[PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[Maciej Żenczykowski]

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com>

When using the PF_KEY interface, SHA-256 hashes are hardcoded to
use 96-bit truncation.  This is a violation of RFC4868, which
specifies 128-bit truncation.

We cannot fix this without introducing backwards compatibility
concerns unless we make it an optional build time setting
(defaulting to no).  Android will default to yes instead
of carrying an Android specific one line patch.

While the PF_KEY interface is deprecated in favour of netlink XFRM
(which allows the app to specify an arbitrary truncation length),
changing the PF_KEY truncation length from 96 to 128 allows PF_KEY
apps such as racoon to work with standards-compliant VPN servers.

Cc: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@google.com>
---
 net/xfrm/Kconfig     | 10 ++++++++++
 net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/Kconfig b/net/xfrm/Kconfig
index 4a9ee2d83158..0ede7e81a5d3 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/Kconfig
+++ b/net/xfrm/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ config XFRM_ALGO
 	select XFRM
 	select CRYPTO
 
+config XFRM_HMAC_SHA256_RFC4868
+	bool "Strict RFC4868 hmac(sha256) 128-bit truncation"
+	depends on XFRM_ALGO
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  Support strict RFC4868 hmac(sha256) 128-bit truncation
+	  (default on Android) instead of the default 96-bit Linux truncation.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config XFRM_USER
 	tristate "Transformation user configuration interface"
 	depends on INET
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c
index 44ac85fe2bc9..a70391fb2c1e 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_algo.c
@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ static struct xfrm_algo_desc aalg_list[] = {
 
 	.uinfo = {
 		.auth = {
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XFRM_HMAC_SHA256_RFC4868)
+			.icv_truncbits = 128,
+#else
 			.icv_truncbits = 96,
+#endif
 			.icv_fullbits = 256,
 		}
 	},
-- 
2.19.1.331.ge82ca0e54c-goog

Re: [PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[Maciej Żenczykowski]

Yes, I realize there's been similar submits in the past,
but we're trying to get rid of or upstream android kernel networking
divergences...
maybe this approach will be more palatable?

Thanks,
Maciej

Re: [PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[Lorenzo Colitti]

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 5:06 PM Maciej Żenczykowski
<zenczykowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> +config XFRM_HMAC_SHA256_RFC4868
> +       bool "Strict RFC4868 hmac(sha256) 128-bit truncation"
> +       depends on XFRM_ALGO
> +       default n
> +       ---help---
> +         Support strict RFC4868 hmac(sha256) 128-bit truncation
> +         (default on Android) instead of the default 96-bit Linux truncation.

Not sure it's worth mentioning Android here, given that other
contributors from other organizations have attempted to change this as
well.

>         .uinfo = {
>                 .auth = {
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XFRM_HMAC_SHA256_RFC4868)
> +                       .icv_truncbits = 128,
> +#else
>                         .icv_truncbits = 96,
> +#endif

Also, consider adding a Tested: line saying that this allows
pf_key_test.py to pass on upstream kernels.

Other than that,

Acked-By: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>

Re: [PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[Herbert Xu]

Maciej Żenczykowski <zenczykowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XFRM_HMAC_SHA256_RFC4868)
> +                       .icv_truncbits = 128,
> +#else
>                        .icv_truncbits = 96,
> +#endif

Nack.  We don't want a build-time configuration knob for this.
This needs to be decided at run-time.

In fact you can already do this at run-time anyway through the
xfrm interface.  So please please please just ditch whatever that
you're using that's still glued to the long-obsolete (more than a
decade) af_key interface and switch it over to xfrm.

Thanks,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt

Re: [PATCH] net-xfrm: add build time cfg option to PF_KEY SHA256 to use RFC4868-compliant truncation

[Maciej Żenczykowski]

I'm afraid it's nothing we're using.  It's what people are using.
I guess we'll just carry this patch for a few more years.