This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ipv6: use a stronger hash for tcp to the 3.0-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: ipv6-use-a-stronger-hash-for-tcp.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.0 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 34f215c27921bcaa9b4af3d0a393825f08a6c75d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:18:52 +0000 Subject: ipv6: use a stronger hash for tcp From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 08dcdbf6a7b9d14c2302c5bd0c5390ddf122f664 ] It looks like its possible to open thousands of TCP IPv6 sessions on a server, all landing in a single slot of TCP hash table. Incoming packets have to lookup sockets in a very long list. We should hash all bits from foreign IPv6 addresses, using a salt and hash mix, not a simple XOR. inet6_ehashfn() can also separately use the ports, instead of xoring them. Reported-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/inet6_hashtables.h | 8 ++++---- include/net/inet_sock.h | 1 + include/net/ipv6.h | 12 ++++++++++++ net/ipv4/af_inet.c | 9 +++++++-- 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h +++ b/include/net/inet6_hashtables.h @@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ struct inet_hashinfo; -/* I have no idea if this is a good hash for v6 or not. -DaveM */ static inline unsigned int inet6_ehashfn(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *laddr, const u16 lport, const struct in6_addr *faddr, const __be16 fport) { - u32 ports = (lport ^ (__force u16)fport); + u32 ports = (((u32)lport) << 16) | (__force u32)fport; return jhash_3words((__force u32)laddr->s6_addr32[3], - (__force u32)faddr->s6_addr32[3], - ports, inet_ehash_secret + net_hash_mix(net)); + ipv6_addr_jhash(faddr), + ports, + inet_ehash_secret + net_hash_mix(net)); } static inline int inet6_sk_ehashfn(const struct sock *sk) --- a/include/net/inet_sock.h +++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h @@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static inline void inet_sk_copy_descenda extern int inet_sk_rebuild_header(struct sock *sk); extern u32 inet_ehash_secret; +extern u32 ipv6_hash_secret; extern void build_ehash_secret(void); static inline unsigned int inet_ehashfn(struct net *net, --- a/include/net/ipv6.h +++ b/include/net/ipv6.h @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ #include <linux/ipv6.h> #include <linux/hardirq.h> +#include <linux/jhash.h> #include <net/if_inet6.h> #include <net/ndisc.h> #include <net/flow.h> @@ -386,6 +387,17 @@ struct ip6_create_arg { void ip6_frag_init(struct inet_frag_queue *q, void *a); int ip6_frag_match(struct inet_frag_queue *q, void *a); +/* more secured version of ipv6_addr_hash() */ +static inline u32 ipv6_addr_jhash(const struct in6_addr *a) +{ + u32 v = (__force u32)a->s6_addr32[0] ^ (__force u32)a->s6_addr32[1]; + + return jhash_3words(v, + (__force u32)a->s6_addr32[2], + (__force u32)a->s6_addr32[3], + ipv6_hash_secret); +} + static inline int ipv6_addr_any(const struct in6_addr *a) { return (a->s6_addr32[0] | a->s6_addr32[1] | --- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c @@ -226,8 +226,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_listen); u32 inet_ehash_secret __read_mostly; EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_ehash_secret); +u32 ipv6_hash_secret __read_mostly; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv6_hash_secret); + /* - * inet_ehash_secret must be set exactly once + * inet_ehash_secret must be set exactly once, and to a non nul value + * ipv6_hash_secret must be set exactly once. */ void build_ehash_secret(void) { @@ -237,7 +241,8 @@ void build_ehash_secret(void) get_random_bytes(&rnd, sizeof(rnd)); } while (rnd == 0); - cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd); + if (cmpxchg(&inet_ehash_secret, 0, rnd) == 0) + get_random_bytes(&ipv6_hash_secret, sizeof(ipv6_hash_secret)); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_ehash_secret); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.0/ipv6-use-a-stronger-hash-for-tcp.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html