arp request and reply using c socket programming - c

Question

I am trying to receive and send arp packets using c programming in Linux (Ubuntu)
My program works fine (i.e. runs without any error), but I cannot trace the packets using Wireshark.
source code:
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#define BUF_SIZE 42
#define DEVICE "eth0"
#define ETH_P_NULL 0x0
#define ETH_MAC_LEN ETH_ALEN
#define ETH_ARP 0x0806
int s = 0; /*Socketdescriptor*/
void* buffer = NULL;
long total_packets = 0;
long answered_packets = 0;
void sigint(int signum);
struct __attribute__((packed)) arp_header
{
unsigned short arp_hd;
unsigned short arp_pr;
unsigned char arp_hdl;
unsigned char arp_prl;
unsigned short arp_op;
unsigned char arp_sha[6];
unsigned char arp_spa[4];
unsigned char arp_dha[6];
unsigned char arp_dpa[4];
};
int main(void) {
buffer = (void*)malloc(BUF_SIZE); /*Buffer for Ethernet Frame*/
unsigned char* etherhead = buffer; /*Pointer to Ethenet Header*/
struct ethhdr *eh = (struct ethhdr *)etherhead; /*Another pointer to
ethernet header*/
unsigned char* arphead = buffer + 14;
struct arp_header *ah;
unsigned char src_mac[6]; /*our MAC address*/
struct ifreq ifr;
struct sockaddr_ll socket_address;
int ifindex = 0; /*Ethernet Interface index*/
int i;
int length; /*length of received packet*/
int sent;
printf("Server started, entering initialiation phase...\n");
/*open socket*/
s = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
if (s == -1) {
perror("socket():");
exit(1);
}
printf("Successfully opened socket: %i\n", s);
/*retrieve ethernet interface index*/
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, DEVICE, IFNAMSIZ);
if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
exit(1);
}
ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
printf("Successfully got interface index: %i\n", ifindex);
/*retrieve corresponding MAC*/
if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
exit(1);
}
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
src_mac[i] = ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[i];
}
printf("Successfully got our MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
src_mac[0],src_mac[1],src_mac[2],src_mac[3],src_mac[4],src_mac[5]);
/*prepare sockaddr_ll*/
socket_address.sll_family = PF_PACKET;
socket_address.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
socket_address.sll_ifindex = ifindex;
socket_address.sll_hatype = ARPHRD_ETHER;
socket_address.sll_pkttype = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
socket_address.sll_halen = 0;
socket_address.sll_addr[6] = 0x00;
socket_address.sll_addr[7] = 0x00;
/*establish signal handler*/
signal(SIGINT, sigint);
printf("Successfully established signal handler for SIGINT\n");
printf("We are in production state, waiting for incoming packets....\n");
while (1) {
/*Wait for incoming packet...*/
length = recvfrom(s, buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL);
if (length == -1)
{
perror("recvfrom():");
exit(1);
}
if(htons(eh->h_proto) == 0x806)
{
unsigned char buf_arp_dha[6];
unsigned char buf_arp_dpa[4];
ah = (struct arp_header *)arphead;
if(htons(ah->arp_op) != 0x0001)
continue;
printf("buffer is---------------- %s \n",(char*)ah);
printf("H/D TYPE : %x PROTO TYPE : %x \n",ah->arp_hd,ah->arp_pr);
