netfilter-spooftcp

A lightweight kernel module/iptables extension for sending spoofed TCP packets
This is a kernel-space, partial implementation of this paper

Build

Prerequisites:

• kernel headers
• xtables headers

Kernel Module

$ make
# insmod xt_SPOOFTCP.ko

iptables Extension

Copy libxt_SPOOFTCP.so to iptables library folder, say /lib/xtables.
Run iptables -j SPOOFTCP --help and see if it prints the help message of this module.

Usage

ip6tables -t mangle -A POSTROUTING -d 2001:db8::/64 -p tcp --dport 80 --syn -j SPOOFTCP --tcp-flags SYN,ACK

This will sent a spoofed SYN,ACK packet prior to the matched (original) SYN packet.
There are mechanisms to prevent the spoofed packets from being tracked by nf_conntrack or being matched by another SPOOFTCP rule.

Known issue

Incompatible with SNAT because the spoofed packets bypass nf_conntrack.

Use either one of the workarounds below:

1. Use --masq parameter. It re-implements MASQUERADE statelessly, but it won't work in case of port changes or custom SNAT rules.
2. Patch the kernel to add a chain in raw table. The chain is hooked after SNAT. Tested on kernel 4.14 and 4.19