how can I get IP src addr from a raw socket - c

Question

I want to sent TCP packets via raw socket and then I got stuck with the checksum field of tcp header. since I dont know how to figure out the actual IP address that raw socket had used, it seems impossible to construct TCP pseudo-header for checksum computation.

Answer 1

You know the ip address.
Because: Prior to sending any data over this socket you ought to bind() it, for doing so you need to specify the ip address you are looking for.
Update:
Binding to INADDR_ANY binds to any local interface. To get information on all local interfaces (including each's ip address) you might use getifaddrs().

Answer 2

Look at the following code if its any help. I used this code to make my own send_raw_tcp() function so i know it works.
//---cat rawtcp.c---
// Run as root or SUID 0, just datagram no data/payload
#include <unistd.h>mm
#include <netinet/tcp.h>
// Packet length
#define PCKT_LEN 8192
// May create separate header file (.h) for all
// headers' structures
// IP header's structure
struct ipheader {
unsigned char iph_ihl:5, /* Little-endian */
iph_ver:4;
unsigned char iph_tos;
unsigned short int iph_len;
unsigned short int iph_ident;
unsigned char iph_flags;
unsigned short int iph_offset;
unsigned char iph_ttl;
unsigned char iph_protocol;
unsigned short int iph_chksum;
unsigned int iph_sourceip;
unsigned int iph_destip;
};
/* Structure of a TCP header */
struct tcpheader {
unsigned short int tcph_srcport;
unsigned short int tcph_destport;
unsigned int tcph_seqnum;
unsigned int tcph_acknum;
unsigned char tcph_reserved:4, tcph_offset:4;
// unsigned char tcph_flags;
unsigned int
tcp_res1:4, /*little-endian*/
tcph_hlen:4, /*length of tcp header in 32-bit words*/
tcph_fin:1, /*Finish flag "fin"*/
tcph_syn:1, /*Synchronize sequence numbers to start a connection*/
tcph_rst:1, /*Reset flag */
tcph_psh:1, /*Push, sends data to the application*/
tcph_ack:1, /*acknowledge*/
tcph_urg:1, /*urgent pointer*/
tcph_res2:2;
unsigned short int tcph_win;
unsigned short int tcph_chksum;
unsigned short int tcph_urgptr;
};
// Simple checksum function, may use others such as Cyclic Redundancy Check, CRC
unsigned short csum(unsigned short *buf, int len)
{
unsigned long sum;
for(sum=0; len>0; len--)
sum += *buf++;
sum = (sum >> 16) + (sum &0xffff);
sum += (sum >> 16);
return (unsigned short)(~sum);
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int sd;
// No data, just datagram
char buffer[PCKT_LEN];
// The size of the headers
struct ipheader *ip = (struct ipheader *) buffer;
struct tcpheader *tcp = (struct tcpheader *) (buffer + sizeof(struct ipheader));
struct sockaddr_in sin, din;
int one = 1;
const int *val = &one;
memset(buffer, 0, PCKT_LEN);
if(argc != 5)
{
printf("- Invalid parameters!!!\n");
printf("- Usage: %s <source hostname/IP> <source port> <target hostname/IP> <target port>\n", argv[0]);
exit(-1);
}
sd = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_TCP);
if(sd < 0)
{
perror("socket() error");
exit(-1);
}
else
printf("socket()-SOCK_RAW and tcp protocol is OK.\n");
// The source is redundant, may be used later if needed
// Address family
sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
din.sin_family = AF_INET;
// Source port, can be any, modify as needed
sin.sin_port = htons(atoi(argv[2]));
din.sin_port = htons(atoi(argv[4]));
// Source IP, can be any, modify as needed
sin.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(argv[1]);
din.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(argv[3]);
// IP structure
ip->iph_ihl = 5;
ip->iph_ver = 4;
ip->iph_tos = 16;
ip->iph_len = sizeof(struct ipheader) + sizeof(struct tcpheader);
ip->iph_ident = htons(54321);
ip->iph_offset = 0;
ip->iph_ttl = 64;
ip->iph_protocol = 6; // TCP
ip->iph_chksum = 0; // Done by kernel
// Source IP, modify as needed, spoofed, we accept through command line argument
ip->iph_sourceip = inet_addr(argv[1]);
// Destination IP, modify as needed, but here we accept through command line argument
ip->iph_destip = inet_addr(argv[3]);
// The TCP structure. The source port, spoofed, we accept through the command line
tcp->tcph_srcport = htons(atoi(argv[2]));
// The destination port, we accept through command line
tcp->tcph_destport = htons(atoi(argv[4]));
tcp->tcph_seqnum = htonl(1);
tcp->tcph_acknum = 0;
tcp->tcph_offset = 5;
tcp->tcph_syn = 1;
tcp->tcph_ack = 0;
tcp->tcph_win = htons(32767);
tcp->tcph_chksum = 0; // Done by kernel
tcp->tcph_urgptr = 0;
// IP checksum calculation
ip->iph_chksum = csum((unsigned short *) buffer, (sizeof(struct ipheader) + sizeof(struct tcpheader)));
// Inform the kernel do not fill up the headers' structure, we fabricated our own
if(setsockopt(sd, IPPROTO_IP, IP_HDRINCL, val, sizeof(one)) < 0)
{
perror("setsockopt() error");
exit(-1);
}
else
printf("setsockopt() is OK\n");
printf("Using:::::Source IP: %s port: %u, Target IP: %s port: %u.\n", argv[1], atoi(argv[2]), argv[3], atoi(argv[4]));
// sendto() loop, send every 2 second for 50 counts
unsigned int count;
for(count = 0; count < 20; count++)
{
if(sendto(sd, buffer, ip->iph_len, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)) < 0)
// Verify
{
perror("sendto() error");
exit(-1);
}
else
printf("Count #%u - sendto() is OK\n", count);
sleep(2);
}
close(sd);
return 0;
}