From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Dmitry Safonov <0x7f454c46@gmail.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:16:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310201636.119877-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
commit 46d0d6f50dab706637f4c18a470aac20a21900d3 upstream.
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>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260302203409.13388-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 3 ++-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index e35825656e6ea..8466e77ba4b86 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -242,10 +242,11 @@
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "TCP: " fmt
#include <crypto/hash.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>
@@ -4897,11 +4898,11 @@ tcp_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
if (family == AF_INET)
genhash = tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
else
genhash = tp->af_specific->calc_md5_hash(newhash, key,
NULL, skb);
- if (genhash || memcmp(hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0) {
+ if (genhash || 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 0fbf13dcf3c2b..80c81324c8c6d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -85,10 +85,11 @@
#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
#include <linux/skbuff_ref.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
@@ -840,11 +841,11 @@ static void tcp_v4_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (!key)
goto out;
genhash = tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
- if (genhash || memcmp(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (genhash || crypto_memneq(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
if (key) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 5faa46f4cf9a2..ac0de2c126096 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/hash.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -1090,11 +1091,11 @@ 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;
genhash = tcp_v6_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key.md5_key, NULL, skb);
- if (genhash || memcmp(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (genhash || crypto_memneq(md5_hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
#endif
if (th->ack)
base-commit: 6258e292d7463f96d0f06dff2a39093a54c9d16f
--
2.53.0
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