printf("H/D leng : %x PROTO leng : %x \n",ah->arp_hdl,ah->arp_prl);
printf("OPERATION : %x \n", ah->arp_op);
printf("SENDER MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
ah->arp_sha[0],
ah->arp_sha[1],
ah->arp_sha[2],
ah->arp_sha[3],
ah->arp_sha[4],
ah->arp_sha[5]
);
printf("SENDER IP address: %02d:%02d:%02d:%02d\n",
ah->arp_spa[0],
ah->arp_spa[1],
ah->arp_spa[2],
ah->arp_spa[3]
);
if(ah->arp_spa[0]==10&&ah->arp_spa[1]==00&&ah->arp_spa[2]==00&&ah->arp_spa[3]==01)
{
printf("Sender ip is .............bam bam..........................................\n");
system("sudo arp -s 10.0.0.1 00:1e:73:91:04:0d");
}
printf("TARGET MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
ah->arp_dha[0],
ah->arp_dha[1],
ah->arp_dha[2],
ah->arp_dha[3],
ah->arp_dha[4],
ah->arp_dha[5]
);
printf("TARGET IP address: %02d:%02d:%02d:%02d\n",
ah->arp_dpa[0],
ah->arp_dpa[1],
ah->arp_dpa[2],
ah->arp_dpa[3]
);
printf("+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n" );
printf("ETHER DST MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
eh->h_dest[0],
eh->h_dest[1],
eh->h_dest[2],
eh->h_dest[3],
eh->h_dest[4],
eh->h_dest[5]
);
printf("ETHER SRC MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
eh->h_source[0],
eh->h_source[1],
eh->h_source[2],
eh->h_source[3],
eh->h_source[4],
eh->h_source[5]
);
memcpy( (void*)etherhead, (const void*)(etherhead+ETH_MAC_LEN),
ETH_MAC_LEN);
memcpy( (void*)(etherhead+ETH_MAC_LEN), (const void*)src_mac,
ETH_MAC_LEN);
eh->h_proto = ETH_ARP;
printf("&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& \n");
printf("ETHER DST MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
eh->h_dest[0],
eh->h_dest[1],
eh->h_dest[2],
eh->h_dest[3],
eh->h_dest[4],
eh->h_dest[5]
);
printf("ETHER SRC MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
eh->h_source[0],
eh->h_source[1],
eh->h_source[2],
eh->h_source[3],
eh->h_source[4],
eh->h_source[5]
);
ah->arp_hd = ntohs(ah->arp_hd);
ah->arp_pr = ntohs(ah->arp_pr);
ah->arp_op = 0x0002;
buf_arp_dpa[0] = ah->arp_dpa[0];
buf_arp_dpa[1] = ah->arp_dpa[1];
buf_arp_dpa[2] = ah->arp_dpa[2];
buf_arp_dpa[3] = ah->arp_dpa[3];
ah->arp_dha[0] = ah->arp_sha[0];
ah->arp_dha[1] = ah->arp_sha[1];
ah->arp_dha[2] = ah->arp_sha[2];
ah->arp_dha[3] = ah->arp_sha[3];
ah->arp_dha[4] = ah->arp_sha[4];
ah->arp_dha[5] = ah->arp_sha[5];
ah->arp_dpa[0] = ah->arp_spa[0];
ah->arp_dpa[1] = ah->arp_spa[1];
ah->arp_dpa[2] = ah->arp_spa[2];
ah->arp_dpa[3] = ah->arp_spa[3];
ah->arp_spa[0] = buf_arp_dpa[0];
ah->arp_spa[1] = buf_arp_dpa[1];
ah->arp_spa[2] = buf_arp_dpa[2];
ah->arp_spa[3] = buf_arp_dpa[3];
//change the sender mac address
ah->arp_sha[0] = 0x00;
ah->arp_sha[1] = 0x1e;
ah->arp_sha[2] = 0x73;
ah->arp_sha[3] = 0x78;
ah->arp_sha[4] = 0x9a;
ah->arp_sha[5] = 0x0d;
socket_address.sll_addr[0] = eh->h_dest[0];
socket_address.sll_addr[1] = eh->h_dest[1];
socket_address.sll_addr[2] = eh->h_dest[2];
socket_address.sll_addr[3] = eh->h_dest[3];
socket_address.sll_addr[4] = eh->h_dest[4];
socket_address.sll_addr[5] = eh->h_dest[5];
printf("=======================================\n" );
printf("SENDER MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
ah->arp_sha[0],
ah->arp_sha[1],
ah->arp_sha[2],
ah->arp_sha[3],
ah->arp_sha[4],
ah->arp_sha[5]
);
