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From: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3 v2] ipv6: do not disable temp_address when reaching max_address
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:57:14 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5209E6DA.9060805@huawei.com> (raw)

A LAN user can remotely disable temporary address which may lead
to privacy violatins and information disclosure.

The reason is that the linux kernel uses the 'ipv6.max_addresses'
option to specify how many ipv6 addresses and interface may have.
The 'ipv6.regen_max_retry' (default value 3) option specifies
how many times the kernel will try to create a new address.

But the kernel is not distinguish between the event of reaching
max_addresses for an interface and failing to generate a new address.
the kernel disable the temporary address after regenerate a new
address 'regen_max_retry' times.

According RFC4941 3.3.7:

---------------------------------------

If DAD indicates the address is already in use,
the node must generate a new randomized interface
identifier as described in section 3.2 above, and
repeat the previous steps as appropriate up to
TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES times.

If after TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES consecutive attempts no
non-unique address was generated, the node must log
a system error and must not attempt to generate
temporary address for that interface.

------------------------------------------

RFC4941 3.3.7 specifies that disabling the temp_address must happen
upon the address is already in use, not reach the max_address,
So we have to check the return err and distinguish the correct retry path.

This fixes CVE-2013-0343

Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com>
Tested-by: Wang Weidong <wangweidong1@huawei.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index da4241c..72911fd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1134,10 +1134,27 @@ retry:
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ift)) {
 		in6_ifa_put(ifp);
 		in6_dev_put(idev);
-		pr_info("%s: retry temporary address regeneration\n", __func__);
-		tmpaddr = &addr;
-		write_lock(&idev->lock);
-		goto retry;
+
+		/* According RFC4941 3.3.7:
+		 * If DAD indicates the address is already in use,
+		 * the node must generate a new randomized interface
+		 * identifier as described in section 3.2 above, and
+		 * repeat the previous steps as appropriate up to
+		 * TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES times.
+		 * If after TEMP_IDGEN_RETRIES consecutive attempts no
+		 * non-unique address was generated, the node must log
+		 * a system error and must not attempt to generate
+		 * temporary address for that interface.
+		 * So we have to check the return err and distinguish
+		 * the correct retry path.
+		 */
+		if (PTR_ERR(ift) == -EEXIST) {
+			pr_info("%s: retry temporary address regeneration\n", __func__);
+			tmpaddr = &addr;
+			write_lock(&idev->lock);
+			goto retry;
+		} else
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&ift->lock);
-- 
1.8.2.1

             reply	other threads:[~2013-08-13  8:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-13  7:57 Ding Tianhong [this message]
2013-08-13 11:05 ` [PATCH 1/3 v2] ipv6: do not disable temp_address when reaching max_address Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-08-13 11:53   ` Hannes Frederic Sowa
2013-08-14  1:39     ` Ding Tianhong
2013-08-14  1:34   ` Ding Tianhong

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