linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 009/273] EVM: Use crypto

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Date:	Mon,  7 Mar 2016 14:46:40 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Ryan Ware <ware@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 009/273] EVM: Use crypto_memneq() for digest comparisons

4.2.8-ckt5 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ryan Ware <ware@...ux.intel.com>

commit 613317bd212c585c20796c10afe5daaa95d4b0a1 upstream.

This patch fixes vulnerability CVE-2016-2085.  The problem exists
because the vm_verify_hmac() function includes a use of memcmp().
Unfortunately, this allows timing side channel attacks; specifically
a MAC forgery complexity drop from 2^128 to 2^12.  This patch changes
the memcmp() to the cryptographically safe crypto_memneq().

Reported-by: Xiaofei Rex Guo <xiaofei.rex.guo@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryan Ware <ware@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
index 1334e02..3d145a3 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/integrity.h>
 #include <linux/evm.h>
 #include <crypto/hash.h>
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
 #include "evm.h"
 
 int evm_initialized;
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ static enum integrity_status evm_verify_hmac(struct dentry *dentry,
 				   xattr_value_len, calc.digest);
 		if (rc)
 			break;
-		rc = memcmp(xattr_data->digest, calc.digest,
+		rc = crypto_memneq(xattr_data->digest, calc.digest,
 			    sizeof(calc.digest));
 		if (rc)
 			rc = -EINVAL;
-- 
2.7.0