printf("SENDER IP address: %02d:%02d:%02d:%02d\n",
ah->arp_spa[0],
ah->arp_spa[1],
ah->arp_spa[2],
ah->arp_spa[3]
);
if((ah->arp_spa[0]==10 && ah->arp_spa[1]==0 && ah->arp_spa[2]==0 && ah->arp_spa[3]==1))
printf("------------------------------------------10.0.0.1-----------------------------------------\n");
printf("TARGET MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
ah->arp_dha[0],
ah->arp_dha[1],
ah->arp_dha[2],
ah->arp_dha[3],
ah->arp_dha[4],
ah->arp_dha[5]
);
printf("TARGET IP address: %02d:%02d:%02d:%02d\n",
ah->arp_dpa[0],
ah->arp_dpa[1],
ah->arp_dpa[2],
ah->arp_dpa[3]
);
printf("H/D TYPE : %x PROTO TYPE : %x \n",ah->arp_hd,ah->arp_pr);
printf("H/D leng : %x PROTO leng : %x \n",ah->arp_hdl,ah->arp_prl);
printf("OPERATION : %x \n", ah->arp_op);
sent = sendto(s, buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, (struct
sockaddr*)&socket_address, sizeof(socket_address));
if (sent == -1)
{
perror("sendto():");
exit(1);
}
answered_packets++;
}
total_packets++;
}
}
void sigint(int signum) {
/*Clean up.......*/
struct ifreq ifr;
if (s == -1)
return;
strncpy(ifr.ifr_name, DEVICE, IFNAMSIZ);
ioctl(s, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr);
ifr.ifr_flags &= ~IFF_PROMISC;
ioctl(s, SIOCSIFFLAGS, &ifr);
close(s);
free(buffer);
printf("Server terminating....\n");
printf("Totally received: %ld packets\n", total_packets);
printf("Answered %ld packets\n", answered_packets);
exit(0);
}

Answer 1

I took user6343961's code, did some cleaning and splicing and implemented support for automatically getting interface IP address.
Also the parameters come from CLI instead of hardcoding.
bind() is also used to get only ARP from the interface we want.
Have fun. This code works for me.
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h> //htons etc
#define PROTO_ARP 0x0806
#define ETH2_HEADER_LEN 14
#define HW_TYPE 1
#define MAC_LENGTH 6
#define IPV4_LENGTH 4
#define ARP_REQUEST 0x01
#define ARP_REPLY 0x02
#define BUF_SIZE 60
#define debug(x...) printf(x);printf("\n");
#define info(x...) printf(x);printf("\n");
#define warn(x...) printf(x);printf("\n");
#define err(x...) printf(x);printf("\n");
struct arp_header {
unsigned short hardware_type;
unsigned short protocol_type;
unsigned char hardware_len;
unsigned char protocol_len;
unsigned short opcode;
unsigned char sender_mac[MAC_LENGTH];
unsigned char sender_ip[IPV4_LENGTH];
unsigned char target_mac[MAC_LENGTH];
unsigned char target_ip[IPV4_LENGTH];
};
/*
* Converts struct sockaddr with an IPv4 address to network byte order uin32_t.
* Returns 0 on success.
*/
int int_ip4(struct sockaddr *addr, uint32_t *ip)
{
if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
struct sockaddr_in *i = (struct sockaddr_in *) addr;
*ip = i->sin_addr.s_addr;
return 0;
} else {
err("Not AF_INET");
return 1;
}
}
/*
* Formats sockaddr containing IPv4 address as human readable string.
* Returns 0 on success.
*/
int format_ip4(struct sockaddr *addr, char *out)
{
if (addr->sa_family == AF_INET) {
struct sockaddr_in *i = (struct sockaddr_in *) addr;
const char *ip = inet_ntoa(i->sin_addr);
if (!ip) {
return -2;
} else {
strcpy(out, ip);
return 0;
}
} else {
return -1;
}
}
/*
* Writes interface IPv4 address as network byte order to ip.
* Returns 0 on success.
