From: "Jérémy Jean" <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@kernel.org>,
Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@google.com>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Jérémy Jean" <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tcp: fix authentication bypass via unsupported TCP auth options
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:31:51 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261021193151.1819085-2-Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr> (raw)
tcp_inbound_hash() parses both TCP-MD5 and TCP-AO options when at
least one of the two features is enabled. With TCP_MD5SIG=y and
TCP_AO=n, a packet with an AO option reaches the disabled
tcp_inbound_ao_hash() stub. That stub returns success, so sockets
configured to require MD5 authentication end up accepting
unauthenticated data.
The inverse configuration with TCP_MD5SIG=n and TCP_AO=y has the same
problem for an MD5 option on AO sockets.
Make the disabled stubs reject options for the unsupported
authentication scheme.
Fixes: 0a3a809089eb ("net/tcp: Verify inbound TCP-AO signed segments")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jérémy Jean <Jeremy.Jean@oss.cyber.gouv.fr>
---
include/net/tcp_ao.h | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/tcp_ao.h b/include/net/tcp_ao.h
index 9a2333e62e994..bb249d6df8723 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp_ao.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp_ao.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static inline enum skb_drop_reason tcp_inbound_ao_hash(struct sock *sk,
const struct request_sock *req, int l3index,
const struct tcp_ao_hdr *aoh)
{
- return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_AOUNEXPECTED;
}
static inline struct tcp_ao_key *tcp_ao_do_lookup(const struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 87ef6d5cbfeba..7d800b6283bd2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -4962,7 +4962,7 @@ tcp_inbound_md5_hash(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
const void *saddr, const void *daddr,
int family, int l3index, const __u8 *hash_location)
{
- return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
+ return SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_MD5UNEXPECTED;
}
#endif
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-21 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-21 19:31 Jérémy Jean [this message]
2026-10-21 19:38 ` netdev-bot+sinfo
2026-10-22 14:46 ` Eric Dumazet
2026-10-22 18:36 ` Jérémy Jean
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