[PATCH] rsn_supp: Don't encrypt EAPOL-Key 4/4.

Nicolas Cavallari Nicolas.Cavallari
Thu Feb 9 07:27:39 PST 2012


On 09/02/2012 13:14, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> Nicolas Cavallari schrieb:
>> On 09/02/2012 11:40, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
>>> Nicolas Cavallari schrieb:
>>>> On 08/02/2012 17:18, Andreas Hartmann wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>>>> Correctly - PTK rekeying.
>>>>>
>>>>> I checked something more now: I disabled hw encryption on the AP and
>>>>> inserted debug output in net/mac80211/wpa.c
>>>>> (ieee80211_crypto_ccmp_decrypt()) to see, where and when the frames are 
>>>>> dropped during rekeying with payload.
>>>>>
>>>>> The dropping of the frames starts directly after 2/4 has been done and
>>>>> 3/4 has been sent the first time (long before the first 4/4 timeout). I
>>>>> could see, that the first few frames (mostly data frames I suppose) are
>>>>> dropped here:
>>>>>
>>>>>         if (!(status->flag & RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED)) {
>>>>>                 u8 scratch[6 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE];
>>>>>                 /* hardware didn't decrypt/verify MIC */
>>>>>                 ccmp_special_blocks(skb, pn, scratch, 1);
>>>>>
>>>>>                 if (ieee80211_aes_ccm_decrypt(
>>>>>                             key->u.ccmp.tfm, scratch,
>>>>>                             skb->data + hdrlen + CCMP_HDR_LEN, data_len,
>>>>>                             skb->data + skb->len - CCMP_MIC_LEN,
>>>>>                             skb->data + hdrlen + CCMP_HDR_LEN)) {
>>>>>                         printk(KERN_INFO "ieee80211_crypto_ccmp_decrypt 10 RX_DROP_UNUSABLE\n");
>>>>>                         return RX_DROP_UNUSABLE;
>>>>>                         }
>>>>>         }
>>>>
>>>> So the replay counter was acceptable but the key was wrong, strange
>>>> indeed. I would proceed to debug the ieee80211_tx_h_select_key() on the
>>>> supplicant, if it's possible.
>>>
>>> It looks like this:
>>>
>>> with patch
>>>
>>> Feb  9 09:46:59 notebook2 kernel: [18401.024008] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DONT_ENCRYPT
>>> Feb  9 09:46:59 notebook2 kernel: [18408.907037] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DONT_ENCRYPT
>>> Feb  9 09:46:59 notebook2 kernel: [18408.910235] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key 1
>>> Feb  9 09:46:59 notebook2 kernel: [18408.925414] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key KEY is NULL
>>>
>>
>> And there were no packet that were sent unencrypted ? If so, this is
>> likely a driver bug...
> 
> Which version of compat-wireless / kernel do you use? I'm using kernel
> 3.1.9 with compat-wireless 3.2.1 and wpa_supplicant 1.0 rc2 from git.
> 
>> By the way, i just tested on my side with an ath9k station connecting to
>> an ath9k ap, and with my patch, 4/4 is sent unencrypted. (and in my
>> case, rekeying works), but i don't have any rt devices around me to test.
> 
> You tested with payload (a few times consecutively - for testing, I set
> ptk rekeying timeout to 70s)?
> It works for me too, without payload (idle) at the same time - even
> without your patch.
> 
> The problem comes up with parallel payload.

I was testing with multicast payload ... silly me. I reproducted the
problem with unicast payload.

i'm going to dissect and test more...

