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Bug #6081

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osmo-mgw fails to parse the semicolon separator in MGCP header like "L: a: GSM-EFR;GSM"

Added by neels 10 months ago. Updated 9 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
High
Assignee:
Category:
-
Target version:
-
Start date:
06/30/2023
Due date:
% Done:

100%

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Description

Since recently, osmo-msc may send multiple codecs in an MGCP CRCX request, instead of just one.
osmo-mgw fails to handle that correctly.

e.g. if osmo-msc has both "GSM-EFR" and "GSM" available for CRCX, then:

  • mgcp_client sends an MGCP CRCX with "L: a: GSM-EFR;GSM" according to spec.
    It was always able to do so, just we never put more than one codec in it before.
  • osmo-mgw receives it and fails to parse the ';' separation.
    The result is a single entry in the codec map indicating "GSM-EFR;GSM".
    osmo-mgw has the hubris to send this gibberish back in the CRCX OK message, in the SDP part.
  • osmo-msc receives the CRCX OK with an unknown codec entry "GSM-EFR;GSM" (instead of two entries "GSM-EFR" and "GSM").
    mgcp_client fails to parse it with errors like this:
20230629220457698 DLMGCP ERROR Failed to parse SDP parameter, can't parse codec in rtpmap: "a=rtpmap:96 AMR;AMR-WB" (mgcp_client.c:397)
20230629220457698 DLMGCP ERROR MGCP_CONN(RTP_TO_CN)[0x559e944dde10]{ST_CRCX_RESP}: MGW/CRCX: Cannot parse CRCX response (mgcp_client_fsm.c:291)
20230629220457698 DLMGCP ERROR MGW(mgw) Empty endpoint name, can not generate MGCP message (mgcp_client.c:1444)

Two points:

  • libosmo-mgcp-client should probably rather be resilient against unknown codec types.
    If one ptmap entry is unknown, we should just ignore it instead of aborting everything.
  • osmo-mgw should properly parse the "L: a: ..." header according to RFC-2705, separating at semicolon.
    Because we don't care much about that header, osmo-mgw could just stop at the semicolon and ignore any but the first codec.
    See mgcp_protocol.c
                    case 'a':
                            /* FIXME: LCO also supports the negotiation of more than one codec.
                             * (e.g. a:PCMU;G726-32) But this implementation only supports a single
                             * codec only. */
    

Files

crcx_with_two_codecs.pcapng crcx_with_two_codecs.pcapng 58.4 KB neels, 06/30/2023 04:23 AM

Related issues

Related to Cellular Network Infrastructure - Bug #6074: Current master as of 2023-06-25 broken in my environmentResolvedfalconia06/27/2023

Actions
Related to OsmoMGW - Feature #6136: libosmo-mgcp-client should ignore unknown codecs in SDPStalledjolly08/08/2023

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