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authorhanishkvc <hanishkvc@gmail.com>2022-05-11 02:44:43 +0530
committerWaldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>2022-05-12 06:02:40 +0200
commitf73fcb3d067e22817189077c9b7bd2417c930d34 (patch)
treec3b511fdca4b33a2269943d53e0437065b55c11f /extra/Configs
parent592574ae535c35de500f6c3e8d8400d0bb0d985a (diff)
DnsLookup: Configurable dnsQueryId generation including random
Dns lookup logic has been updated to provide a configurable compile time selection of dns query id generation logics, including random, where possible, instead of the previous simple counter mode. This should make dns poison attempts more difficult. The uclibc developers wish to thank the white hat teams which alerted the community about the possible weakness in the dns path, given the increased resources with adversaries today. Given that embedded systems may or may not have sources for trying to generate random numbers, and also to try and keep the load on the system low, by default it uses the standard random prng based logic to indirectly generate the ids. However if either urandom or else if realtime clock is available on the target, then the same is used to reseed the prng periodically in a slightly non deterministic manner. Also additional transform (one way where possible) is used to avoid directly exposing the internal random sequence. The dns lookup logic maintains its own state wrt the random prng functions, so that other users of the library's random prng are not affected wrt their operations with the prng. Note to Platform developers: If you want to change from the default prngplus based logic, to one of the other logics provided, then during compile/config time you can switch to one of these additional choices wrt dns query id generation, by using make config and companions. If your platform doesnt support urandom nor a realtime clock backed by a source with sufficient resolution, and or for some reason if you want to revert to previous simple counter, rather than the transformed random prng plus logic, you can force the same at compile time by selecting SimpleCounter mode. If you want to increase the randomness of the generated ids, and dont mind the increased system load and latency then you could select the Urandom mode during config. Do note that it will be dipping into the entropy pool maintained by ur system. If your target has a system realtime clock available and exposed to user space, and inturn if you want to keep the underlying logic simple, you could try using the clock option from the config. However do note that the clock should have nanosecond resolution to help generate ids which are plausibly random. Also improvements to processor and or io performance can affect this. Wrt the URandom and Clock modes, if there is a failure with generation of the next random value, the logic tries to fallback to simple counter mode. If you want to change the underlying logic to make it more random and or more simple, look at dnsrand_setup and dnsrand_next. Signed-off-by: hanishkvc <hanishkvc@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/extra/Configs/Config.in b/extra/Configs/Config.in
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--- a/extra/Configs/Config.in
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@@ -1344,6 +1344,57 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_RESOLVER_SUPPORT
ns_name_pack, ns_name_compress, ns_name_skip, dn_skipname,
ns_get16, ns_get32, ns_put16, ns_put32
+choice
+ prompt "DNS Query ID generation"
+ default UCLIBC_DNSRAND_MODE_PRNGPLUS
+ help
+ Control how successive dns query ids' are generated during
+ dns lookup.
+
+config UCLIBC_DNSRAND_MODE_URANDOM
+ bool "urandom"
+ help
+ "urandom" uses /dev/urandom available under many unix flavours
+ to generate dns query id. This can generate good random ids,
+ by dipping into the entropy pool maintained by the system.
+ However this is relatively slow compared to the other options,
+ as it may involve cryptographic operations internally and
+ kernel-userspace handshake.
+
+config UCLIBC_DNSRAND_MODE_CLOCK
+ bool "clock"
+ depends on UCLIBC_HAS_REALTIME
+ help
+ "clock" uses CLOCK_REALTIME of the system to generate plausibly
+ random dns query id. Systems require to have clock source with
+ nanosec granularity mapped to this clock id for this to generate
+ plausibly random values. However has processor and io performances
+ improve in future, its effectiveness can get impacted.
+
+config UCLIBC_DNSRAND_MODE_PRNGPLUS
+ bool "prngplus"
+ help
+ "prngplus" uses random prng available within uclibc, to indirectly
+ generate the dns query id. This tries to provide a good balance
+ between speed and randomness to an extent. It periodically reseeds
+ the prng using random value generated from either the urandom or
+ else the clock, if either of them is available. Additionally applies
+ transform (one way, if possible) on internal generated random values.
+ These make it difficult to infer internal state of prng from unbroken
+ sequences of exposed random values.
+ This is the default.
+
+config UCLIBC_DNSRAND_MODE_SIMPLECOUNTER
+ bool "simplecounter"
+ help
+ "simplecounter" uses a simple counter to generate dns query id.
+ This is a very simple logic and can be subjected to dns poison
+ attack relatively easily.
+ It is recommended to avoid this option.
+
+endchoice
+
+
endif