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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 5.10] net/tcp-md5: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:17:08 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310201708.120088-1-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_ipv4.c | 5 +++--
 net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 3dfa856e99267..855cca214a021 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>
 
@@ -762,11 +763,11 @@ 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) {
@@ -1449,11 +1450,11 @@ static bool tcp_v4_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk,
 	 */
 	genhash = tcp_v4_md5_hash_skb(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);
 		net_info_ratelimited("MD5 Hash failed for (%pI4, %d)->(%pI4, %d)%s L3 index %d\n",
 				     &iph->saddr, ntohs(th->source),
 				     &iph->daddr, ntohs(th->dest),
 				     genhash ? " tcp_v4_calc_md5_hash failed"
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 8b9709420c052..523aa2efdc499 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>
 
@@ -808,11 +809,11 @@ static bool tcp_v6_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk,
 	/* check the signature */
 	genhash = tcp_v6_md5_hash_skb(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);
 		net_info_ratelimited("MD5 Hash %s for [%pI6c]:%u->[%pI6c]:%u L3 index %d\n",
 				     genhash ? "failed" : "mismatch",
 				     &ip6h->saddr, ntohs(th->source),
 				     &ip6h->daddr, ntohs(th->dest), l3index);
@@ -1069,11 +1070,11 @@ 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: aed5c3b77cd53ba74f66767b03bfb9177662af4b
-- 
2.53.0


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