[PATCH 2/2] ip_frag: randomize hash seed

Konstantin Ananyev konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com
Mon Apr 13 14:24:54 CEST 2026



> Both ipv4_frag_hash() and ipv6_frag_hash() use CRC32 (x86/ARM)
> or jhash with a fixed, publicly known prime seed (0xeaad8405).
> An attacker who can send crafted IP fragments can precompute hash
> collisions, causing all fragments to land in the same bucket.
> After bucket_entries concurrent flows collide, new flows are  dropped.
> 
> Fix by using a random hash seed added at table creation time.
> 
> Fixes: 416707812c03 ("ip_frag: refactor reassembly code into a proper library")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
>  lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c   | 18 ++++++++----------
>  lib/ip_frag/ip_reassembly.h      |  1 +
>  lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> index 7cbef647df..382f42d0e1 100644
> --- a/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> +++ b/lib/ip_frag/ip_frag_internal.c
> @@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
> 
>  #include "ip_frag_common.h"
> 
> -#define	PRIME_VALUE	0xeaad8405
> -
>  #define	IP_FRAG_TBL_POS(tbl, sig)	\
>  	((tbl)->pkt + ((sig) & (tbl)->entry_mask))
> 
> @@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ ip_frag_tbl_reuse(struct rte_ip_frag_tbl *tbl, struct
> rte_ip_frag_death_row *dr,
> 
> 
>  static inline void
> -ipv4_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1, uint32_t *v2)
> +ipv4_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1, uint32_t *v2,
> uint32_t seed)
>  {
>  	uint32_t v;
>  	const uint32_t *p;
> @@ -46,12 +44,12 @@ ipv4_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t
> *v1, uint32_t *v2)
>  	p = (const uint32_t *)&key->src_dst;
> 
>  #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
> -	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[0], PRIME_VALUE);
> +	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[0], seed);
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[1], v);
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(key->id, v);
>  #else
> 
> -	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[0], p[1], key->id, PRIME_VALUE);
> +	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[0], p[1], key->id, seed);
>  #endif /* RTE_ARCH_X86 */
> 
>  	*v1 =  v;
> @@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ ipv4_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1,
> uint32_t *v2)
>  }
> 
>  static inline void
> -ipv6_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1, uint32_t *v2)
> +ipv6_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1, uint32_t *v2,
> uint32_t seed)
>  {
>  	uint32_t v;
>  	const uint32_t *p;
> @@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ ipv6_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1,
> uint32_t *v2)
>  	p = (const uint32_t *) &key->src_dst;
> 
>  #if defined(RTE_ARCH_X86) || defined(RTE_ARCH_ARM64)
> -	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[0], PRIME_VALUE);
> +	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[0], seed);
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[1], v);
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[2], v);
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(p[3], v);
> @@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ ipv6_frag_hash(const struct ip_frag_key *key, uint32_t *v1,
> uint32_t *v2)
>  	v = rte_hash_crc_4byte(key->id, v);
>  #else
> 
> -	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[0], p[1], p[2], PRIME_VALUE);
> +	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[0], p[1], p[2], seed);
>  	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[3], p[4], p[5], v);
>  	v = rte_jhash_3words(p[6], p[7], key->id, v);
>  #endif /* RTE_ARCH_X86 */
> @@ -301,9 +299,9 @@ ip_frag_lookup(struct rte_ip_frag_tbl *tbl,
> 
>  	/* different hashing methods for IPv4 and IPv6 */
>  	if (key->key_len == IPV4_KEYLEN)
> -		ipv4_frag_hash(key, &sig1, &sig2);
> +		ipv4_frag_hash(key, &sig1, &sig2, tbl->seed);
>  	else
> -		ipv6_frag_hash(key, &sig1, &sig2);
> +		ipv6_frag_hash(key, &sig1, &sig2, tbl->seed);
> 
>  	p1 = IP_FRAG_TBL_POS(tbl, sig1);
>  	p2 = IP_FRAG_TBL_POS(tbl, sig2);
> diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/ip_reassembly.h b/lib/ip_frag/ip_reassembly.h
> index 54afed5417..9e1666ef67 100644
> --- a/lib/ip_frag/ip_reassembly.h
> +++ b/lib/ip_frag/ip_reassembly.h
> @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct rte_ip_frag_tbl {
>  	uint32_t bucket_entries; /* hash associativity. */
>  	uint32_t nb_entries;     /* total size of the table. */
>  	uint32_t nb_buckets;     /* num of associativity lines. */
> +	uint32_t seed;		 /* hash function init value */
>  	struct ip_frag_pkt *last;     /* last used entry. */
>  	struct ip_pkt_list lru;       /* LRU list for table entries. */
>  	struct ip_frag_tbl_stat stat; /* statistics counters. */
> diff --git a/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
> b/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
> index 79ac45289b..00bf9476de 100644
> --- a/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
> +++ b/lib/ip_frag/rte_ip_frag_common.c
> @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ rte_ip_frag_table_create(uint32_t bucket_num, uint32_t
> bucket_entries,
>  	tbl->nb_buckets = bucket_num;
>  	tbl->bucket_entries = bucket_entries;
>  	tbl->entry_mask = (tbl->nb_entries - 1) & ~(tbl->bucket_entries  - 1);
> +	tbl->seed = rte_rand();
> 
>  	TAILQ_INIT(&(tbl->lru));
>  	return tbl;
> --

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at huawei.com>

> 2.53.0



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