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- What I did
Remove the nft chain blocking the access to the ports 22623 and 22624 before getting the ignition config served by the MCS.

- How to verify it

Test PolarionID:85749 should pass.
Test PolarionID:42520 should pass.
Test PolarionID:76587 should pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
    • Improved extended validation for retrieving ignition configurations when network firewall rules may block access.
    • Added coverage for scenarios involving nftables-based firewall rules.
    • Firewall rules are preserved and restored safely during test execution.
    • Test environments without the relevant firewall configuration are handled gracefully.
    • Failures while clearing blocking rules are now reported explicitly.

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@sergiordlr: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-116490, which is invalid:

  • expected the bug to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set

Comment /jira refresh to re-evaluate validity if changes to the Jira bug are made, or edit the title of this pull request to link to a different bug.

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- What I did
Remove the nft chain blocking the access to the ports 22623 and 22624 before getting the ignition config served by the MCS.

- How to verify it

Test PolarionID:85749 should pass.

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Walkthrough

The test helpers now flush mcs-blocking nftables rules before retrieving the MCS ignition configuration and restore them afterward. Missing chains are treated as a no-op, while command failures return errors.

Changes

MCS nftables rule handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add nftables flush and restore helpers
test/extended-priv/node.go
The Node type lists and flushes the mcs-blocking chain, handles absent chains without an error, and restores saved rules through nft -f -.
Integrate nftables handling into MCS tests
test/extended-priv/machineconfigpool.go, test/extended-priv/mco_security.go, test/extended-priv/mco_storage.go
MCS tests flush nftables rules before ignition configuration access, defer restoration, and return or assert flush errors.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8fdff

The tests now temporarily remove MCS-blocking nftables rules to retrieve ignition data, but failed cleanup can silently leave those rules removed and affect later tests. Handle restoration failures before merging.

Suggested reviewers: ptalgulk01


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❌ Failed checks (1 error)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ❌ Error The pull request adds logs that include n.GetName() and node.GetName(). GetName() returns the Kubernetes node name, which can be an internal hostname such as ip-10-0-147-70.ec2.internal shown … Remove node names from the new log and assertion messages, or replace them with a non-sensitive identifier. Restore nftables rules through stdin or a temporary file instead of embedding them in the command argument. Ensure failure logging d…
✅ Passed checks (14 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 4…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed No test title changed in the pull request. The added code contains no It, Describe, Context, or When declarations. Existing Ginkgo titles in mco_security.go and mco_storage.go are static a…
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes only related ignition-access setup and cleanup. All three test call sites defer nftables restoration, and no new cluster-scoped resource lacks cleanup. The existing MCS checks use…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no new Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When declarations. The changed tests already existed in the parent revision. The added code only flushes and restores the `m…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The patch adds no new Ginkgo test declarations. It only updates existing tests and adds nftables helper methods. The affected tests select one master or one pool node and run commands on that no…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only extended-privilege test helpers and test flows. The verified diff adds nftables flush/restore calls and does not add or modify deployment manifests, operators, cont…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed No OTE stdout contract violation is introduced. The PR adds only logger.Infof/Warnf/Errorf calls, and test/extended-priv/util/logext/log.go sends these logs to ginkgo.GinkgoWriter, which the che…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS. The commit adds no new Ginkgo test declaration. Its added code only lists, flushes, and restores the cluster-local inet ovn-kubernetes mcs-blocking nftables chain. It adds no hardcoded IPv4 ad…
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS. The HEAD diff adds only nftables rule flush/restore calls and test setup. The new code uses nft, bash, echo, and existing node helpers. It introduces no MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES, RC4, Blowfish…
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only four Go files under test/extended-priv; it adds nftables commands and calls existing DebugNodeWithChroot helpers. The commit adds no container or Kubernetes man…
Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: removing nftables chains before checking the ignition configuration. It is concise and directly related to the pull request.
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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 4 files.

Full details: Stable And Deterministic Test Names

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No test title changed in the pull request. The added code contains no It, Describe, Context, or When declarations. Existing Ginkgo titles in mco_security.go and mco_storage.go are static and identical to the parent revision. Dynamic node names occur only in log and assertion messages, not test titles.

Full details: Test Structure And Quality

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PASS. The PR changes only related ignition-access setup and cleanup. All three test call sites defer nftables restoration, and no new cluster-scoped resource lacks cleanup. The existing MCS checks use bounded Eventually calls (1–6 minutes with 20-second polling). New flush assertions include node-specific failure messages. No new Eventually or Consistently call lacks a timeout, and the changes follow the existing deferred iptables cleanup pattern.

Full details: Microshift Test Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request adds no new Ginkgo It, Describe, Context, or When declarations. The changed tests already existed in the parent revision. The added code only flushes and restores the mcs-blocking nftables chain; it does not reference an unavailable MicroShift API, namespace, or unsupported feature.

Full details: Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility

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PASS: The patch adds no new Ginkgo test declarations. It only updates existing tests and adds nftables helper methods. The affected tests select one master or one pool node and run commands on that node. They do not require multiple nodes, distinct-node scheduling, HA failover, scaling, anti-affinity, or separate node roles. These operations are compatible with SNO.

