[PATCH net-next v2 2/7] psp: support tx rekey operation

From: Daniel Zahka

Date: Fri Oct 09 2026 - 16:48:32 EST


The tx rekey operation creates a new psp_assoc with the same rx state,
but with new tx state. The new association is spliced into the socket
with RCU to be used immediately in the tx path.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Zahka <daniel.zahka@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- place new assoc on pas->assocs list instead of psd->active assocs
list
- reject tx rekey on SADB devices until deferred tx key deletion
lands
---
Documentation/networking/psp.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++--
net/psp/psp_sock.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/psp.rst b/Documentation/networking/psp.rst
index 0f9b6b73f244..5c4e4215d906 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/psp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/psp.rst
@@ -140,14 +140,36 @@ The PSP assoc state of a socket is not reset when the connection is
torn down. ``connect()`` on a socket that has PSP assoc state will
return ``-EINVAL``.

+Rekeying
+--------
+
+A connection which has completed the exchange described above and is
+in the "PSP Full" state can be rekeyed in place without being torn
+down. The Tx and Rx directions are rekeyed separately using the same
+netlink calls as in connection setup.
+
+``rx-assoc`` allocates a new Rx key and SPI, which should be passed
+to the peer exactly as during the initial exchange. The SPI which was
+in use before the rekey remains acceptable on the socket until the
+next Rx rekey, so packets the peer sent before it learned the new SPI
+are still received.
+
+``tx-assoc`` installs a new Tx key, which takes effect immediately.
+The peer will accept data encrypted from the old and new SPI.
+
+A rekey is rejected with ``-EINVAL`` if it would change the PSP device
+or the PSP version of the association. It is rejected with ``-EBUSY``
+if the socket has not completed its initial exchange in both
+directions.
+
Rotation notifications
----------------------

The rotations of device key happen asynchronously and are usually
performed by management daemons, not under application control.
The PSP netlink family will generate a notification whenever keys
-are rotated. The applications are expected to re-establish connections
-before keys are rotated again.
+are rotated. Applications are expected to rekey their connections,
+as described above, before device keys are rotated again.

Kernel implementation
=====================
diff --git a/net/psp/psp_sock.c b/net/psp/psp_sock.c
index b5887171c84e..060149f3d72a 100644
--- a/net/psp/psp_sock.c
+++ b/net/psp/psp_sock.c
@@ -283,6 +283,52 @@ psp_sock_set_tx_key(struct sock *sk, struct psp_dev *psd, struct psp_assoc *pas,
return err;
}

+static int
+psp_sock_tx_rekey(struct sock *sk, struct psp_dev *psd, struct psp_assoc *pas,
+ struct psp_key_parsed *key, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ struct psp_assoc *new;
+ int err;
+
+ if (psp_dev_has_sadb(psd)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Tx rekey not supported on this device");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+ if (!pas->peer_tx) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Socket PSP state is not fully established");
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ new = kzalloc_flex(*new, drv_data, psd->caps->assoc_drv_spc,
+ GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ new->psd = pas->psd;
+ new->dev_id = pas->dev_id;
+ new->generation = pas->generation;
+ new->version = pas->version;
+ new->peer_tx = 1;
+ new->prev_spi = pas->prev_spi;
+ new->prev_generation = pas->prev_generation;
+ refcount_set(&new->refcnt, 1);
+ memcpy(&new->rx, &pas->rx, sizeof(new->rx));
+
+ err = psp_assoc_set_tx(psd, new, key, extack);
+ if (err) {
+ kfree(new);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ psp_dev_get(new->psd);
+ list_add(&new->assocs_list, &pas->assocs_list);
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(sk->psp_assoc, new);
+ psp_assoc_put(pas);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int psp_sock_assoc_set_tx(struct sock *sk, struct psp_dev *psd,
u32 version, struct psp_key_parsed *key,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
@@ -315,13 +361,11 @@ int psp_sock_assoc_set_tx(struct sock *sk, struct psp_dev *psd,
err = -EINVAL;
goto exit_unlock;
}
- if (pas->tx.spi) {
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Tx key already set");
- err = -EBUSY;
- goto exit_unlock;
- }
+ if (pas->tx.spi)
+ err = psp_sock_tx_rekey(sk, psd, pas, key, extack);
+ else
+ err = psp_sock_set_tx_key(sk, psd, pas, key, extack);

- err = psp_sock_set_tx_key(sk, psd, pas, key, extack);
exit_unlock:
release_sock(sk);
return err;

--
2.52.0