netdev - [PATCH v2 net 1/2] ipv4: tcp: send zero IPID in SYNACK messages

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:10:21 -0800
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Ray Che <xijiache@...il.com>,
        Geoff Alexander <alexandg@...unm.edu>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net 1/2] ipv4: tcp: send zero IPID in SYNACK messages

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

In commit 431280eebed9 ("ipv4: tcp: send zero IPID for RST and
ACK sent in SYN-RECV and TIME-WAIT state") we took care of some
ctl packets sent by TCP.

It turns out we need to use a similar strategy for SYNACK packets.

By default, they carry IP_DF and IPID==0, but there are ways
to ask them to use the hashed IP ident generator and thus
be used to build off-path attacks.
(Ref: Off-Path TCP Exploits of the Mixed IPID Assignment)

One of this way is to force (before listener is started)
echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc

Another way is using forged ICMP ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED
with a very small MTU (like 68) to force a false return from
ip_dont_fragment()

In this patch, ip_build_and_send_pkt() uses the following
heuristics.

1) Most SYNACK packets are smaller than IPV4_MIN_MTU and therefore
can use IP_DF regardless of the listener or route pmtu setting.

2) In case the SYNACK packet is bigger than IPV4_MIN_MTU,
we use prandom_u32() generator instead of the IPv4 hashed ident one.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Ray Che <xijiache@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Cc: Geoff Alexander <alexandg@...unm.edu>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_output.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index e331c8d4e6cfc4f2199a7877d8257b3b3b519561..139cec29ed06cd092ebdfd2bf0d13aaf67c5359d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -162,12 +162,19 @@ int ip_build_and_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sock *sk,
 	iph->daddr    = (opt && opt->opt.srr ? opt->opt.faddr : daddr);
 	iph->saddr    = saddr;
 	iph->protocol = sk->sk_protocol;
-	if (ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->dst)) {
+	/* Do not bother generating IPID for small packets (eg SYNACK) */
+	if (skb->len <= IPV4_MIN_MTU || ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->dst)) {
 		iph->frag_off = htons(IP_DF);
 		iph->id = 0;
 	} else {
 		iph->frag_off = 0;
-		__ip_select_ident(net, iph, 1);
+		/* TCP packets here are SYNACK with fat IPv4/TCP options.
+		 * Avoid using the hashed IP ident generator.
+		 */
+		if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+			iph->id = (__force __be16)prandom_u32();
+		else
+			__ip_select_ident(net, iph, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (opt && opt->opt.optlen) {
-- 
2.35.0.rc0.227.g00780c9af4-goog