Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/3] icmp: avoid possible side-channels attacks
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2024-08-30 18:40:28
Hello: This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]: On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:46:38 +0000 you wrote:
Keyu Man reminded us that linux ICMP rate limiting was still allowing side-channels attacks. Quoting the fine document [1]: 4.4 Private Source Port Scan Method ... We can then use the same global ICMP rate limit as a side channel to infer if such an ICMP message has been triggered. At first glance, this method can work but at a low speed of one port per second, due to the per-IP rate limit on ICMP messages. Surprisingly, after we analyze the source code of the ICMP rate limit implementation, we find that the global rate limit is checked prior to the per-IP rate limit. This means that even if the per-IP rate limit may eventually determine that no ICMP reply should be sent, a packet is still subjected to the global rate limit check and one token is deducted. Ironically, such a decision is consciously made by Linux developers to avoid invoking the expensive check of the per-IP rate limit [ 22], involving a search process to locate the per-IP data structure. This effectively means that the per-IP rate limit can be disre- garded for the purpose of our side channel based scan, as it only determines if the final ICMP reply is generated but has nothing to do with the global rate limit counter decrement. As a result, we can continue to use roughly the same scan method as efficient as before, achieving 1,000 ports per second ... [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v2,net-next,1/3] icmp: change the order of rate limits
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8c2bd38b95f7
- [v2,net-next,2/3] icmp: move icmp_global.credit and icmp_global.stamp to per netns storage
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b056b4cd9178
- [v2,net-next,3/3] icmp: icmp_msgs_per_sec and icmp_msgs_burst sysctls become per netns
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f17bf505ff89
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