ipv6: sr: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:27:24 +0000 (13:27 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:32:30 +0000 (19:32 -0700)
To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time.
Use the appropriate helper function for this.

Fixes: bf355b8d2c30 ("ipv6: sr: add core files for SR HMAC support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250818202724.15713-1-ebiggers@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c

index d77b52523b6a8a2e5998e855e6d9a9a17343f9d5..fd58426f222beb95938e8a887025c8a315f45186 100644 (file)
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 
 #include <crypto/hash.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
 #include <net/seg6.h>
 #include <net/genetlink.h>
 #include <net/seg6_hmac.h>
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ bool seg6_hmac_validate_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
        if (seg6_hmac_compute(hinfo, srh, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr, hmac_output))
                return false;
 
-       if (memcmp(hmac_output, tlv->hmac, SEG6_HMAC_FIELD_LEN) != 0)
+       if (crypto_memneq(hmac_output, tlv->hmac, SEG6_HMAC_FIELD_LEN))
                return false;
 
        return true;