Re: [PATCH ima-evm-utils v2] Use secure heap for private keys and passwords

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On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 05:11:36AM +0300, Vitaly Chikunov wrote:
> After CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init OpenSSL will store private keys in
> secure heap. This facility is only available since OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Chikunov <vt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Change from v1:
> - Do not use setfbuf to disable buffering as this is not proven to be
>   meaningful.
> - Use secure heap for passwords too as suggested by Mimi Zohar.
> - Fallback to OPENSSL_malloc for old OpenSSL as suggested by Mimi Zohar.
> - Simplify logic of calling CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init (call it always on
>   OpenSSL init.)
> - Should be applied after Bruno Meneguele's "evmctl: fix memory leak in
>   get_password" patch v2.
> 
>  src/evmctl.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 118 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> 
> @@ -2651,6 +2721,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  #endif
>  			    OPENSSL_INIT_ENGINE_ALL_BUILTIN, NULL);
>  #endif
> +#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER > 0x10100000
> +	/*
> +	 * This facility is available since OpenSSL_1_1_0-pre1.
> +	 * 'Heap size' 8192 is chosen to be big enough, so that any single key
> +	 * data could fit. 'Heap minsize' 64 is just to be efficient for small
> +	 * buffers.
> +	 */
> +       CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init(8192, 64);
> +#endif

Forgot to check return value of this.

Thanks,




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