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Send IPv4 Gratuitous ARP Packet
/* garp.c - Send IPv4 Gratuitous ARP Packet
Usage Example: sudo ./garp eth0
Copyright (C) 2011-2013 P.D. Buchan (pdbuchan@yahoo.com)
Copyright (C) 2013 Seungwon Jeong (seungwon0@gmail.com)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
// Send an IPv4 Gratuitous ARP packet via raw socket at the link layer (ethernet frame).
// Values set for ARP request.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h> // close()
#include <string.h> // strcpy, memset(), and memcpy()
#include <sys/types.h> // needed for socket(), uint8_t, uint16_t
#include <sys/socket.h> // needed for socket()
#include <netinet/in.h> // IPPROTO_RAW
#include <netinet/ip.h> // IP_MAXPACKET (which is 65535)
#include <sys/ioctl.h> // macro ioctl is defined
#include <bits/ioctls.h> // defines values for argument "request" of ioctl.
#include <net/if.h> // struct ifreq
#include <linux/if_ether.h> // ETH_P_ARP = 0x0806
#include <linux/if_packet.h> // struct sockaddr_ll (see man 7 packet)
#include <net/ethernet.h>
#include <errno.h> // errno, perror()
// Define a struct for ARP header
typedef struct _arp_hdr arp_hdr;
struct _arp_hdr {
uint16_t htype;
uint16_t ptype;
uint8_t hlen;
uint8_t plen;
uint16_t opcode;
uint8_t sender_mac[6];
uint8_t sender_ip[4];
uint8_t target_mac[6];
uint8_t target_ip[4];
};
// Define some constants.
#define ETH_HDRLEN 14 // Ethernet header length
#define IP4_HDRLEN 20 // IPv4 header length
#define ARP_HDRLEN 28 // ARP header length
#define ARPOP_REQUEST 1 // Taken from <linux/if_arp.h>
int
main (int argc, char **argv)
{
char *interface;
int i, frame_length, sd, bytes;
arp_hdr arphdr;
uint8_t src_ip[4], src_mac[6], dst_mac[6], ether_frame[IP_MAXPACKET];
struct sockaddr_in *ipv4;
struct sockaddr_ll device;
struct ifreq ifr;
if (argc != 2) {
printf ("Usage: %s INTERFACE\n", argv[0]);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Interface to send packet through.
interface = argv[1];
// Submit request for a socket descriptor to look up interface.
if ((sd = socket (AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW)) < 0) {
perror ("socket() failed to get socket descriptor for using ioctl()");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Use ioctl() to look up interface name and get its IPv4 address.
memset (&ifr, 0, sizeof (ifr));
snprintf (ifr.ifr_name, sizeof (ifr.ifr_name), "%s", interface);
if (ioctl (sd, SIOCGIFADDR, &ifr) < 0) {
perror ("ioctl() failed to get source IP address");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Copy source IP address.
ipv4 = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ifr.ifr_addr;
memcpy (src_ip, &ipv4->sin_addr, 4 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Use ioctl() to look up interface name and get its MAC address.
memset (&ifr, 0, sizeof (ifr));
snprintf (ifr.ifr_name, sizeof (ifr.ifr_name), "%s", interface);
if (ioctl (sd, SIOCGIFHWADDR, &ifr) < 0) {
perror ("ioctl() failed to get source MAC address");
return (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
close (sd);
// Copy source MAC address.
memcpy (src_mac, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Report source MAC address to stdout.
printf ("MAC address for interface %s is", interface);
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
printf ("%02x:", src_mac[i]);
}
printf ("%02x\n", src_mac[5]);
// Find interface index from interface name and store index in
// struct sockaddr_ll device, which will be used as an argument of sendto().
if ((device.sll_ifindex = if_nametoindex (interface)) == 0) {
perror ("if_nametoindex() failed to obtain interface index");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf ("Index for interface %s is %i\n", interface, device.sll_ifindex);
// Set destination MAC address: broadcast address
memset (dst_mac, 0xff, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
memcpy (&arphdr.sender_ip, src_ip, 4 * sizeof (uint8_t));
memcpy (&arphdr.target_ip, src_ip, 4 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Fill out sockaddr_ll.
device.sll_family = AF_PACKET;
memcpy (device.sll_addr, src_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
device.sll_halen = htons (6);
// ARP header
// Hardware type (16 bits): 1 for ethernet
arphdr.htype = htons (1);
// Protocol type (16 bits): 2048 for IP
arphdr.ptype = htons (ETH_P_IP);
// Hardware address length (8 bits): 6 bytes for MAC address
arphdr.hlen = 6;
// Protocol address length (8 bits): 4 bytes for IPv4 address
arphdr.plen = 4;
// OpCode: 1 for ARP request
arphdr.opcode = htons (ARPOP_REQUEST);
// Sender hardware address (48 bits): MAC address
memcpy (&arphdr.sender_mac, src_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Target hardware address (48 bits): zero
memset (&arphdr.target_mac, 0, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Fill out ethernet frame header.
// Ethernet frame length = ethernet header (MAC + MAC + ethernet type) + ethernet data (ARP header)
frame_length = 6 + 6 + 2 + ARP_HDRLEN;
// Destination and Source MAC addresses
memcpy (ether_frame, dst_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
memcpy (ether_frame + 6, src_mac, 6 * sizeof (uint8_t));
// Next is ethernet type code (ETH_P_ARP for ARP).
// http://www.iana.org/assignments/ethernet-numbers
ether_frame[12] = ETH_P_ARP / 256;
ether_frame[13] = ETH_P_ARP % 256;
// Next is ethernet frame data (ARP header).
// ARP header
memcpy (ether_frame + ETH_HDRLEN, &arphdr, ARP_HDRLEN * sizeof (uint8_t));
// 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);
}
// Send ethernet frame to socket.
if ((bytes = sendto (sd, ether_frame, frame_length, 0, (struct sockaddr *) &device, sizeof (device))) <= 0) {
perror ("sendto() failed");
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
// Close socket descriptor.
close (sd);
return (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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