Return-path: Received: from ja.ssi.bg ([178.16.129.10]:39123 "EHLO ja.ssi.bg" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030264AbbKDVBV (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2015 16:01:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 22:59:32 +0200 (EET) From: Julian Anastasov To: Johannes Berg cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ipv4: add option to drop unicast encapsulated in L2 multicast In-Reply-To: <1446654127-26826-1-git-send-email-johannes@sipsolutions.net> Message-ID: (sfid-20151104_220129_039784_46B1269B) References: <1446654127-26826-1-git-send-email-johannes@sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, On Wed, 4 Nov 2015, Johannes Berg wrote: > From: Johannes Berg > > In order to solve a problem with 802.11, the so-called hole-196 attack, > add an option (sysctl) called "drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast" which, if > enabled, causes the stack to drop IPv4 unicast packets encapsulated in > link-layer multi- or broadcast frames. Such frames can (as an attack) > be created by any member of the same wireless network and transmitted > as valid encrypted frames since the symmetric key for broadcast frames > is shared between all stations. > > Additionally, enabling this option provides compliance with a SHOULD > clause of RFC 1122. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Patches 1 and 3 look correct to me, Reviewed-by: Julian Anastasov If the patches are lost in the merge window you can also consider one minor optimization, see below... > --- > Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 7 +++++++ > include/uapi/linux/ip.h | 1 + > net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 ++ > net/ipv4/ip_input.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- > 4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt > index 05915be86235..35c4c43dd8de 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt > +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt > @@ -1208,6 +1208,13 @@ promote_secondaries - BOOLEAN > promote a corresponding secondary IP address instead of > removing all the corresponding secondary IP addresses. > > +drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast - BOOLEAN > + Drop any unicast IP packets that are received in link-layer > + multicast (or broadcast) frames. > + This behavior (for multicast) is actually a SHOULD in RFC > + 1122, but is disabled by default for compatibility reasons. > + Default: off (0) > + > > tag - INTEGER > Allows you to write a number, which can be used as required. > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ip.h b/include/uapi/linux/ip.h > index 08f894d2ddbd..584834f7e95c 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/ip.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ip.h > @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ enum > IPV4_DEVCONF_IGMPV2_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL, > IPV4_DEVCONF_IGMPV3_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL, > IPV4_DEVCONF_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN, > + IPV4_DEVCONF_DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST, > __IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX > }; > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c > index cebd9d31e65a..dbbab28a52a4 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c > @@ -2192,6 +2192,8 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table { > "promote_secondaries"), > DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(ROUTE_LOCALNET, > "route_localnet"), > + DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST, > + "drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast"), > }, > }; > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c > index b1209b63381f..a442b6bd9441 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c > @@ -359,8 +359,32 @@ static int ip_rcv_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) > rt = skb_rtable(skb); > if (rt->rt_type == RTN_MULTICAST) { > IP_UPD_PO_STATS_BH(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INMCAST, skb->len); > - } else if (rt->rt_type == RTN_BROADCAST) > + } else if (rt->rt_type == RTN_BROADCAST) { > IP_UPD_PO_STATS_BH(net, IPSTATS_MIB_INBCAST, skb->len); > + } else { } else if (unlikely(skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST)) { May be such check can save some cycles because it is more common to see PACKET_HOST packets... > + struct in_device *in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(skb->dev); > + > + /* RFC 1122 3.3.6: > + * > + * When a host sends a datagram to a link-layer broadcast > + * address, the IP destination address MUST be a legal IP > + * broadcast or IP multicast address. > + * > + * A host SHOULD silently discard a datagram that is received > + * via a link-layer broadcast (see Section 2.4) but does not > + * specify an IP multicast or broadcast destination address. > + * > + * This doesn't explicitly say L2 *broadcast*, but broadcast is > + * in a way a form of multicast and the most common use case for > + * this is 802.11 protecting against cross-station spoofing (the > + * so-called "hole-196" attack) so do it for both. > + */ > + if (in_dev && > + IN_DEV_ORCONF(in_dev, DROP_UNICAST_IN_L2_MULTICAST) && > + (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_BROADCAST || > + skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST)) > + goto drop; > + } > > return dst_input(skb); > > -- > 2.6.2 Regards -- Julian Anastasov