If ipv6 support isn't available and we have a public ipv6 address warn the user that the system has no ipv6 firewall

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Michael Kroes 2016-03-27 14:29:02 +02:00
parent 402b35db9d
commit bf82a1a535
2 changed files with 57 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -60,3 +60,24 @@ if [ -z "$ARM" ]; then
exit exit
fi fi
fi fi
# Check that the kernel supports at least ipv4 ip_tables, either by a module or by being
# compiled directly in the kernel
#
# If this isn't supported tell the user to compile the kernel module or disable the firewall
# and inform of the risk of doing so.
if
[ ! -e /proc/net/ip_tables_names ] &&
[ ! -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.ko ] &&
[ -z "$DISABLE_FIREWALL" ]
then
echo "Your system doesn't support at least ipv4 ip_tables. You will either need to compile"
echo "a kernel that supports it, or compile the kernel module"
echo
echo "If you would like to continue without a firewall you can set 'export DISABLE_FIREWALL=1' at the"
echo "command line. However, doing this prevents Mail-in-a-Box to activate fail2ban. This service"
echo "protects the system from bruteforce attacks on the exposed network services. Also services "
echo "that shouldn't be exposed are now exposed if you don't use a different (external) firewall"
exit
fi

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@ -227,10 +227,42 @@ if [ -z "$DISABLE_FIREWALL" ]; then
# Install `ufw` which provides a simple firewall configuration. # Install `ufw` which provides a simple firewall configuration.
apt_install ufw apt_install ufw
# Some providers don't load the ip6_tables kernel module (Scaleway) # Check if the ip_tables has ipv6 support on this system, prefilght has
if [ -z "`lsmod | grep ^ip6_tables`" ]; then # taken care of ipv4.
echo ip6_tables >> /etc/modules #
modprobe ip6_tables # We check if:
# - the kernel has support built-in
# - the module is present on the system.
#
# If no ipv6 support is available we disable the ipv6 firewall
#
# If ipv6 is supported on the system we load the module if necessary and activate the
# ipv6 firewall.
if
[ ! -e /proc/net/ip6_tables_names ] &&
[ ! -e /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.ko ]
then
# If we have a public ipv6 address we should notify the user that no ipv6 firewall is available
if [ ! -z "$PUBLIC_IPV6" ]; then
echo "WARNING: There is a public ipv6 address but no ipv6 firewall available in the kernel"
fi
# Disable the IPV6 firewall
sed -i "s/IPV6.*/IPV6=no/" /etc/default/ufw
else
# Check if the ipv6 ip_tables is not active in the kernel or that the module
# isn't loaded. Some providers fail to load the module by default (Scaleway)
if
[ ! -e /proc/net/ip6_tables_names ] &&
[ -z "`lsmod | grep ^ip6_tables`" ]
then
# Load the ip6_tables kernel module, previous step made sure it exists
echo ip6_tables >> /etc/modules
modprobe ip6_tables
fi
# Enable the IPV6 firewall
sed -i "s/IPV6.*/IPV6=yes/" /etc/default/ufw
fi fi
# Allow incoming connections to SSH. # Allow incoming connections to SSH.