[PATCH net-next] sctp: auth: propagate HMAC calculation errors to callers
From: luoqing
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 02:52:16 EST
From: Qing Luo <luoqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
sctp_auth_calculate_hmac() silently returns when
sctp_auth_asoc_create_secret() fails under memory pressure,
leaving the digest zeroed. Callers then compare the zeroed
digest against the saved one, getting SCTP_IERROR_BAD_SIG
instead of the correct SCTP_IERROR_NOMEM.
Change sctp_auth_calculate_hmac() to return int so callers
can distinguish allocation failures from bad signatures:
- sctp_sf_authenticate() frees save_digest and returns
SCTP_IERROR_NOMEM on failure.
- sctp_packet_pack() frees the auth chunk and returns 0
(drop the packet). In the non-GSO path nskb equals head,
so only free nskb in the GSO path to avoid a double-free;
the caller handles head cleanup when pkt_count is 0.
Also update the declaration in auth.h to match.
Assisted-by: LLM # review
Signed-off-by: Qing Luo <luoqing@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/sctp/auth.h | 6 +++---
net/sctp/auth.c | 6 ++++--
net/sctp/output.c | 10 ++++++++--
net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c | 9 ++++++---
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/auth.h b/include/net/sctp/auth.h
index 6f2cd562b1de..eeb3297fe97d 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/auth.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/auth.h
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ int sctp_auth_send_cid(enum sctp_cid chunk,
const struct sctp_association *asoc);
int sctp_auth_recv_cid(enum sctp_cid chunk,
const struct sctp_association *asoc);
-void sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
- struct sk_buff *skb, struct sctp_auth_chunk *auth,
- struct sctp_shared_key *ep_key, gfp_t gfp);
+int sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
+ struct sk_buff *skb, struct sctp_auth_chunk *auth,
+ struct sctp_shared_key *ep_key, gfp_t gfp);
void sctp_auth_shkey_release(struct sctp_shared_key *sh_key);
void sctp_auth_shkey_hold(struct sctp_shared_key *sh_key);
diff --git a/net/sctp/auth.c b/net/sctp/auth.c
index c901d373af80..4db3a3a4a457 100644
--- a/net/sctp/auth.c
+++ b/net/sctp/auth.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ int sctp_auth_recv_cid(enum sctp_cid chunk, const struct sctp_association *asoc)
* zero (as shown in Figure 6) followed by all chunks that are placed
* after the AUTH chunk in the SCTP packet.
*/
-void sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
+int sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
struct sk_buff *skb, struct sctp_auth_chunk *auth,
struct sctp_shared_key *ep_key, gfp_t gfp)
{
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ void sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
/* ep_key can't be NULL here */
asoc_key = sctp_auth_asoc_create_secret(asoc, ep_key, gfp);
if (!asoc_key)
- return;
+ return -ENOMEM;
free_key = 1;
}
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ void sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
if (free_key)
sctp_auth_key_put(asoc_key);
+
+ return 0;
}
/* API Helpers */
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index 23e96305cad7..a7930cd9400e 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -517,8 +517,14 @@ static int sctp_packet_pack(struct sctp_packet *packet,
}
if (auth) {
- sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(tp->asoc, nskb, auth,
- packet->auth->shkey, gfp);
+ if (sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(tp->asoc, nskb, auth,
+ packet->auth->shkey, gfp)) {
+ sctp_chunk_free(packet->auth);
+ packet->auth = NULL;
+ if (gso)
+ kfree_skb(nskb);
+ return 0;
+ }
/* free auth if no more chunks, or add it back */
if (list_empty(&packet->chunk_list))
sctp_chunk_free(packet->auth);
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index b01db33bbc36..b68de2c4dc26 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -4455,9 +4455,12 @@ static enum sctp_ierror sctp_sf_authenticate(
memset(digest, 0, sig_len);
- sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(asoc, chunk->skb,
- (struct sctp_auth_chunk *)chunk->chunk_hdr,
- sh_key, GFP_ATOMIC);
+ if (sctp_auth_calculate_hmac(asoc, chunk->skb,
+ (struct sctp_auth_chunk *)chunk->chunk_hdr,
+ sh_key, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
+ kfree(save_digest);
+ return SCTP_IERROR_NOMEM;
+ }
/* Discard the packet if the digests do not match */
if (crypto_memneq(save_digest, digest, sig_len)) {
--
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