[client] Redirect DNS port 53 with UDP and TCP DNAT instead of the eBPF forwarder - #7439
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 7 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe DNS listener replaces eBPF forwarding with UDP and TCP firewall DNAT. DNAT rules retain their full listener tuple for cleanup and retry. The eBPF DNS feature, maps, interface methods, and feature flag are removed. Generated bindings, build targets, tests, and documentation are updated. ChangesDNS forwarding migration
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to DNS fallback now installs and cleans up UDP and TCP redirects atomically, reporting redirect setup failures instead of starting successfully with incomplete forwarding. No current merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant DNSService as serviceViaListener
participant DNSListener
participant Firewall
DNSService->>DNSListener: bind selected listener port
DNSListener->>Firewall: remove retained stale DNAT rules
DNSListener->>Firewall: add UDP and TCP DNAT rules
Firewall-->>DNSListener: redirect DNS traffic to listener tuple
DNSService->>DNSListener: stop listener
DNSListener->>Firewall: retry removal using tracked rule tuples
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In `@client/internal/dns/service_listener.go`:
- Around line 135-137: Update the DNAT state tracking in the service listener
setup and Stop cleanup paths so each protocol remains marked as configured until
removeDNAT succeeds. When rollback or normal shutdown removal fails, preserve
that protocol in dnatConfigured instead of clearing it, allowing a later Stop
call to retry cleanup; clear entries only after successful removal.
- Line 113: Update setupDNAT to return errors for missing firewall management or
failed AddOutputDNAT operations, and update Listen to call it before starting
either DNS server. Propagate any DNAT setup failure from Listen instead of
starting the fallback listener and returning nil; require both protocol
redirects to install successfully.
- Line 229: Update the random fallback port allocation around randomFreePort so
it verifies availability for both UDP and TCP before selecting a port,
preventing conflicts with an existing TCP listener. Add a regression test
covering a port occupied by TCP while preserving the current fallback behavior.
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In `@client/internal/dns/service_listener.go`:
- Line 49: Update serviceViaListener cleanup around removeDNAT and the listener
restart path so failed DNAT removals retain the original installed target tuple
rather than using the newly assigned listenIP and listenPort. Ensure retries
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I tested a build from #7439 on the affected host, and it works correctly. With dnsmasq still occupying port 53, NetBird is able to use the fallback resolver and DNS resolution works normally. The previous UDP timeout is gone. So I can confirm that #7439 fixes the issue on my setup. Thanks for the quick investigation and fix! |
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@lixmal maybe document the DNS will not work with the "--disable-firewall" switch. |
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@pappz I linked docs and a small follow-up PR |
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When the resolver cannot bind port 53, the client now redirects port 53 to its fallback port with DNAT rules for both UDP and TCP, replacing the eBPF program that used to cover the UDP half. Previously only TCP got a rule, and UDP depended on an XDP program that cannot be loaded on kernels older than 5.7 or when another XDP program is attached to the loopback device, so on those hosts the client pointed the system resolver at an address where nothing answered and name resolution stopped working.
struct bpf_map_def, and regenerate the objectsIssue ticket number and link
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