ecdh_set_secret() casts a void* pointer to a const u64* in order to
feed it into ecc_is_key_valid(). This is not generally permitted by
the C standard, and leads to actual misalignment faults on ARMv6
cores. In some cases, these are fixed up in software, but this still
leads to performance hits that are entirely avoidable.
So let's copy the key into the ctx buffer first, which we will do
anyway in the common case, and which guarantees correct alignment.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/ecdh.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/ecdh.c b/crypto/ecdh.c
index b0232d6ab4ce..d56b8603dec9 100644
--- a/crypto/ecdh.c
+++ b/crypto/ecdh.c
@@ -53,12 +53,13 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
return ecc_gen_privkey(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
ctx->private_key);
- if (ecc_is_key_valid(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
- (const u64 *)params.key, params.key_size) < 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
memcpy(ctx->private_key, params.key, params.key_size);
+ if (ecc_is_key_valid(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
+ ctx->private_key, params.key_size) < 0) {
+ memzero_explicit(ctx->private_key, params.key_size);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
return 0;
}
--
2.17.1
