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* [PATCH 6.12] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
@ 2026-03-10 20:16 Eric Biggers
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From: Eric Biggers @ 2026-03-10 20:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: stable; +Cc: linux-crypto, netdev, Dmitry Safonov, Eric Biggers,
	Jakub Kicinski

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 4090107b0c4d5..c532803b9957b 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>
@@ -4781,11 +4782,11 @@ 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 1572562b0498c..6e896f1641afb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -80,10 +80,11 @@
 #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
@@ -837,11 +838,11 @@ 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 c90b20c218bff..a79cd20d3d31c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@
 
 #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,
@@ -1082,11 +1083,11 @@ 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: 39b686f8d57d7506af7789e915fe7fd103b0fe57
-- 
2.53.0


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