*/
int get_if_ip4(int fd, const char *ifname, uint32_t *ip) {
int err = -1;
struct ifreq ifr;
memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(struct ifreq));
if (strlen(ifname) > (IFNAMSIZ - 1)) {
err("Too long interface name");
goto out;
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname);
if (ioctl(fd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFADDR");
goto out;
}
if (int_ip4(&ifr.ifr_addr, ip)) {
goto out;
}
err = 0;
out:
return err;
}
/*
* Sends an ARP who-has request to dst_ip
* on interface ifindex, using source mac src_mac and source ip src_ip.
*/
int send_arp(int fd, int ifindex, const unsigned char *src_mac, uint32_t src_ip, uint32_t dst_ip)
{
int err = -1;
unsigned char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
memset(buffer, 0, sizeof(buffer));
struct sockaddr_ll socket_address;
socket_address.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
socket_address.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
socket_address.sll_ifindex = ifindex;
socket_address.sll_hatype = htons(ARPHRD_ETHER);
socket_address.sll_pkttype = (PACKET_BROADCAST);
socket_address.sll_halen = MAC_LENGTH;
socket_address.sll_addr[6] = 0x00;
socket_address.sll_addr[7] = 0x00;
struct ethhdr *send_req = (struct ethhdr *) buffer;
struct arp_header *arp_req = (struct arp_header *) (buffer + ETH2_HEADER_LEN);
int index;
ssize_t ret, length = 0;
//Broadcast
memset(send_req->h_dest, 0xff, MAC_LENGTH);
//Target MAC zero
memset(arp_req->target_mac, 0x00, MAC_LENGTH);
//Set source mac to our MAC address
memcpy(send_req->h_source, src_mac, MAC_LENGTH);
memcpy(arp_req->sender_mac, src_mac, MAC_LENGTH);
memcpy(socket_address.sll_addr, src_mac, MAC_LENGTH);
/* Setting protocol of the packet */
send_req->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
/* Creating ARP request */
arp_req->hardware_type = htons(HW_TYPE);
arp_req->protocol_type = htons(ETH_P_IP);
arp_req->hardware_len = MAC_LENGTH;
arp_req->protocol_len = IPV4_LENGTH;
arp_req->opcode = htons(ARP_REQUEST);
debug("Copy IP address to arp_req");
memcpy(arp_req->sender_ip, &src_ip, sizeof(uint32_t));
memcpy(arp_req->target_ip, &dst_ip, sizeof(uint32_t));
ret = sendto(fd, buffer, 42, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &socket_address, sizeof(socket_address));
if (ret == -1) {
perror("sendto():");
goto out;
}
err = 0;
out:
return err;
}
/*
* Gets interface information by name:
* IPv4
* MAC
* ifindex
*/
int get_if_info(const char *ifname, uint32_t *ip, char *mac, int *ifindex)
{
debug("get_if_info for %s", ifname);
int err = -1;
struct ifreq ifr;
int sd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ARP));
if (sd <= 0) {
perror("socket()");
goto out;
}
if (strlen(ifname) > (IFNAMSIZ - 1)) {
printf("Too long interface name, MAX=%i\n", IFNAMSIZ - 1);
goto out;
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ifname);
//Get interface index using name
if (ioctl(sd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
goto out;
}
*ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
printf("interface index is %d\n", *ifindex);
//Get MAC address of the interface
if (ioctl(sd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
goto out;
}
//Copy mac address to output
memcpy(mac, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, MAC_LENGTH);
if (get_if_ip4(sd, ifname, ip)) {
goto out;
}
debug("get_if_info OK");
err = 0;
out:
if (sd > 0) {
debug("Clean up temporary socket");
close(sd);
}
return err;
}
/*
* Creates a raw socket that listens for ARP traffic on specific ifindex.
* Writes out the socket's FD.
* Return 0 on success.
*/
int bind_arp(int ifindex, int *fd)
{
debug("bind_arp: ifindex=%i", ifindex);
int ret = -1;
// Submit request for a raw socket descriptor.