> 
>> Also, i don't know what the DONT_ENCRYPT traces correspond to, but
>> IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT should only be set for management frames
>> and the likes.
> 
> You got it right! Which category from below code snippet would be
> correct - or which category do you see?
> 
>>
>>>
>>> without patch
>>>
>>> Feb  9 09:50:43 notebook2 kernel: [18624.839406] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DONT_ENCRYPT
>>> Feb  9 09:50:43 notebook2 kernel: [18632.619828] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DONT_ENCRYPT
>>> Feb  9 09:50:43 notebook2 kernel: [18632.622989] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key 1
>>> Feb  9 09:50:43 notebook2 kernel: [18632.624980] ieee80211_tx_h_select_key 1
>>>
>>>
>>> The patched source from compat-wireless (net/mac80211/tx.c):
>>>
>>>
>>>         if (unlikely(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_INTFL_DONT_ENCRYPT)) {
>>>                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DONT_ENCRYPT");
>>>                 tx->key = NULL;
>>>                 }
>>>         else if (tx->sta && (key = rcu_dereference(tx->sta->ptk))) {
>>>                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key 1");
>>>                 tx->key = key;
>>>                 }
>>>         else if (ieee80211_is_mgmt(hdr->frame_control) &&
>>>                  is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
>>>                  ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(hdr) &&
>>>                  (key = rcu_dereference(tx->sdata->default_mgmt_key))) {
>>>                  printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key MGMT");
>>>                 tx->key = key;
>>>                 }
>>>         else if (is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
>>>                  (key = rcu_dereference(tx->sdata->default_multicast_key))) {
>>>                  printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key MULTICAST");
>>>                 tx->key = key;
>>>                 }
>>>         else if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(hdr->addr1) &&
>>>                  (key = rcu_dereference(tx->sdata->default_unicast_key))) {
>>>                  printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key UNICAST");
>>>                 tx->key = key;
>>>                 }
>>>         else if (tx->sdata->drop_unencrypted &&
>>>                  (tx->skb->protocol != tx->sdata->control_port_protocol) &&
>>>                  !(info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_INJECTED) &&
>>>                  (!ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(hdr) ||
>>>                   (ieee80211_is_action(hdr->frame_control) &&
>>>                    tx->sta && test_sta_flag(tx->sta, WLAN_STA_MFP)))) {
>>>                 I802_DEBUG_INC(tx->local->tx_handlers_drop_unencrypted);
>>>                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key DROP_UNENCRYPTED");
>>>                 return TX_DROP;
>>>         } else {
>>>                 tx->key = NULL;
>>>                 printk(KERN_DEBUG "ieee80211_tx_h_select_key KEY is NULL");
>>>                 }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The 4/4 seen by wireshark by a external device looks like this:
>>>
>>> No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol Length Info
>>>    1004 89.983445   src                   dst                   802.11   179    QoS Data, SN=18, FN=0, Flags=.p.....TC
>>>
>>> Frame 1004: 179 bytes on wire (1432 bits), 179 bytes captured (1432 bits)
>>> Radiotap Header v0, Length 26
>>> IEEE 802.11 QoS Data, Flags: .p.....TC
>>>     Type/Subtype: QoS Data (0x28)
>>>     Frame Control: 0x4188 (Normal)
>>>         Version: 0
>>>         Type: Data frame (2)
>>>         Subtype: 8
>>>         Flags: 0x41
>>>             .... ..01 = DS status: Frame from STA to DS via an AP (To DS: 1 From DS: 0) (0x01)
>>>             .... .0.. = More Fragments: This is the last fragment
>>>             .... 0... = Retry: Frame is not being retransmitted
>>>             ...0 .... = PWR MGT: STA will stay up
>>>             ..0. .... = More Data: No data buffered
>>>             .1.. .... = Protected flag: Data is protected
>>>             0... .... = Order flag: Not strictly ordered
>>>     Duration: 202
>>>     BSS Id: dst
>>>     Source address: src
>>>     Destination address: dst
>>>     Fragment number: 0
>>>     Sequence number: 18
>>>     Frame check sequence: 0x15b1958f [correct]
>>>         [Good: True]
>>>         [Bad: False]
>>>     QoS Control
>>>         TID: 0
>>>         Priority: 0 (Best Effort) (Best Effort)
>>>         ...0 .... = QoS bit 4: Bits 8-15 of QoS Control field are TXOP Duration Requested
>>>         Ack Policy: Normal Ack (0x00)
>>>         Payload Type: MSDU
>>>         TXOP Duration Requested: no TXOP requested (0)
>>>     CCMP parameters
>>>         CCMP Ext. Initialization Vector: 0x000000000009
>>>         Key Index: 0
>>> Data (115 bytes)
>>>
>>>     Data: ...........
>>>     [Length: 115]
>>
>> How do you know that this is 4/4 ?
> 
> Good question! I tested without any payload. Therefore, you can easily
> see, which frame should be which step. One thing is sure: I didn't saw
> any unencrypted frame ... . And PTK rekeying didn't work - it should
> have worked, if it was unencrypted.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas
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