1From 8c07fa9eda13e835f3f968b2e1c9a8be3a851ff9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2From: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
3Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:52:04 +0300
4Subject: [PATCH] AP: Silently ignore management frame from unexpected source
5 address
6
7Do not process any received Management frames with unexpected/invalid SA
8so that we do not add any state for unexpected STA addresses or end up
9sending out frames to unexpected destination. This prevents unexpected
10sequences where an unprotected frame might end up causing the AP to send
11out a response to another device and that other device processing the
12unexpected response.
13
14In particular, this prevents some potential denial of service cases
15where the unexpected response frame from the AP might result in a
16connected station dropping its association.
17
18Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
19
20Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
21[Retrieved from:
22https://w1.fi/security/2019-7/0001-AP-Silently-ignore-management-frame-from-unexpected-.patch]
23---
24 src/ap/drv_callbacks.c | 13 +++++++++++++
25 src/ap/ieee802_11.c    | 12 ++++++++++++
26 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
27
28diff --git a/src/ap/drv_callbacks.c b/src/ap/drv_callbacks.c
29index 31587685fe3b..34ca379edc3d 100644
30--- a/src/ap/drv_callbacks.c
31+++ b/src/ap/drv_callbacks.c
32@@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ int hostapd_notif_assoc(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *addr,
33 			   "hostapd_notif_assoc: Skip event with no address");
34 		return -1;
35 	}
36+
37+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) ||
38+	    is_zero_ether_addr(addr) ||
39+	    os_memcmp(addr, hapd->own_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
40+		/* Do not process any frames with unexpected/invalid SA so that
41+		 * we do not add any state for unexpected STA addresses or end
42+		 * up sending out frames to unexpected destination. */
43+		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "%s: Invalid SA=" MACSTR
44+			   " in received indication - ignore this indication silently",
45+			   __func__, MAC2STR(addr));
46+		return 0;
47+	}
48+
49 	random_add_randomness(addr, ETH_ALEN);
50
51 	hostapd_logger(hapd, addr, HOSTAPD_MODULE_IEEE80211,
52diff --git a/src/ap/ieee802_11.c b/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
53index c85a28db44b7..e7065372e158 100644
54--- a/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
55+++ b/src/ap/ieee802_11.c
56@@ -4626,6 +4626,18 @@ int ieee802_11_mgmt(struct hostapd_data *hapd, const u8 *buf, size_t len,
57 	fc = le_to_host16(mgmt->frame_control);
58 	stype = WLAN_FC_GET_STYPE(fc);
59
60+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mgmt->sa) ||
61+	    is_zero_ether_addr(mgmt->sa) ||
62+	    os_memcmp(mgmt->sa, hapd->own_addr, ETH_ALEN) == 0) {
63+		/* Do not process any frames with unexpected/invalid SA so that
64+		 * we do not add any state for unexpected STA addresses or end
65+		 * up sending out frames to unexpected destination. */
66+		wpa_printf(MSG_DEBUG, "MGMT: Invalid SA=" MACSTR
67+			   " in received frame - ignore this frame silently",
68+			   MAC2STR(mgmt->sa));
69+		return 0;
70+	}
71+
72 	if (stype == WLAN_FC_STYPE_BEACON) {
73 		handle_beacon(hapd, mgmt, len, fi);
74 		return 1;
75--
762.20.1
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