The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 15a8b93fd5690de017ce665382ea45e5d61811a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2017 04:59:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] sunrpc: use constant time memory comparison for mac
Otherwise, we enable a MAC forgery via timing attack.
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
index fb39284ec174..12649c9fedab 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*/
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -927,7 +928,7 @@ gss_krb5_aes_decrypt(struct krb5_ctx *kctx, u32 offset, struct xdr_buf *buf,
if (ret)
goto out_err;
- if (memcmp(pkt_hmac, our_hmac, kctx->gk5e->cksumlength) != 0) {
+ if (crypto_memneq(pkt_hmac, our_hmac, kctx->gk5e->cksumlength) != 0) {
ret = GSS_S_BAD_SIG;
goto out_err;
}