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

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Bruno,

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 03:28:17PM -0300, Bruno Meneguele wrote:
> 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(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
> > index 5f7c2b8..a27e0b9 100644
> > --- a/src/evmctl.c
> > +++ b/src/evmctl.c
> > @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
> >  #include <assert.h>
> >  
> >  #include <openssl/asn1.h>
> > +#include <openssl/crypto.h>
> >  #include <openssl/sha.h>
> >  #include <openssl/pem.h>
> >  #include <openssl/hmac.h>
> > @@ -165,6 +166,24 @@ struct tpm_bank_info {
> >  static char *pcrfile[MAX_PCRFILE];
> >  static unsigned npcrfile;
> >  
> > +#if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER <= 0x10100000
> > +#warning Your OpenSSL version is too old to have OPENSSL_secure_malloc, \
> > +	falling back to use plain OPENSSL_malloc.
> > +#define OPENSSL_secure_malloc	  OPENSSL_malloc
> > +#define OPENSSL_secure_free	  OPENSSL_free
> > +/*
> > + * Secure heap memory automatically cleared on free, but
> > + * OPENSSL_secure_clear_free will be used in case of fallback
> 
> Shouldn't it be OPENSSL_clear_free instead of OPENSLL_secure_clear_free
> in the setence above?

No. I meant our code will use OPENSSL_secure_clear_free, so when there
is no secure heap it will fallback to OPENSSL_clear_free (and not just
to OPENSSL_free if we used OPENSSL_secure_free).

Thanks,

> 
> -- 
> bmeneg 
> PGP Key: http://bmeneg.com/pubkey.txt





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