Full details: Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility

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PASS: The pull request changes only extended-privilege test helpers and test flows. The verified diff adds nftables flush/restore calls and does not add or modify deployment manifests, operators, controllers, replicas, affinity, topology spread, node selectors, tolerations, or PDBs. The topology-aware scheduling check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Ote Binary Stdout Contract

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No OTE stdout contract violation is introduced. The PR adds only logger.Infof/Warnf/Errorf calls, and test/extended-priv/util/logext/log.go sends these logs to ginkgo.GinkgoWriter, which the check explicitly excludes. The new remote commands use Outputs() and return captured strings; they do not write to the local process stdout. All new call sites are inside g.It test bodies or code reached by those test bodies, not main, suite setup, or top-level initializers.

Full details: Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility

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PASS. The commit adds no new Ginkgo test declaration. Its added code only lists, flushes, and restores the cluster-local inet ovn-kubernetes mcs-blocking nftables chain. It adds no hardcoded IPv4 address, IPv4-only parsing, external URL, or public-host connection. The existing localhost curl, API URI formatting, and TestSSLImage reference were present before the commit and are not PR-introduced failures.

Full details: No-Weak-Crypto

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PASS. The HEAD diff adds only nftables rule flush/restore calls and test setup. The new code uses nft, bash, echo, and existing node helpers. It introduces no MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES, RC4, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto, or secret comparison logic. The weak-cipher test context is pre-existing and the added lines do not alter cryptographic behavior.

Full details: Container-Privileges

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PASS. The pull request changes only four Go files under test/extended-priv; it adds nftables commands and calls existing DebugNodeWithChroot helpers. The commit adds no container or Kubernetes manifest fields. The changed lines do not introduce privileged: true, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, allowPrivilegeEscalation: true, or an explicit root user.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

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The pull request adds logs that include n.GetName() and node.GetName(). GetName() returns the Kubernetes node name, which can be an internal hostname such as ip-10-0-147-70.ec2.internal shown in the repository documentation. The new restore path also embeds savedRules in a bash -c argument; when the command fails, CLI.Outputs() logs the full exec.Cmd, including that rule text.

Resolution

Remove node names from the new log and assertion messages, or replace them with a non-sensitive identifier. Restore nftables rules through stdin or a temporary file instead of embedding them in the command argument. Ensure failure logging does not include raw command arguments, nftables rules, or unsanitized command output.

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/jira refresh

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@sergiordlr: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-116490, which is valid. The bug has been moved to the POST state.

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  • bug target version (5.1.0) matches configured target version for branch (5.1.0)
  • bug is in the state New, which is one of the valid states (NEW, ASSIGNED, POST)
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Inline comments:
In `@test/extended-priv/machineconfigpool.go`:
- Line 405: Update GetMCSIgnitionConfig to capture the error returned by the
deferred RestoreNftablesMCSBlockingRules call and propagate it when the main MCS
request succeeds, while preserving the primary operation error if one already
occurred.

Apply the same fix in `@test/extended-priv/node.go` around lines 1203 - 1205:
Covers the separate nft list error-swallowing site described in the consolidated
comment.

In `@test/extended-priv/node.go`:
- Around line 1228-1229: Update the restoration flow around DebugNodeWithChroot
to avoid interpolating savedRules into bash -c: write the raw rules to a remote
temporary file, then invoke nft -f against that file. Preserve the existing rule
restoration behavior while ensuring apostrophes and crafted content cannot alter
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@sergiordlr: This pull request references Jira Issue OCPBUGS-116490, which is valid.

3 validation(s) were run on this bug
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- What I did
Remove the nft chain blocking the access to the ports 22623 and 22624 before getting the ignition config served by the MCS.

- How to verify it

Test PolarionID:85749 should pass.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Tests
  • Improved extended validation for retrieving ignition configurations when network firewall rules may block access.
  • Added coverage for scenarios involving nftables-based firewall rules.
  • Firewall rules are preserved and restored safely during test execution.
  • Test environments without the relevant firewall configuration are handled gracefully.
  • Failures while clearing blocking rules are now reported explicitly.

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In `@test/extended-priv/mco_security.go`:
- Line 777: Handle restoration errors in deferred closures around
RestoreNftablesMCSBlockingRules: update test/extended-priv/mco_security.go lines
777-777 for node and test/extended-priv/mco_storage.go lines 38-38 for
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@sergiordlr: all tests passed!

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Passed tests in the manually launched regression jobs:

  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO security [PolarionID:85749][OTP] MCS generates ignition configs with kubelet CA cert [Disruptive] 18s
  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO Storage [PolarionID:42520][OTP] retrieve mc with large size from mcs [Disruptive] 11m24s
  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO security [PolarionID:76587][OTP] MCS port should not expose weak ciphers to external client from master node IP [Disruptive] 1m28s

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Passed tests in the manually launched regression jobs:

  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO security [PolarionID:85749][OTP] MCS generates ignition configs with kubelet CA cert [Disruptive] 18s
  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO Storage [PolarionID:42520][OTP] retrieve mc with large size from mcs [Disruptive] 11m24s
  • : [sig-mco][Suite:openshift/machine-config-operator/longduration][Serial][Disruptive] MCO security [PolarionID:76587][OTP] MCS port should not expose weak ciphers to external client from master node IP [Disruptive] 1m28s

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