netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: Pass template address family to xfrm_state_look

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Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 07:03:29 -0800
From:   Anthony DeRossi <ajderossi@...il.com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, steffen.klassert@...unet.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] xfrm: Pass template address family to xfrm_state_look_at

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:05 AM Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 06:32:19PM -0800, Anthony DeRossi wrote:
> > This fixes a regression where valid selectors are incorrectly skipped
> > when xfrm_state_find is called with a non-matching address family (e.g.
> > when using IPv6-in-IPv4 ESP in transport mode).
> >
> > The state's address family is matched against the template's family
> > (encap_family) in xfrm_state_find before checking the selector in
> > xfrm_state_look_at.  The template's family should also be used for
> > selector matching, otherwise valid selectors may be skipped.
> >
> > Fixes: e94ee171349d ("xfrm: Use correct address family in xfrm_state_find")
> > Signed-off-by: Anthony DeRossi <ajderossi@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Your patch reintroduces the same bug that my patch was trying to
> fix, namely that when you do the comparison on flow you must use
> the original family and not some other value.

My mistake, I misunderstood the original bug.

Anthony