linux-kernel - [PATCH] rxrpc: Reuse SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON

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Date:   Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:49:47 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rxrpc: Reuse SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK buffer

The use of SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK() will trigger FRAME_WARN warnings
(when less than 2048) once the VLA is no longer hidden from the check:

net/rxrpc/rxkad.c:398:1: warning: the frame size of 1152 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
net/rxrpc/rxkad.c:242:1: warning: the frame size of 1152 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]

This passes the initial SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK allocation to the leaf
functions for reuse. Two requests allocated on the stack are not needed
when only one is used at a time.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 net/rxrpc/rxkad.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/rxkad.c b/net/rxrpc/rxkad.c
index 278ac0807a60..6393391fac86 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/rxkad.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/rxkad.c
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ static int rxkad_prime_packet_security(struct rxrpc_connection *conn)
 static int rxkad_secure_packet_auth(const struct rxrpc_call *call,
 				    struct sk_buff *skb,
 				    u32 data_size,
-				    void *sechdr)
+				    void *sechdr,
+				    struct skcipher_request *req)
 {
 	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp = rxrpc_skb(skb);
-	SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, call->conn->cipher);
 	struct rxkad_level1_hdr hdr;
 	struct rxrpc_crypt iv;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
@@ -183,12 +183,12 @@ static int rxkad_secure_packet_auth(const struct rxrpc_call *call,
 static int rxkad_secure_packet_encrypt(const struct rxrpc_call *call,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       u32 data_size,
-				       void *sechdr)
+				       void *sechdr,
+				       struct skcipher_request *req)
 {
 	const struct rxrpc_key_token *token;
 	struct rxkad_level2_hdr rxkhdr;
 	struct rxrpc_skb_priv *sp;
-	SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, call->conn->cipher);
 	struct rxrpc_crypt iv;
 	struct scatterlist sg[16];
 	struct sk_buff *trailer;
@@ -296,11 +296,12 @@ static int rxkad_secure_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call,
 		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	case RXRPC_SECURITY_AUTH:
-		ret = rxkad_secure_packet_auth(call, skb, data_size, sechdr);
+		ret = rxkad_secure_packet_auth(call, skb, data_size, sechdr,
+					       req);
 		break;
 	case RXRPC_SECURITY_ENCRYPT:
 		ret = rxkad_secure_packet_encrypt(call, skb, data_size,
-						  sechdr);
+						  sechdr, req);
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EPERM;
@@ -316,10 +317,10 @@ static int rxkad_secure_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call,
  */
 static int rxkad_verify_packet_1(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 unsigned int offset, unsigned int len,
-				 rxrpc_seq_t seq)
+				 rxrpc_seq_t seq,
+				 struct skcipher_request *req)
 {
 	struct rxkad_level1_hdr sechdr;
-	SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, call->conn->cipher);
 	struct rxrpc_crypt iv;
 	struct scatterlist sg[16];
 	struct sk_buff *trailer;
@@ -402,11 +403,11 @@ static int rxkad_verify_packet_1(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static int rxkad_verify_packet_2(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				 unsigned int offset, unsigned int len,
-				 rxrpc_seq_t seq)
+				 rxrpc_seq_t seq,
+				 struct skcipher_request *req)
 {
 	const struct rxrpc_key_token *token;
 	struct rxkad_level2_hdr sechdr;
-	SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, call->conn->cipher);
 	struct rxrpc_crypt iv;
 	struct scatterlist _sg[4], *sg;
 	struct sk_buff *trailer;
@@ -549,9 +550,9 @@ static int rxkad_verify_packet(struct rxrpc_call *call, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	case RXRPC_SECURITY_PLAIN:
 		return 0;
 	case RXRPC_SECURITY_AUTH:
-		return rxkad_verify_packet_1(call, skb, offset, len, seq);
+		return rxkad_verify_packet_1(call, skb, offset, len, seq, req);
 	case RXRPC_SECURITY_ENCRYPT:
-		return rxkad_verify_packet_2(call, skb, offset, len, seq);
+		return rxkad_verify_packet_2(call, skb, offset, len, seq, req);
 	default:
 		return -ENOANO;
 	}
-- 
2.17.1


-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security