From abbc30436d39dfed8ebfca338d253f211ac7b094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 13:31:19 +0100 Subject: ipv6: add option to drop unicast encapsulated in L2 multicast In order to solve a problem with 802.11, the so-called hole-196 attack, add an option (sysctl) called "drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast" which, if enabled, causes the stack to drop IPv6 unicast packets encapsulated in link-layer multi- or broadcast frames. Such frames can (as an attack) be created by any member of the same wireless network and transmitted as valid encrypted frames since the symmetric key for broadcast frames is shared between all stations. Reviewed-by: Julian Anastasov Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/ip6_input.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/ipv6/ip6_input.c') diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c index 9075acf081dd..31ac3c56da4b 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c @@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ int ipv6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, struct packet_type *pt IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&hdr->daddr) == 1) goto err; + /* If enabled, drop unicast packets that were encapsulated in link-layer + * multicast or broadcast to protected against the so-called "hole-196" + * attack in 802.11 wireless. + */ + if (!ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&hdr->daddr) && + (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_BROADCAST || + skb->pkt_type == PACKET_MULTICAST) && + idev->cnf.drop_unicast_in_l2_multicast) + goto err; + /* RFC4291 2.7 * Nodes must not originate a packet to a multicast address whose scope * field contains the reserved value 0; if such a packet is received, it -- cgit