Linus Lüssing
2014-Mar-04 02:57 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: multicast: add sanity check for query source addresses
MLD queries are supposed to have an IPv6 link-local source address according to RFC2710, section 4 and RFC3810, section 5.1.14. This patch adds a sanity check to ignore such broken MLD queries. Without this check, such malformed MLD queries can result in a denial of service: The queries are ignored by any MLD listener therefore they will not respond with an MLD report. However, without this patch these malformed MLD queries would enable the snooping part in the bridge code, potentially shutting down the according ports towards these hosts for multicast traffic as the bridge did not learn about these listeners. Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek at redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus L?ssing <linus.luessing at web.de> --- net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c index ef66365..fb0e36f 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c @@ -1235,6 +1235,12 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br, (port && port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)) goto out; + /* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */ + if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ip6h->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) { + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + if (skb->len == sizeof(*mld)) { if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(*mld))) { err = -EINVAL; -- 1.7.10.4
Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-Mar-04 09:06 UTC
Re: [PATCH] bridge: multicast: add sanity check for query source addresses
On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 03:57:35AM +0100, Linus Lüssing wrote:> MLD queries are supposed to have an IPv6 link-local source address > according to RFC2710, section 4 and RFC3810, section 5.1.14. This patch > adds a sanity check to ignore such broken MLD queries. > > Without this check, such malformed MLD queries can result in a > denial of service: The queries are ignored by any MLD listener > therefore they will not respond with an MLD report. However, > without this patch these malformed MLD queries would enable the > snooping part in the bridge code, potentially shutting down the > according ports towards these hosts for multicast traffic as the > bridge did not learn about these listeners. > > Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus Lüssing <linus.luessing@web.de> > --- > net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > index ef66365..fb0e36f 100644 > --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > @@ -1235,6 +1235,12 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br, > (port && port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)) > goto out; > > + /* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */ > + if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ip6h->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) { > + err = -EINVAL; > + goto out; > + } > +Shouldn't we allow empty source address, here? Routers are supposed to drop them but bridges care. Linux uses :: as source address as long as no valid LL addresses are available, e.g. at boot-up (RFC3810 5.2.13.). Greetings, Hannes
Hannes Frederic Sowa
2014-Mar-04 09:06 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: multicast: add sanity check for query source addresses
On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 03:57:35AM +0100, Linus L?ssing wrote:> MLD queries are supposed to have an IPv6 link-local source address > according to RFC2710, section 4 and RFC3810, section 5.1.14. This patch > adds a sanity check to ignore such broken MLD queries. > > Without this check, such malformed MLD queries can result in a > denial of service: The queries are ignored by any MLD listener > therefore they will not respond with an MLD report. However, > without this patch these malformed MLD queries would enable the > snooping part in the bridge code, potentially shutting down the > according ports towards these hosts for multicast traffic as the > bridge did not learn about these listeners. > > Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek at redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus L?ssing <linus.luessing at web.de> > --- > net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > index ef66365..fb0e36f 100644 > --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c > @@ -1235,6 +1235,12 @@ static int br_ip6_multicast_query(struct net_bridge *br, > (port && port->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)) > goto out; > > + /* RFC2710+RFC3810 (MLDv1+MLDv2) require link-local source addresses */ > + if (!(ipv6_addr_type(&ip6h->saddr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) { > + err = -EINVAL; > + goto out; > + } > +Shouldn't we allow empty source address, here? Routers are supposed to drop them but bridges care. Linux uses :: as source address as long as no valid LL addresses are available, e.g. at boot-up (RFC3810 5.2.13.). Greetings, Hannes
David Miller
2014-Mar-06 01:46 UTC
[Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: multicast: add sanity check for query source addresses
From: Linus L?ssing <linus.luessing at web.de> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 03:57:35 +0100> MLD queries are supposed to have an IPv6 link-local source address > according to RFC2710, section 4 and RFC3810, section 5.1.14. This patch > adds a sanity check to ignore such broken MLD queries. > > Without this check, such malformed MLD queries can result in a > denial of service: The queries are ignored by any MLD listener > therefore they will not respond with an MLD report. However, > without this patch these malformed MLD queries would enable the > snooping part in the bridge code, potentially shutting down the > according ports towards these hosts for multicast traffic as the > bridge did not learn about these listeners. > > Reported-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek at redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus L?ssing <linus.luessing at web.de>Applied.