netdev - Re: [PATCH ipsec] af_key: Reject optional tunnel/BEET mode templates in outbound policies

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Message-ID: <ZFiQMlvlQ05IybVb@gauss3.secunet.de>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 08:01:22 +0200
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To: Tobias Brunner <tobias@...ongswan.org>
CC: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "David
 S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec] af_key: Reject optional tunnel/BEET mode templates
 in outbound policies

On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 01:36:15PM +0200, Tobias Brunner wrote:
> xfrm_state_find() uses `encap_family` of the current template with
> the passed local and remote addresses to find a matching state.
> If an optional tunnel or BEET mode template is skipped in a mixed-family
> scenario, there could be a mismatch causing an out-of-bounds read as
> the addresses were not replaced to match the family of the next template.
> 
> While there are theoretical use cases for optional templates in outbound
> policies, the only practical one is to skip IPComp states in inbound
> policies if uncompressed packets are received that are handled by an
> implicitly created IPIP state instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobias Brunner <tobias@...ongswan.org>

Same corruption with this patch, and please add a 'Fixes' tag here too.

Thanks!