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+SCTP LSM Support
+================
+
+For security module support, three SCTP specific hooks have been implemented::
+
+ security_sctp_assoc_request()
+ security_sctp_bind_connect()
+ security_sctp_sk_clone()
+
+Also the following security hook has been utilised::
+
+ security_inet_conn_established()
+
+The usage of these hooks are described below with the SELinux implementation
+described in ``Documentation/security/SELinux-sctp.rst``
+
+
+security_sctp_assoc_request()
+-----------------------------
+Passes the ``@ep`` and ``@chunk->skb`` of the association INIT packet to the
+security module. Returns 0 on success, error on failure.
+::
+
+ @ep - pointer to sctp endpoint structure.
+ @skb - pointer to skbuff of association packet.
+
+
+security_sctp_bind_connect()
+-----------------------------
+Passes one or more ipv4/ipv6 addresses to the security module for validation
+based on the ``@optname`` that will result in either a bind or connect
+service as shown in the permission check tables below.
+Returns 0 on success, error on failure.
+::
+
+ @sk - Pointer to sock structure.
+ @optname - Name of the option to validate.
+ @address - One or more ipv4 / ipv6 addresses.
+ @addrlen - The total length of address(s). This is calculated on each
+ ipv4 or ipv6 address using sizeof(struct sockaddr_in) or
+ sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6).
+
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ | BIND Type Checks |
+ | @optname | @address contains |
+ |----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ | SCTP_SOCKOPT_BINDX_ADD | One or more ipv4 / ipv6 addresses |
+ | SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR | Single ipv4 or ipv6 address |
+ | SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR | Single ipv4 or ipv6 address |
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ | CONNECT Type Checks |
+ | @optname | @address contains |
+ |----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+ | SCTP_SOCKOPT_CONNECTX | One or more ipv4 / ipv6 addresses |
+ | SCTP_PARAM_ADD_IP | One or more ipv4 / ipv6 addresses |
+ | SCTP_SENDMSG_CONNECT | Single ipv4 or ipv6 address |
+ | SCTP_PARAM_SET_PRIMARY | Single ipv4 or ipv6 address |
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+A summary of the ``@optname`` entries is as follows::
+
+ SCTP_SOCKOPT_BINDX_ADD - Allows additional bind addresses to be
+ associated after (optionally) calling
+ bind(3).
+ sctp_bindx(3) adds a set of bind
+ addresses on a socket.
+
+ SCTP_SOCKOPT_CONNECTX - Allows the allocation of multiple
+ addresses for reaching a peer
+ (multi-homed).
+ sctp_connectx(3) initiates a connection
+ on an SCTP socket using multiple
+ destination addresses.
+
+ SCTP_SENDMSG_CONNECT - Initiate a connection that is generated by a
+ sendmsg(2) or sctp_sendmsg(3) on a new asociation.
+
+ SCTP_PRIMARY_ADDR - Set local primary address.
+
+ SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR - Request peer sets address as
+ association primary.
+
+ SCTP_PARAM_ADD_IP - These are used when Dynamic Address
+ SCTP_PARAM_SET_PRIMARY - Reconfiguration is enabled as explained below.
+
+
+To support Dynamic Address Reconfiguration the following parameters must be
+enabled on both endpoints (or use the appropriate **setsockopt**\(2))::
+
+ /proc/sys/net/sctp/addip_enable
+ /proc/sys/net/sctp/addip_noauth_enable
+
+then the following *_PARAM_*'s are sent to the peer in an
+ASCONF chunk when the corresponding ``@optname``'s are present::
+
+ @optname ASCONF Parameter
+ ---------- ------------------
+ SCTP_SOCKOPT_BINDX_ADD -> SCTP_PARAM_ADD_IP
+ SCTP_SET_PEER_PRIMARY_ADDR -> SCTP_PARAM_SET_PRIMARY
+
+
+security_sctp_sk_clone()
+-------------------------
+Called whenever a new socket is created by **accept**\(2)
+(i.e. a TCP style socket) or when a socket is 'peeled off' e.g userspace
+calls **sctp_peeloff**\(3).
+::
+
+ @ep - pointer to current sctp endpoint structure.
+ @sk - pointer to current sock structure.
+ @sk - pointer to new sock structure.
+
+
+security_inet_conn_established()
+---------------------------------
+Called when a COOKIE ACK is received::
+
+ @sk - pointer to sock structure.
+ @skb - pointer to skbuff of the COOKIE ACK packet.
+
+
+Security Hooks used for Association Establishment
+=================================================
+The following diagram shows the use of ``security_sctp_bind_connect()``,
+``security_sctp_assoc_request()``, ``security_inet_conn_established()`` when
+establishing an association.
+::
+
+ SCTP endpoint "A" SCTP endpoint "Z"
+ ================= =================
+ sctp_sf_do_prm_asoc()
+ Association setup can be initiated
+ by a connect(2), sctp_connectx(3),
+ sendmsg(2) or sctp_sendmsg(3).
+ These will result in a call to
+ security_sctp_bind_connect() to
+ initiate an association to
+ SCTP peer endpoint "Z".
+ INIT --------------------------------------------->
+ sctp_sf_do_5_1B_init()
+ Respond to an INIT chunk.
+ SCTP peer endpoint "A" is
+ asking for an association. Call
+ security_sctp_assoc_request()
+ to set the peer label if first
+ association.
+ If not first association, check
+ whether allowed, IF so send:
+ <----------------------------------------------- INIT ACK
+ | ELSE audit event and silently
+ | discard the packet.
+ |
+ COOKIE ECHO ------------------------------------------>
+ |
+ |
+ |
+ <------------------------------------------- COOKIE ACK
+ | |
+ sctp_sf_do_5_1E_ca |
+ Call security_inet_conn_established() |
+ to set the peer label. |
+ | |
+ | If SCTP_SOCKET_TCP or peeled off
+ | socket security_sctp_sk_clone() is
+ | called to clone the new socket.
+ | |
+ ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED
+ | |
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+ | Association Established |
+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+