The seg6_hmac_info structure stores information related to SRv6 HMAC configurations, including the secret key, HMAC ID, and hashing algorithm used to authenticate and secure SRv6 packets.
When a seg6_hmac_info object is no longer needed, it is destroyed via seg6_hmac_info_del(), which eventually calls seg6_hinfo_release(). This function uses kfree_rcu() to safely deallocate memory after an RCU grace period has elapsed. The kfree_rcu() releases memory without sanitization (e.g., zeroing out the memory). Consequently, sensitive information such as the HMAC secret and its length may remain in freed memory, potentially leading to data leaks.
To address this risk, we replaced kfree_rcu() with a custom RCU callback, seg6_hinfo_free_callback_rcu(). Within this callback, we explicitly sanitize the seg6_hmac_info object before deallocating it safely using kfree_sensitive(). This approach ensures the memory is securely freed and prevents potential HMAC info leaks. Additionally, in the control path, we ensure proper cleanup of seg6_hmac_info objects when seg6_hmac_info_add() fails: such objects are freed using kfree_sensitive() instead of kfree().
Fixes: 4f4853dc1c9c ("ipv6: sr: implement API to control SR HMAC structure") Fixes: bf355b8d2c30 ("ipv6: sr: add core files for SR HMAC support") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer andrea.mayer@uniroma2.it --- net/ipv6/seg6.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c index 180da19c148c..88782bdab843 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int seg6_genl_sethmac(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
err = seg6_hmac_info_add(net, hmackeyid, hinfo); if (err) - kfree(hinfo); + kfree_sensitive(hinfo);
out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&sdata->lock); diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c index fd58426f222b..19cdf3791ebf 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c +++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c @@ -57,9 +57,17 @@ static int seg6_hmac_cmpfn(struct rhashtable_compare_arg *arg, const void *obj) return (hinfo->hmackeyid != *(__u32 *)arg->key); }
+static void seg6_hinfo_free_callback_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) +{ + struct seg6_hmac_info *hinfo; + + hinfo = container_of(head, struct seg6_hmac_info, rcu); + kfree_sensitive(hinfo); +} + static inline void seg6_hinfo_release(struct seg6_hmac_info *hinfo) { - kfree_rcu(hinfo, rcu); + call_rcu(&hinfo->rcu, seg6_hinfo_free_callback_rcu); }
static void seg6_free_hi(void *ptr, void *arg)