fix: skip ip6tables when IPv6 is disabled (#2701)

fix: skip ip6tables when IPv6 is disabled (#2698)

Co-authored-by: potatosips <potatosips@users.noreply.github.com>

src/server/utils/firewall.ts

@@ -164,32 +164,38 @@ export const firewall = {
   /**
    * Initialize the custom chain if it doesn't exist
    */
-  async initChain(interfaceName: string): Promise<void> {
+  async initChain(interfaceName: string, enableIpv6: boolean): Promise<void> {
     FW_DEBUG(
       `Initializing firewall chain ${CHAIN_NAME} for interface ${interfaceName}`
     );
 
     // Create chain if not exists (iptables returns error if exists, so we ignore)
     await exec(`iptables -N ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
-    await exec(`ip6tables -N ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    if (enableIpv6) {
+      await exec(`ip6tables -N ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    }
 
     // Ensure chain is referenced from FORWARD (if not already)
     // Insert at position 1 to process before generic ACCEPT rules
     await exec(
       `iptables -C FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || iptables -I FORWARD 1 -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME}`
     );
-    await exec(
+    if (enableIpv6) {
-      `ip6tables -C FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || ip6tables -I FORWARD 1 -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME}`
+      await exec(
-    );
+        `ip6tables -C FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || ip6tables -I FORWARD 1 -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME}`
+      );
+    }
   },
 
   /**
    * Flush all rules in the custom chain
    */
-  async flushChain(): Promise<void> {
+  async flushChain(enableIpv6: boolean): Promise<void> {
     FW_DEBUG(`Flushing firewall chain ${CHAIN_NAME}`);
     await exec(`iptables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
-    await exec(`ip6tables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    if (enableIpv6) {
+      await exec(`ip6tables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    }
   },
 
   /**
@@ -245,7 +251,7 @@ export const firewall = {
   ): Promise<void> {
     if (!wgInterface.firewallEnabled) {
       FW_DEBUG('Firewall filtering disabled, removing any existing rules');
-      await this.removeFiltering(wgInterface.name);
+      await this.removeFiltering(wgInterface.name, enableIpv6);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -262,10 +268,10 @@ export const firewall = {
       FW_DEBUG('Rebuilding firewall rules...');
 
       // Initialize chain structure
-      await this.initChain(wgInterface.name);
+      await this.initChain(wgInterface.name, enableIpv6);
 
       // Flush existing rules
-      await this.flushChain();
+      await this.flushChain(enableIpv6);
 
       // Apply rules for each enabled client
       for (const client of clients) {
@@ -299,22 +305,29 @@ export const firewall = {
   /**
    * Remove all firewall filtering (when feature is disabled)
    */
-  async removeFiltering(interfaceName: string): Promise<void> {
+  async removeFiltering(
+    interfaceName: string,
+    enableIpv6: boolean
+  ): Promise<void> {
     FW_DEBUG(`Removing firewall filtering for interface ${interfaceName}`);
 
     // Remove jump rules from FORWARD chain
     await exec(
       `iptables -D FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`
     );
-    await exec(
+    if (enableIpv6) {
-      `ip6tables -D FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`
+      await exec(
-    );
+        `ip6tables -D FORWARD -i ${interfaceName} -j ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`
+      );
+    }
 
     // Flush and delete the chain
     await exec(`iptables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
-    await exec(`ip6tables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
     await exec(`iptables -X ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
-    await exec(`ip6tables -X ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    if (enableIpv6) {
+      await exec(`ip6tables -F ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+      await exec(`ip6tables -X ${CHAIN_NAME} 2>/dev/null || true`);
+    }
   },
 
   /**

src/test/unit/firewall.spec.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,45 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 
-import { firewallTestExports } from '#server/utils/firewall';
+import { exec } from '#server/utils/cmd';
+import { firewall, firewallTestExports } from '#server/utils/firewall';
 import { typesTestExports } from '#server/utils/types';
 
+vi.mock('#server/utils/cmd', () => ({
+  exec: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(''),
+}));
+
+const execMock = vi.mocked(exec);
+
 describe('firewall', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    execMock.mockClear();
+  });
+
+  describe('IPv4-only chain management', () => {
+    test('does not invoke ip6tables when initializing and flushing', async () => {
+      await firewall.initChain('wg0', false);
+      await firewall.flushChain(false);
+
+      expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('iptables -C FORWARD -i wg0')
+      );
+      expect(execMock).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('ip6tables')
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('does not invoke ip6tables when removing filtering', async () => {
+      await firewall.removeFiltering('wg0', false);
+
+      expect(execMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('iptables -D FORWARD -i wg0')
+      );
+      expect(execMock).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.stringContaining('ip6tables')
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('isValidFirewallEntry', () => {
     test('invalid ips', () => {
       expect(() => typesTestExports.FirewallIpEntrySchema.parse('')).toThrow();