ssh: hassh can be truly disabled

Rules will not re-enable it

Ticket: 8223

doc/userguide/configuration/suricata-yaml.rst

@@ -1989,6 +1989,14 @@ present, and ``encryption-handling`` is not, ``false`` is interpreted as
 ``encryption-handling: track-only`` and ``true`` is interpreted as
 ``encryption-handling: bypass``.
 
+SSH
+~~~
+
+Besides ``encryption-handling``, ssh parser offers the ``hassh`` option
+with 3 values
+- yes : enables hassh logging
+- auto : hassh be enabled if rules use hassh keywords
+- no : disables hassh and will refuse to load rules that use hassh keywords
 
 Modbus
 ~~~~~~

doc/userguide/upgrade.rst

@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ Other Changes
   See :ref:`Hyperscan caching configuration
   <hyperscan-cache-configuration>` for more information.
 
+- The ``no`` option in ``app-layer.protocols.ssh.hassh`` is now
+  really enforced and there will be no hassh computation
+  even if rules try to use it.
+
+
 Upgrading to 8.0.1
 ------------------
 

rust/src/ssh/ssh.rs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use suricata_sys::sys::{
 
 pub(super) static mut ALPROTO_SSH: AppProto = ALPROTO_UNKNOWN;
 static HASSH_ENABLED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
+static HASSH_DISABLED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 
 static mut ENCRYPTION_BYPASS_ENABLED: EncryptionHandling =
     EncryptionHandling::ENCRYPTION_HANDLING_TRACK_ONLY;
@@ -585,7 +586,9 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn SCRegisterSshParser() {
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn SCSshEnableHassh() {
-    HASSH_ENABLED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed)
+    if !HASSH_DISABLED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+        HASSH_ENABLED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed)
+    }
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -593,6 +596,11 @@ pub extern "C" fn SCSshHasshIsEnabled() -> bool {
     hassh_is_enabled()
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn SCSshDisableHassh() {
+    HASSH_DISABLED.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed)
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn SCSshEnableBypass(mode: EncryptionHandling) {
     unsafe {

src/app-layer-ssh.c

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void RegisterSSHParsers(void)
             enable_hassh = SSH_CONFIG_DEFAULT_HASSH;
         } else if (SCConfValIsFalse(strval)) {
             enable_hassh = SSH_CONFIG_DEFAULT_HASSH;
+            SCSshDisableHassh();
         } else if (SCConfValIsTrue(strval)) {
             enable_hassh = true;
         }

suricata.yaml.in

@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ app-layer:
       #enabled: yes
     ssh:
       enabled: yes
-      # hassh: no
+      # hassh: auto
 
       # What to do when the encrypted communications start:
       # - track-only: keep tracking but stop inspection (default)