* [PATCH 6.1] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
@ 2026-03-10 20:17 Eric Biggers
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From: Eric Biggers @ 2026-03-10 20:17 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 6bef8514e29ad..fd81976d4beb7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -241,10 +241,11 @@
* TCP_CLOSE socket is finished
*/
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "TCP: " fmt
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
@@ -4678,11 +4679,11 @@ tcp_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
else
genhash = tp->af_specific->calc_md5_hash(newhash,
hash_expected,
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);
if (family == AF_INET) {
net_info_ratelimited("MD5 Hash failed for (%pI4, %d)->(%pI4, %d)%s L3 index %d\n",
saddr, ntohs(th->source),
daddr, ntohs(th->dest),
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 7647f1ec0584e..00348cb9a211b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -76,10 +76,11 @@
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/inetdevice.h>
#include <linux/btf_ids.h>
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
@@ -774,11 +775,11 @@ 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(hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (genhash || crypto_memneq(hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
if (key) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 0ccaa78f6ff3d..a1e31fe596708 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@
#include <net/busy_poll.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <linux/scatterlist.h>
#include <trace/events/tcp.h>
@@ -1040,11 +1041,11 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
key = tcp_v6_md5_do_lookup(sk1, &ipv6h->saddr, l3index);
if (!key)
goto out;
genhash = tcp_v6_md5_hash_skb(newhash, key, NULL, skb);
- if (genhash || memcmp(hash_location, newhash, 16) != 0)
+ if (genhash || crypto_memneq(hash_location, newhash, 16))
goto out;
}
#endif
if (th->ack)
base-commit: f2ddafa93a259310ca47507153b7811ec54ab7fd
--
2.53.0
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