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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:29:06 -0600
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc: keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>,
James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] big key: get rid of stack array allocation
We're interested in getting rid of all of the stack allocated arrays in the
kernel [1]. This patch removes one in keys by switching to malloc/free.
Note that we use kzalloc, to avoid leaking the nonce. I'm not sure this is
really necessary, but extra paranoia seems prudent.
Manually tested using the program from the add_key man page to trigger
big_key.
[1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>
CC: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
CC: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
CC: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
CC: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com>
---
security/keys/big_key.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/keys/big_key.c b/security/keys/big_key.c
index fa728f662a6f..70f9f785c59d 100644
--- a/security/keys/big_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/big_key.c
@@ -108,13 +108,18 @@ static int big_key_crypt(enum big_key_op op, struct big_key_buf *buf, size_t dat
* an .update function, so there's no chance we'll wind up reusing the
* key to encrypt updated data. Simply put: one key, one encryption.
*/
- u8 zero_nonce[crypto_aead_ivsize(big_key_aead)];
+ u8 *zero_nonce;
+
+ zero_nonce = kzalloc(crypto_aead_ivsize(big_key_aead), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!zero_nonce)
+ return -ENOMEM;
aead_req = aead_request_alloc(big_key_aead, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!aead_req)
+ if (!aead_req) {
+ kfree(zero_nonce);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
- memset(zero_nonce, 0, sizeof(zero_nonce));
aead_request_set_crypt(aead_req, buf->sg, buf->sg, datalen, zero_nonce);
aead_request_set_callback(aead_req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP, NULL, NULL);
aead_request_set_ad(aead_req, 0);
@@ -131,6 +136,7 @@ static int big_key_crypt(enum big_key_op op, struct big_key_buf *buf, size_t dat
error:
mutex_unlock(&big_key_aead_lock);
aead_request_free(aead_req);
+ kzfree(zero_nonce);
return ret;
}
--
2.15.1
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