From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 21:15:55 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [BRIDGE]: prevent bad forwarding table updates X-Git-Tag: v2.6.12-rc6~88 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=85967bb46dd1f8f2c49b85a313866c00ac0c9b59;p=linux-2.6 [BRIDGE]: prevent bad forwarding table updates Avoid poisoning of the bridge forwarding table by frames that have been dropped by filtering. This prevents spoofed source addresses on hostile side of bridge from causing packet leakage, a small but possible security risk. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c index 2b1cce46ca..2aa5dda24a 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_input.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct sk_buff *skb) struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *dst; int passedup = 0; + /* insert into forwarding database after filtering to avoid spoofing */ + br_fdb_update(p->br, p, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source); + if (br->dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) { struct sk_buff *skb2; @@ -108,8 +111,7 @@ int br_handle_frame(struct net_bridge_port *p, struct sk_buff **pskb) if (!is_valid_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source)) goto err; - if (p->state == BR_STATE_LEARNING || - p->state == BR_STATE_FORWARDING) + if (p->state == BR_STATE_LEARNING) br_fdb_update(p->br, p, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source); if (p->br->stp_enabled && diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c index b91a875aca..d071f1c9ad 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_bpdu.c @@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ int br_stp_handle_bpdu(struct sk_buff *skb) struct net_bridge *br = p->br; unsigned char *buf; + /* insert into forwarding database after filtering to avoid spoofing */ + br_fdb_update(p->br, p, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source); + /* need at least the 802 and STP headers */ if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, sizeof(header)+1) || memcmp(skb->data, header, sizeof(header)))