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* [PATCH ipsec-next v2 0/4] xfrm: XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE new netlink message
@ 2026-01-17 20:04 Antony Antony
  2026-01-17 19:58 ` [PATCH ipsec-next v2 1/4] xfrm: remove redundant assignments Antony Antony
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  0 siblings, 4 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Antony Antony @ 2026-01-17 20:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Antony Antony, Steffen Klassert, Herbert Xu, netdev
  Cc: David S . Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni,
	Chiachang Wang, Yan Yan, devel

The current XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE interface is tightly coupled to policy and
SA migration, and it lacks the information required to reliably migrate
individual SAs. This makes it unsuitable for IKEv2 deployments,
dual-stack setups (IPv4/IPv6), and scenarios where policies are managed
externally (e.g., by other daemons than IKE daemon).

Mandatory SA selector list
The current API requires a non-empty SA selector list, which does not
reflect IKEv2 use case.
A single Child SA may correspond to multiple policies,
and SA discovery already occurs via address and reqid matching. With
dual-stack Child SAs this leads to excessive churn: the current method
would have to be called up to six times (in/out/fwd × v4/v6) on SA,
while the new method only requires two calls.

Selectors lack SPI (and marks)
XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE cannot uniquely identify an SA when multiple SAs share
the same policies (per-CPU SAs, SELinux label-based SAs, etc.). Without
the SPI, the kernel may update the wrong SA instance.

Reqid cannot be changed
Some implementations allocate reqids based on traffic selectors. In
host-to-host or selector-changing scenarios, the reqid must change,
which the current API cannot express.

Because strongSwan and other implementations manage policies
independently of the kernel, an interface that updates only a specific
SA - with complete and unambiguous identification - is required.

XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE provides that interface. It supports migration
of a single SA via xfrm_usersa_id (including SPI) and we fix
encap removal in this patch set, reqid updates, address changes,
and other SA-specific parameters. It avoids the structural limitations
of XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE and provides a simpler, extensible mechanism for
precise per-SA migration without involving policies.

New migration steps: first install block policy, remove the old policy,
call XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE for each state, then re-install the
policies and remove the block policy.

Antony Antony (4):
  xfrm: remove redundant assignments
  xfrm: allow migration from UDP encapsulated to non-encapsulated ESP
  xfrm: rename reqid in xfrm_migrate
  xfrm: add XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE for single SA migration

 include/net/xfrm.h          |   3 +-
 include/uapi/linux/xfrm.h   |  11 +++
 net/key/af_key.c            |  10 +--
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c      |   4 +-
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c       |  34 +++-----
 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c        | 164 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c |   3 +-
 7 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

---
v1->v2: dropped 6/6. That check is already there where the func is called
	- merged patch 4/6 and 5/6, to fix use uninitialized value
	- fix commit messages
v2->v3: fix commit message
	- fixes to error path
---
-antony

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2026-01-17 19:59   ` Antony Antony
2026-01-17 20:06   ` Antony Antony
2026-01-17 20:06 ` [PATCH ipsec-next v2 2/4] xfrm: allow migration from UDP encapsulated to non-encapsulated ESP Antony Antony
2026-01-17 20:07 ` [PATCH ipsec-next v2 3/4] xfrm: rename reqid in xfrm_migrate Antony Antony
2026-01-17 20:07 ` [PATCH ipsec-next v2 4/4] xfrm: add XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE_STATE for single SA migration Antony Antony
2026-01-19  5:27   ` Dan Carpenter
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