[PATCH 6.9 084/222] crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



6.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Joachim Vandersmissen <git@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 73e5984e540a76a2ee1868b91590c922da8c24c9 ]

private_key is overwritten with the key parameter passed in by the
caller (if present), or alternatively a newly generated private key.
However, it is possible that the caller provides a key (or the newly
generated key) which is shorter than the previous key. In that
scenario, some key material from the previous key would not be
overwritten. The easiest solution is to explicitly zeroize the entire
private_key array first.

Note that this patch slightly changes the behavior of this function:
previously, if the ecc_gen_privkey failed, the old private_key would
remain. Now, the private_key is always zeroized. This behavior is
consistent with the case where params.key is set and ecc_is_key_valid
fails.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Vandersmissen <git@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 crypto/ecdh.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crypto/ecdh.c b/crypto/ecdh.c
index 80afee3234fbe..3049f147e0117 100644
--- a/crypto/ecdh.c
+++ b/crypto/ecdh.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
 	    params.key_size > sizeof(u64) * ctx->ndigits)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	memset(ctx->private_key, 0, sizeof(ctx->private_key));
+
 	if (!params.key || !params.key_size)
 		return ecc_gen_privkey(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
 				       ctx->private_key);
-- 
2.43.0







[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Development Newbies]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Video for Linux]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite Hiking]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux