From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Cc: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 12:34:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260302203409.13388-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant
time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.
Fixes: cfb6eeb4c860 ("[TCP]: MD5 Signature Option (RFC2385) support.")
Fixes: 658ddaaf6694 ("tcp: md5: RST: getting md5 key from listener")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
net/ipv4/Kconfig | 1 +
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 3 ++-
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
index b71c22475c515..45f5d401460c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -759,10 +759,11 @@ config TCP_AO
If unsure, say N.
config TCP_MD5SIG
bool "TCP: MD5 Signature Option support (RFC2385)"
select CRYPTO_LIB_MD5
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS
help
RFC2385 specifies a method of giving MD5 protection to TCP sessions.
Its main (only?) use is to protect BGP sessions between core routers
on the Internet.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 8cdc26e8ad689..202a4e57a2188 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -242,10 +242,11 @@
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "TCP: " fmt
#include <crypto/md5.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
@@ -4968,11 +4969,11 @@ tcp_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
*/
if (family == AF_INET)
tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
else
tp->af_specific->calc_md5_hash(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
- if (memcmp(hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0) {
+ if (crypto_memneq(hash_location, newhash, 16)) {
NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPMD5FAILURE);
trace_tcp_hash_md5_mismatch(sk, skb);
return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_MD5FAILURE;
}
return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index d53d39be291a5..910c25cb24e10 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@
#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
#include <linux/skbuff_ref.h>
#include <crypto/md5.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
static void tcp_v4_md5_hash_hdr(char *md5_hash, const struct tcp_md5sig_key *key,
@@ -837,11 +838,11 @@ static void tcp_v4_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
key = tcp_md5_do_lookup(sk1, l3index, addr, AF_INET);
if (!key)
goto out;
tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
- if (memcmp(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (crypto_memneq(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
if (key) {
rep.opt[0] = htonl((TCPOPT_NOP << 24) |
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index e46a0efae0123..5195a46b951ea 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <crypto/md5.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
enum sk_rst_reason reason);
@@ -1046,11 +1047,11 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!key.md5_key)
goto out;
key.type = TCP_KEY_MD5;
tcp_v6_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key.md5_key, NULL, skb);
- if (memcmp(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (crypto_memneq(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
#endif
if (th->ack)
base-commit: 9439a661c2e80485406ce2c90b107ca17858382d
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-02 20:35 UTC|newest]
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2026-03-02 20:34 Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-03-04 3:00 ` [PATCH net] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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