*fd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ARP));
if (*fd < 1) {
perror("socket()");
goto out;
}
debug("Binding to ifindex %i", ifindex);
struct sockaddr_ll sll;
memset(&sll, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
sll.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
sll.sll_ifindex = ifindex;
if (bind(*fd, (struct sockaddr*) &sll, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)) < 0) {
perror("bind");
goto out;
}
ret = 0;
out:
if (ret && *fd > 0) {
debug("Cleanup socket");
close(*fd);
}
return ret;
}
/*
* Reads a single ARP reply from fd.
* Return 0 on success.
*/
int read_arp(int fd)
{
debug("read_arp");
int ret = -1;
unsigned char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
ssize_t length = recvfrom(fd, buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL);
int index;
if (length == -1) {
perror("recvfrom()");
goto out;
}
struct ethhdr *rcv_resp = (struct ethhdr *) buffer;
struct arp_header *arp_resp = (struct arp_header *) (buffer + ETH2_HEADER_LEN);
if (ntohs(rcv_resp->h_proto) != PROTO_ARP) {
debug("Not an ARP packet");
goto out;
}
if (ntohs(arp_resp->opcode) != ARP_REPLY) {
debug("Not an ARP reply");
goto out;
}
debug("received ARP len=%ld", length);
struct in_addr sender_a;
memset(&sender_a, 0, sizeof(struct in_addr));
memcpy(&sender_a.s_addr, arp_resp->sender_ip, sizeof(uint32_t));
debug("Sender IP: %s", inet_ntoa(sender_a));
debug("Sender MAC: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X",
arp_resp->sender_mac[0],
arp_resp->sender_mac[1],
arp_resp->sender_mac[2],
arp_resp->sender_mac[3],
arp_resp->sender_mac[4],
arp_resp->sender_mac[5]);
ret = 0;
out:
return ret;
}
/*
*
* Sample code that sends an ARP who-has request on
* interface <ifname> to IPv4 address <ip>.
* Returns 0 on success.
*/
int test_arping(const char *ifname, const char *ip) {
int ret = -1;
uint32_t dst = inet_addr(ip);
if (dst == 0 || dst == 0xffffffff) {
printf("Invalid source IP\n");
return 1;
}
int src;
int ifindex;
char mac[MAC_LENGTH];
if (get_if_info(ifname, &src, mac, &ifindex)) {
err("get_if_info failed, interface %s not found or no IP set?", ifname);
goto out;
}
int arp_fd;
if (bind_arp(ifindex, &arp_fd)) {
err("Failed to bind_arp()");
goto out;
}
if (send_arp(arp_fd, ifindex, mac, src, dst)) {
err("Failed to send_arp");
goto out;
}
while(1) {
int r = read_arp(arp_fd);
if (r == 0) {
info("Got reply, break out");
break;
}
}
ret = 0;
out:
if (arp_fd) {
close(arp_fd);
arp_fd = 0;
}
return ret;
}
int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
int ret = -1;
if (argc != 3) {
printf("Usage: %s <INTERFACE> <DEST_IP>\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
const char *ifname = argv[1];
const char *ip = argv[2];
return test_arping(ifname, ip);
}

Answer 2

A couple of things to get your packets on the wire/air.
The proper .sll_protocol for the arp reply is ETH_P_ARP, from <linux/if_ether.h>
There was an error in endianness when setting ah->arp_op. It is a network byteorder field of 2 octets, so use htons().
In general, the code is a little confused about network and host byteorder. It currently sends out the reply very mangled, but it is unclear to me whether that is the malicious intent of the code, or an accident. In the case that you want to send real, correct IP addresses, use htonl and htons, when building the reply.
To fix endianness:
Properly include <arpa/inet.h>
Use htons(), htonl() ntohs() and ntohl(), always. Their implementation makes it a NOP, if its not needed on your platform.
When setting up data to be sent out from host, always process it with hton*()
When interpreting data from the network, always ntoh*() it before comparing with local variables.
In summary, the changes I did were 1) .sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP). (when sending data) 2) ah->arp_op = htons(ARPOP_REPLY) (in the reply arp) 3) Removed the nonsensical ntohs() on ah->arp_hd and ah->arp_pr. You dont want to convert data to host byteorder when populating the send buffer (unless you really really actually do) 4) Added ntohs() conversions and proper defines in some of the comparisons 5) some other small fixes 6) disabled the bit doing system("sudo...")!
