Add a guard to 'state' buffer and warn if its consistency after call to crypto_ahash_export() changes, so that any write that goes beyond advertised statesize (and thus causing potential memory corruption [1]) is more visible. [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=147467656516085 Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/testmgr.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/crypto/testmgr.c b/crypto/testmgr.c index 5c9d5a5e7b65..96343bcae01e 100644 --- a/crypto/testmgr.c +++ b/crypto/testmgr.c @@ -209,16 +209,19 @@ static int ahash_partial_update(struct ahash_request **preq, char *state; struct ahash_request *req; int statesize, ret = -EINVAL; + const char guard[] = { 0x00, 0xba, 0xad, 0x00 }; req = *preq; statesize = crypto_ahash_statesize( crypto_ahash_reqtfm(req)); - state = kmalloc(statesize, GFP_KERNEL); + state = kmalloc(statesize + sizeof(guard), GFP_KERNEL); if (!state) { pr_err("alt: hash: Failed to alloc state for %s\n", algo); goto out_nostate; } + memcpy(state + statesize, guard, sizeof(guard)); ret = crypto_ahash_export(req, state); + WARN_ON(memcmp(state + statesize, guard, sizeof(guard))); if (ret) { pr_err("alt: hash: Failed to export() for %s\n", algo); goto out; -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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