[strongSwan] Unrecognized payload types and critical bit is not set, parsing CREATE_CHILD_SA response fails

kumuda kumuda at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Sep 24 08:28:10 CEST 2014


Hi,

Can you please address below reported problems?

Regards,
Kumuda G

On 09/17/2014 03:34 PM, kumuda wrote:
> One more issue related to "Unrecognized payload types and critical bit 
> is not set" is
> found when the device is configured as responder.
>
> CREATE_CHILD_SA request including a payload with invalid payload type 
> is sent to responder.
> The E payload's IKE Header Next Payload field is set to 1 and the 
> invalid payload's critical
> flag is not set. The request includes a Notify Payload of type 
> REKEY_SA and rekeyed CHILD_SA's
>  SPI value in the SPI field to the responder.
>
> Processing create_child_sa request fails and invalid_syntax notify 
> message is sent.
> Sep 16 08:49:43 15[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> could not decrypt payloads
> Sep 16 08:49:43 15[IKE] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> message parsing failed
> Sep 16 08:49:43 15[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> added payload of type 
> NOTIFY to message
> Sep 16 08:49:43 15[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> added payload of type 
> NOTIFY to message
> Sep 16 08:49:43 15[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> generating CREATE_CHILD_SA 
> response 2 [ N(INVAL_SYN) ]
>
> Responder was expected to transmit a CREATE_CHILD_SA response 2 [ 
> N(USE_TRANSP) SA No TSi TSr ]
>
> Regards,
> Kumuda G
>
> On 09/17/2014 03:06 PM, kumuda wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Test is to verify if IKEv2 device(configured as initiator) ignores 
>> invalid payload types when the invalid type payload's
>>   critical bit is not set.
>>
>> Initial message exchange of IKE_SA_INIT and IKE_AUTH are successful. 
>> Waiting until lifetime of SA is expired and then
>> CREATE_CHILD_SA request is sent from Initiator. Responder sends 
>> CREATE_CHILD_SA response with Unrecognized payload
>> types(E payload's IKE Header Next Payload field is set to 1) and 
>> Critical bit is not set.
>>
>>  IP Header
>> | | Version                    = 6
>> | | Source Address             = 2001:db8:f:1::1
>> | | Destination Address        = 2001:db8:1:1::1
>> | UDP Header
>> | | Source Port                = 500
>> | | Destination Port           = 500
>> | Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol Payload
>> | | IKE Header
>> | | | IKE_SA Initiator's SPI         = 1a3f1895496c736a
>> | | | IKE_SA Responder's SPI         = dd83a7c8dc00d857
>> | | | Next Payload                   = 46 (E)
>> | | | Major Version                  = 2
>> | | | Minor Version                  = 0
>> | | | Exchange Type                  = 36 (CREATE_CHILD_SA)
>> | | | Flags                          = 32 (0b00100000)
>> | | | | Reserved  (XX000000)             = 0
>> | | | | Response  (00R00000)             = 1
>> | | | | Version   (000V0000)             = 0
>> | | | | Initiator (0000I000)             = 0
>> | | | | Reserved  (00000XXX)             = 0
>> | | | Message ID                     = 2 (0x2)
>> | | | Length                         = 444 (0x1bc)
>> | | | E Payload
>> | | | | Next Payload                   = 1 (1)
>> | | | | Critical                       = 0
>> | | | | Reserved                       = 0
>> | | | | Payload Length                 = 416 (0x1a0)
>> | | | | Initialization Vector          = a4ba9622a9657136
>> | | | | Encrypted IKE Payloads
>> | | | | | UNDEFINED Payload (type(1))
>> | | | | | | Next Payload                   = 41 (N)
>> | | | | | | Critical                       = 0
>> | | | | | | Reserved                       = 0
>> | | | | | | Payload Length                 = 4 (0x4)
>> | | | | | N Payload
>> | | | | | | Next Payload                   = 33 (SA)
>> | | | | | | Critical                       = 0
>> | | | | | | Reserved                       = 0
>> | | | | | | Payload Length                 = 8 (0x8)
>> | | | | | | Protocol ID                    = 0 (no relation)
>> | | | | | | SPI Size                       = 0
>> | | | | | | Notify Message Type            = 16391 (USE_TRANSPORT_MODE)
>>
>>
>> Parsing the response fails at the initiator side..
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 0 U_INT_8
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 41
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 1 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 2 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 3 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 4 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 5 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 6 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 7 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 8 
>> RESERVED_BIT
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 0
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 9 
>> PAYLOAD_LENGTH
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 4
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 10 U_INT_32
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 553648136
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 11 U_INT_32
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>    => 16391
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1>   parsing rule 12 (1258)
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[ENC] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> could not decrypt payloads
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[IKE] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> message parsing failed
>> Sep 16 03:51:54 12[IKE] <tahi_ikev2_test|1> CREATE_CHILD_SA response 
>> with message ID 2 processing failed
>>
>> Since the response parsing failed, session using the second 
>> negotiated algorithms are not established and tests fail.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kumuda G
>>
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