Full code at pastebin. Here is a diff:
thuovila#glx:~/src/so/arp$ diff arp2.c arp_orig.c
13d12
< #include <arpa/inet.h>
20c19
< #define DEVICE "eth1"
---
> #define DEVICE "eth0"
25c24
< int s = -1; /*Socketdescriptor*/
---
> int s = 0; /*Socketdescriptor*/
92c91
< socket_address.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
---
> socket_address.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
95c94
< socket_address.sll_pkttype = 0; //PACKET_OTHERHOST;
---
> socket_address.sll_pkttype = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
112c111
< if(ntohs(eh->h_proto) == ETH_P_ARP)
---
> if(htons(eh->h_proto) == 0x806)
119c118
< if(ntohs(ah->arp_op) != ARPOP_REQUEST)
---
> if(htons(ah->arp_op) != 0x0001)
139d137
< #if 0
145d142
< #endif
182c179
< eh->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
---
> eh->h_proto = ETH_ARP;
200,201c197,198
< //ah->arp_hd = ntohs(ah->arp_hd);
< //ah->arp_pr = ntohs(ah->arp_pr);
---
> ah->arp_hd = ntohs(ah->arp_hd);
> ah->arp_pr = ntohs(ah->arp_pr);
203c200
< ah->arp_op = htons(ARPOP_REPLY);
---
> ah->arp_op = 0x0002;
EDIT Some wireshark advice. Capture ether proto 0x0806 (or arp for short). Use the pseudo device that captures any packets. Your packets should become visible.
On linux, if you want to stop the network stack from interfering, use: echo "8" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_ignore
EDIT #2 I am not completely sure about the ETH_P_ARP. It might have been a snap judgement on my part. Using ETH_P_IP is correct in the ARP header field, but Im not sure which one to use for the packet socket sll_protocol. Also notice that socket_address.sll_pkttype = PACKET_OTHERHOST;has no effect when sending (see man 7 packet). Also the mandatory SO observation, that you should always use at least -Wall (when using gcc or clang) as a compilation flag.
EDIT #3 I changed the program a little more. and updated the answer and diff accordingly. Surprisingly it does indeed seem, that .sll_protocol needs to be ETH_P_ARP. My copy of the man 7 packet doesnt even say it is used for anything, but the packet doesnt go out on the wire as ARP without it.

Answer 3

I know this is a very old post. This code helped me a lot. I have modified the code to send an ARP request to an IP and extract the MAC address from the reply. Please find below my code
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <asm/types.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#define PROTO_ARP 0x0806
#define ETH2_HEADER_LEN 14
#define HW_TYPE 1
#define PROTOCOL_TYPE 0x800
#define MAC_LENGTH 6
#define IPV4_LENGTH 4
#define ARP_REQUEST 0x01
#define ARP_REPLY 0x02
#define BUF_SIZE 60
struct arp_header
{
unsigned short hardware_type;
unsigned short protocol_type;
unsigned char hardware_len;
unsigned char protocol_len;
unsigned short opcode;
unsigned char sender_mac[MAC_LENGTH];
unsigned char sender_ip[IPV4_LENGTH];
unsigned char target_mac[MAC_LENGTH];
unsigned char target_ip[IPV4_LENGTH];
};
int main()
{
int sd;
unsigned char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
unsigned char source_ip[4] = {10,222,190,160};
unsigned char target_ip[4] = {10,222,190,139};
struct ifreq ifr;
struct ethhdr *send_req = (struct ethhdr *)buffer;
struct ethhdr *rcv_resp= (struct ethhdr *)buffer;
struct arp_header *arp_req = (struct arp_header *)(buffer+ETH2_HEADER_LEN);
struct arp_header *arp_resp = (struct arp_header *)(buffer+ETH2_HEADER_LEN);
struct sockaddr_ll socket_address;
int index,ret,length=0,ifindex;
memset(buffer,0x00,60);
/*open socket*/
sd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
if (sd == -1) {
perror("socket():");
exit(1);
}
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name,"eth1.30");
/*retrieve ethernet interface index*/
