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 <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Johannes Berg
2016-02-04 13:31:19 +01:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 97daf33145
commit abbc30436d
5 changed files with 26 additions and 0 deletions

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@@ -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