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From: "Jérémy Jean" <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>
To: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Sabrina Dubroca" <sd@queasysnail.net>,
	"Saeed Mahameed" <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
	"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@kernel.org>,
	"Tariq Toukan" <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
	"Mark Bloch" <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
	"Boris Pismenny" <borisp@nvidia.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	"Jérémy Jean" <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH ipsec 3/7] xfrm: esp: use the current sequence number for AAD and offload
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:45:20 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260930144523.435271-5-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930144523.435271-2-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>

When a GSO packet is split in software, esp_xmit() and esp6_xmit()
advance xo->seq before software encryption or the handoff to the NIC.
If the 64-bit sequence number of the segment is (H, 0xffffffff), the
counter becomes (H+1, 0). Both the software ESN helpers and drivers
such as Chelsio then use H+1 instead of H as part of the associated
data that is authenticated.

However, the ESN 32 high bits are not present in the ESP header: the
receiver reconstructs the 64-bit value from the received 32 low bits
and its own replay state, and uses it to check cryptographic
integrity. It uses H for this packet at the boundary, so the GCM tag
computed by the sender with H+1 fails verification, as it is different
from the one obtained by the receiver using H.

Use the high bits saved in esp->seqno for the software AAD. For
hardware encryption, restore the current sequence after skb_ext_add()
makes the secpath private, leaving the shared counter advanced for
the remaining segments. Restore both halves because drivers can also
use xo->seq to generate the IV.

Fixes: 3dca3f38cfb8 ("xfrm: Separate ESP handling from segmentation for GRO packets.")
Fixes: 4b549ccce941 ("xfrm: replay: Fix ESN wrap around for GSO")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>
---
 net/ipv4/esp4.c         | 13 ++++---------
 net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c |  4 ++++
 net/ipv6/esp6.c         | 13 ++++---------
 net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c |  4 ++++
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4.c b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
index e76db5817e78..04f27c41ea50 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4.c
@@ -271,20 +271,15 @@ static void esp_output_restore_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static struct ip_esp_hdr *esp_output_set_extra(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					       struct xfrm_state *x,
 					       struct ip_esp_hdr *esph,
-					       struct esp_output_extra *extra)
+					       struct esp_output_extra *extra,
+					       __be64 seqno)
 {
 	/* For ESN we move the header forward by 4 bytes to
 	 * accommodate the high bits.  We will move it back after
 	 * encryption.
 	 */
 	if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)) {
-		__u32 seqhi;
-		struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
-
-		if (xo)
-			seqhi = xo->seq.hi;
-		else
-			seqhi = XFRM_SKB_CB(skb)->seq.output.hi;
+		__u32 seqhi = upper_32_bits(be64_to_cpu(seqno));
 
 		extra->esphoff = (unsigned char *)esph -
 				 skb_transport_header(skb);
@@ -543,7 +538,7 @@ int esp_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info *
 	else
 		dsg = &sg[esp->nfrags];
 
-	esph = esp_output_set_extra(skb, x, esp->esph, extra);
+	esph = esp_output_set_extra(skb, x, esp->esph, extra, esp->seqno);
 	esp->esph = esph;
 
 	sg_init_table(sg, esp->nfrags);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c b/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
index 3a0aafe991f4..6f6ce9ea5c49 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/esp4_offload.c
@@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ static int esp_xmit(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb,  netdev_features_
 		if (!xo)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		/* Keep the current sequence number in the private copy. */
+		xo->seq.low = seq;
+		xo->seq.hi = upper_32_bits(be64_to_cpu(esp.seqno));
+
 		xo->flags |= XFRM_XMIT;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6.c b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
index b1c9b36f76dc..7d3e9c5b3992 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6.c
@@ -308,20 +308,15 @@ static void esp_output_restore_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static struct ip_esp_hdr *esp_output_set_esn(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					     struct xfrm_state *x,
 					     struct ip_esp_hdr *esph,
-					     struct esp_output_extra *extra)
+					     struct esp_output_extra *extra,
+					     __be64 seqno)
 {
 	/* For ESN we move the header forward by 4 bytes to
 	 * accommodate the high bits.  We will move it back after
 	 * encryption.
 	 */
 	if ((x->props.flags & XFRM_STATE_ESN)) {
-		__u32 seqhi;
-		struct xfrm_offload *xo = xfrm_offload(skb);
-
-		if (xo)
-			seqhi = xo->seq.hi;
-		else
-			seqhi = XFRM_SKB_CB(skb)->seq.output.hi;
+		__u32 seqhi = upper_32_bits(be64_to_cpu(seqno));
 
 		extra->esphoff = (unsigned char *)esph -
 				 skb_transport_header(skb);
@@ -575,7 +570,7 @@ int esp6_output_tail(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb, struct esp_info
 	else
 		dsg = &sg[esp->nfrags];
 
-	esph = esp_output_set_esn(skb, x, esp->esph, extra);
+	esph = esp_output_set_esn(skb, x, esp->esph, extra, esp->seqno);
 	esp->esph = esph;
 
 	sg_init_table(sg, esp->nfrags);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c b/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c
index 05d13cce22e4..682063bfe685 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/esp6_offload.c
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ static int esp6_xmit(struct xfrm_state *x, struct sk_buff *skb,  netdev_features
 		if (!xo)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		/* Keep the current sequence number in the private copy. */
+		xo->seq.low = seq;
+		xo->seq.hi = upper_32_bits(be64_to_cpu(esp.seqno));
+
 		xo->flags |= XFRM_XMIT;
 		return 0;
 	}
-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-30 14:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-30 14:45 [PATCH ipsec 0/7] xfrm: fix ESP IV generation and ESN authentication Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 1/7] xfrm: esp6: use the current sequence number for the IV Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 2/7] xfrm: esp4: " Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` Jérémy Jean [this message]
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 4/7] xfrm: prevent AES-GCM nonce reuse after early GSO Jérémy Jean
2026-10-01 13:31   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-10-01 21:07     ` Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 5/7] net/mlx5e: Use the packet sequence number for the IPsec IV Jérémy Jean
2026-10-01 11:42   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-10-01 19:33     ` Jérémy Jean
2026-10-05 13:06   ` Tariq Toukan
2026-10-05 13:50     ` Jérémy Jean
2026-10-05 18:28       ` Jérémy Jean
2026-10-06  6:49         ` Tariq Toukan
2026-10-06  8:51           ` Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 6/7] xfrm: segment untrusted GSO packets before sequence allocation Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH ipsec 7/7] xfrm: leave the sequence counter unchanged on ESN overflow Jérémy Jean
2026-10-01 11:24   ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-10-01 11:37     ` Jérémy Jean
2026-10-01 11:45       ` Sabrina Dubroca
2026-10-01 11:48         ` Jérémy Jean
2026-09-30 14:48 ` [PATCH ipsec 0/7] xfrm: fix ESP IV generation and ESN authentication netdev-bot+sinfo

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