From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>,
Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v2] ipv6: do not disable temp_address when reaching max_address
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:57:14 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5209E6DA.9060805@huawei.com> (raw)
A LAN user can remotely disable temporary address which may lead
to privacy violatins and information disclosure.
The reason is that the linux kernel uses the 'ipv6.max_addresses'
option to specify how many ipv6 addresses and interface may have.
The 'ipv6.regen_max_retry' (default value 3) option specifies
how many times the kernel will try to create a new address.
But the kernel is not distinguish between the event of reaching
max_addresses for an interface and failing to generate a new address.
the kernel disable the temporary address after regenerate a new
address 'regen_max_retry' times.
According RFC4941 3.3.7:
---------------------------------------
If DAD indicates the address is already in use,
the node must generate a new randomized interface
identifier as described in section 3.2 above, and
repeat the previous steps as appropriate up to
TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES times.
If after TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES consecutive attempts no
non-unique address was generated, the node must log
a system error and must not attempt to generate
temporary address for that interface.
------------------------------------------
RFC4941 3.3.7 specifies that disabling the temp_address must happen
upon the address is already in use, not reach the max_address,
So we have to check the return err and distinguish the correct retry path.
This fixes CVE-2013-0343
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@huawei.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index da4241c..72911fd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1134,10 +1134,27 @@ retry:
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ift)) {
in6_ifa_put(ifp);
in6_dev_put(idev);
- pr_info("%s: retry temporary address regeneration\n", __func__);
- tmpaddr = &addr;
- write_lock(&idev->lock);
- goto retry;
+
+ /* According RFC4941 3.3.7:
+ * If DAD indicates the address is already in use,
+ * the node must generate a new randomized interface
+ * identifier as described in section 3.2 above, and
+ * repeat the previous steps as appropriate up to
+ * TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES times.
+ * If after TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES consecutive attempts no
+ * non-unique address was generated, the node must log
+ * a system error and must not attempt to generate
+ * temporary address for that interface.
+ * So we have to check the return err and distinguish
+ * the correct retry path.
+ */
+ if (PTR_ERR(ift) == -EEXIST) {
+ pr_info("%s: retry temporary address regeneration\n", __func__);
+ tmpaddr = &addr;
+ write_lock(&idev->lock);
+ goto retry;
+ } else
+ goto out;
}
spin_lock_bh(&ift->lock);
--
1.8.2.1
next reply other threads:[~2013-08-13 8:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-13 7:57 Ding Tianhong [this message]
2013-08-13 11:05 ` [PATCH 1/3 v2] ipv6: do not disable temp_address when reaching max_address Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-08-13 11:53 ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-08-14 1:39 ` Ding Tianhong
2013-08-14 1:34 ` Ding Tianhong
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