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    tcp: md5: allow changing MD5 keys in all socket states · 1ca0fafd
    Eric Dumazet authored
    This essentially reverts commit 72123032 ("tcp: md5: reject TCP_MD5SIG
    or TCP_MD5SIG_EXT on established sockets")
    
    Mathieu reported that many vendors BGP implementations can
    actually switch TCP MD5 on established flows.
    
    Quoting Mathieu :
       Here is a list of a few network vendors along with their behavior
       with respect to TCP MD5:
    
       - Cisco: Allows for password to be changed, but within the hold-down
         timer (~180 seconds).
       - Juniper: When password is initially set on active connection it will
         reset, but after that any subsequent password changes no network
         resets.
       - Nokia: No notes on if they flap the tcp connection or not.
       - Ericsson/RedBack: Allows for 2 password (old/new) to co-exist until
         both sides are ok with new passwords.
       - Meta-Switch: Expects the password to be set before a connection is
         attempted, but no further info on whether they reset the TCP
         connection on a change.
       - Avaya: Disable the neighbor, then set password, then re-enable.
       - Zebos: Would normally allow the change when socket connected.
    
    We can revert my prior change because commit 9424e2e7 ("tcp: md5: fix potential
    overestimation of TCP option space") removed the leak of 4 kernel bytes to
    the wire that was the main reason for my patch.
    
    While doing my investigations, I found a bug when a MD5 key is changed, leading
    to these commits that stable teams want to consider before backporting this revert :
    
     Commit 6a2febec ("tcp: md5: add missing memory barriers in tcp_md5_do_add()/tcp_md5_hash_key()")
     Commit e6ced831 ("tcp: md5: refine tcp_md5_do_add()/tcp_md5_hash_key() barriers")
    
    Fixes: 72123032 "tcp: md5: reject TCP_MD5SIG or TCP_MD5SIG_EXT on established sockets"
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
    Reported-by: default avatarMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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