Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:23:46PM +0100, Nicolai Stange wrote: >> Despite what the DocBook comment to pkcs7_validate_trust() says, the >> *_trusted argument is never set to false. >> >> pkcs7_validate_trust() only positively sets *_trusted upon encountering >> a trusted PKCS#7 SignedInfo block. >> >> This is quite unfortunate since its callers, system_verify_data() for >> example, depend on pkcs7_validate_trust() clearing *_trusted on non-trust. >> >> Indeed, UBSAN splats when attempting to load the uninitialized local >> variable 'trusted' from system_verify_data() in pkcs7_validate_trust(): >> >> UBSAN: Undefined behaviour in crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_trust.c:194:14 >> load of value 82 is not a valid value for type '_Bool' >> [...] >> Call Trace: >> [<ffffffff818c4d35>] dump_stack+0xbc/0x117 >> [<ffffffff818c4c79>] ? _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x169/0x169 >> [<ffffffff8194113b>] ubsan_epilogue+0xd/0x4e >> [<ffffffff819419fa>] __ubsan_handle_load_invalid_value+0x111/0x158 >> [<ffffffff819418e9>] ? val_to_string.constprop.12+0xcf/0xcf >> [<ffffffff818334a4>] ? x509_request_asymmetric_key+0x114/0x370 >> [<ffffffff814b83f0>] ? kfree+0x220/0x370 >> [<ffffffff818312c2>] ? public_key_verify_signature_2+0x32/0x50 >> [<ffffffff81835e04>] pkcs7_validate_trust+0x524/0x5f0 >> [<ffffffff813c391a>] system_verify_data+0xca/0x170 >> [<ffffffff813c3850>] ? top_trace_array+0x9b/0x9b >> [<ffffffff81510b29>] ? __vfs_read+0x279/0x3d0 >> [<ffffffff8129372f>] mod_verify_sig+0x1ff/0x290 >> [...] >> >> The implication is that pkcs7_validate_trust() effectively grants trust >> when it really shouldn't have. >> >> Fix this by explicitly setting *_trusted to false at the very beginning >> of pkcs7_validate_trust(). >> >> Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@xxxxxxxxx> > > Patch applied. Thanks! Thank you very much! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html