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authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>2012-10-24 09:20:03 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2012-10-26 02:22:18 -0400
commit3c68198e75111a905ac2412be12bf7b29099729b (patch)
tree109b39430631746fd4266d5fdbf8351c6c2e20d1 /net/sctp/protocol.c
parentpacket: minor: remove unused err assignment (diff)
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sctp: Make hmac algorithm selection for cookie generation dynamic
Currently sctp allows for the optional use of md5 of sha1 hmac algorithms to generate cookie values when establishing new connections via two build time config options. Theres no real reason to make this a static selection. We can add a sysctl that allows for the dynamic selection of these algorithms at run time, with the default value determined by the corresponding crypto library availability. This comes in handy when, for example running a system in FIPS mode, where use of md5 is disallowed, but SHA1 is permitted. Note: This new sysctl has no corresponding socket option to select the cookie hmac algorithm. I chose not to implement that intentionally, as RFC 6458 contains no option for this value, and I opted not to pollute the socket option namespace. Change notes: v2) * Updated subject to have the proper sctp prefix as per Dave M. * Replaced deafult selection options with new options that allow developers to explicitly select available hmac algs at build time as per suggestion by Vlad Y. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/sctp/protocol.c')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index 2d518425d598..456bc3dbdd51 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,15 @@ static int sctp_net_init(struct net *net)
/* Whether Cookie Preservative is enabled(1) or not(0) */
net->sctp.cookie_preserve_enable = 1;
+ /* Default sctp sockets to use md5 as their hmac alg */
+#if defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5)
+ net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = "md5";
+#elif defined (CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA1)
+ net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = "sha1";
+#else
+ net->sctp.sctp_hmac_alg = NULL;
+#endif
+
/* Max.Burst - 4 */
net->sctp.max_burst = SCTP_DEFAULT_MAX_BURST;