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[1/2] crypto: AF_ALG - zeroize message digest buffer

Message ID 2491424.h8JBGRc3Yx@tachyon.chronox.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Herbert Xu
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Commit Message

Stephan Mueller Nov. 11, 2014, 4:37 a.m. UTC
Zeroize the buffer holding the message digest calculated for the
consumer before the buffer is released by the hash AF_ALG interface
handler.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
---
 crypto/algif_hash.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Daniel Borkmann Nov. 11, 2014, 9:34 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi Stephan,

On 11/11/2014 05:37 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Zeroize the buffer holding the message digest calculated for the
> consumer before the buffer is released by the hash AF_ALG interface
> handler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
> ---
>   crypto/algif_hash.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
> index 8502462..f75db4c 100644
> --- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
> +++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
> @@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ static void hash_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
>   	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
>   	struct hash_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
>
> +	memzero_explicit(ctx->result,
> +		     crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(&ctx->req)));
>   	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx->result,

Perhaps something like this (alternatively kzfree() would work, too) ...

static void __sock_kfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size,
			   bool clear_mem)
{
	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mem))
		return;
	if (clear_mem)
		memzero_explicit(mem, size);
	kfree(mem);
	atomic_sub(size, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
}

void sock_kfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size)
{
	__sock_kfree_s(sk, mem, size, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_kfree_s);

void sock_kzfree_s(struct sock *sk, void *mem, int size)
{
	__sock_kfree_s(sk, mem, size, true);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_kzfree_s);

... so you could then just use it as drop-in in various places:

sock_kzfree_s(sk, ctx->result, ...);

>   		     crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(&ctx->req)));
>   	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx, ctx->len);
>

Thanks,
Daniel
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diff --git a/crypto/algif_hash.c b/crypto/algif_hash.c
index 8502462..f75db4c 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_hash.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@  static void hash_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	struct alg_sock *ask = alg_sk(sk);
 	struct hash_ctx *ctx = ask->private;
 
+	memzero_explicit(ctx->result,
+		     crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(&ctx->req)));
 	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx->result,
 		     crypto_ahash_digestsize(crypto_ahash_reqtfm(&ctx->req)));
 	sock_kfree_s(sk, ctx, ctx->len);