ipv4: tcp: send zero IPID for RST and ACK sent in SYN-RECV and TIME-WAIT state

tcp uses per-cpu (and per namespace) sockets (net->ipv4.tcp_sk) internally
to send some control packets.

1) RST packets, through tcp_v4_send_reset()
2) ACK packets in SYN-RECV and TIME-WAIT state, through tcp_v4_send_ack()

These packets assert IP_DF, and also use the hashed IP ident generator
to provide an IPv4 ID number.

Geoff Alexander reported this could be used to build off-path attacks.

These packets should not be fragmented, since their size is smaller than
IPV4_MIN_MTU. Only some tunneled paths could eventually have to fragment,
regardless of inner IPID.

We really can use zero IPID, to address the flaw, and as a bonus,
avoid a couple of atomic operations in ip_idents_reserve()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Geoff Alexander <alexandg@cs.unm.edu>
Tested-by: Geoff Alexander <alexandg@cs.unm.edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 9e041fa5c545..44c09eddbb78 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2517,6 +2517,12 @@ static int __net_init tcp_sk_init(struct net *net)
                 if (res)
                         goto fail;
                 sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_USE_WRITE_QUEUE);
+
+                /* Please enforce IP_DF and IPID==0 for RST and
+                 * ACK sent in SYN-RECV and TIME-WAIT state.
+                 */
+                inet_sk(sk)->pmtudisc = IP_PMTUDISC_DO;
+
                 *per_cpu_ptr(net->ipv4.tcp_sk, cpu) = sk;
         }