On Thu, Jul 09, 2020 at 11:13:00AM -0400, Mark Johnston wrote: > Hi, > > I spent some time working on making it possible to load the SCTP stack > as a kernel module, the same as we do today with IPSec. There is one > patch remaining to be committed before that can be done in head. One > caveat is that the module can't be unloaded, as some work is needed to > make this safe. However, this obviously isn't a regression. > > The work is based on the observations that: > 1) the in-kernel SCTP stack is not widely used (I know that the same > code is used in some userland applications), and > 2) the SCTP stack is quite large, most FreeBSD kernel developers are > unfamiliar with it, and bugs in it can easily lead to security holes. > > Michael has done a lot of work to fix issues in the SCTP code, > particularly those found by syzkaller, but given that in-kernel SCTP has > few users (almost certainly fewer than IPSec), it seems reasonable to > require users to opt in to having an SCTP stack with a simple "kldload > sctp". Thus, once the last patch is committed I would like to propose > removing "options SCTP" from GENERIC kernel configs in head, replacing > it with "options SCTP_SUPPORT" to enable sctp.ko to be loaded. > > I am wondering if anyone has any objections to or concerns about this > proposal. Any feedback is appreciated.
As a follow-up, here is the proposed change now that requisite code has been committed to head: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25611 I will wait for a week or so for feedback. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