if (ioctl(sd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
exit(1);
}
ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
printf("interface index is %d\n",ifindex);
/*retrieve corresponding MAC*/
if (ioctl(sd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) == -1) {
perror("SIOCGIFINDEX");
exit(1);
}
close (sd);
for (index = 0; index < 6; index++)
{
send_req->h_dest[index] = (unsigned char)0xff;
arp_req->target_mac[index] = (unsigned char)0x00;
/* Filling the source mac address in the header*/
send_req->h_source[index] = (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[index];
arp_req->sender_mac[index] = (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[index];
socket_address.sll_addr[index] = (unsigned char)ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data[index];
}
printf("Successfully got eth1 MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
send_req->h_source[0],send_req->h_source[1],send_req->h_source[2],
send_req->h_source[3],send_req->h_source[4],send_req->h_source[5]);
printf(" arp_reqMAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
arp_req->sender_mac[0],arp_req->sender_mac[1],arp_req->sender_mac[2],
arp_req->sender_mac[3],arp_req->sender_mac[4],arp_req->sender_mac[5]);
printf("socket_address MAC address: %02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X\n",
socket_address.sll_addr[0],socket_address.sll_addr[1],socket_address.sll_addr[2],
socket_address.sll_addr[3],socket_address.sll_addr[4],socket_address.sll_addr[5]);
/*prepare sockaddr_ll*/
socket_address.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
socket_address.sll_protocol = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
socket_address.sll_ifindex = ifindex;
socket_address.sll_hatype = htons(ARPHRD_ETHER);
socket_address.sll_pkttype = (PACKET_BROADCAST);
socket_address.sll_halen = MAC_LENGTH;
socket_address.sll_addr[6] = 0x00;
socket_address.sll_addr[7] = 0x00;
/* Setting protocol of the packet */
send_req->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_ARP);
/* Creating ARP request */
arp_req->hardware_type = htons(HW_TYPE);
arp_req->protocol_type = htons(ETH_P_IP);
arp_req->hardware_len = MAC_LENGTH;
arp_req->protocol_len =IPV4_LENGTH;
arp_req->opcode = htons(ARP_REQUEST);
for(index=0;index<5;index++)
{
arp_req->sender_ip[index]=(unsigned char)source_ip[index];
arp_req->target_ip[index]=(unsigned char)target_ip[index];
}
// Submit request for a raw socket descriptor.
if ((sd = socket (PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons (ETH_P_ALL))) < 0) {
perror ("socket() failed ");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
buffer[32]=0x00;
ret = sendto(sd, buffer, 42, 0, (struct sockaddr*)&socket_address, sizeof(socket_address));
if (ret == -1)
{
perror("sendto():");
exit(1);
}
else
{
printf(" Sent the ARP REQ \n\t");
for(index=0;index<42;index++)
{
printf("%02X ",buffer[index]);
if(index % 16 ==0 && index !=0)
{printf("\n\t");}
}
}
printf("\n\t");
memset(buffer,0x00,60);
while(1)
{
length = recvfrom(sd, buffer, BUF_SIZE, 0, NULL, NULL);
if (length == -1)
{
perror("recvfrom():");
exit(1);
}
if(htons(rcv_resp->h_proto) == PROTO_ARP)
{
//if( arp_resp->opcode == ARP_REPLY )
printf(" RECEIVED ARP RESP len=%d \n",length);
printf(" Sender IP :");
for(index=0;index<4;index++)
printf("%u.",(unsigned int)arp_resp->sender_ip[index]);
printf("\n Sender MAC :");
for(index=0;index<6;index++)
printf(" %02X:",arp_resp->sender_mac[index]);
printf("\nReceiver IP :");
for(index=0;index<4;index++)
printf(" %u.",arp_resp->target_ip[index]);
printf("\n Self MAC :");
for(index=0;index<6;index++)
printf(" %02X:",arp_resp->target_mac[index]);
printf("\n :");
break;
}
}
return 0;
}
Thanks a lot once more
Arun Kumar P