linux-kernel - Re: propagating vmgenid outward and upward

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Wed, 2 Mar 2022 16:14:56 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        QEMU Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,
        "Michael Kelley (LINUX)" <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        adrian@...ity.io,
        Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@...hat.com>,
        Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        "Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Colm MacCarthaigh <colmmacc@...zon.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: propagating vmgenid outward and upward

Hi Michael,

On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 3:46 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> I just don't see how "value changed while it was read" is so different
> from "value changed one clock after it was read".  Since we don't detect
> the latter I don't see why we should worry about the former.

The "barrier" is at the point where the plaintext has been chosen AND
the nonce for a given keypair has been selected. So, if you have
plaintext in a buffer, and a key in a buffer, and the nonce for that
encryption in a buffer, and then after those are all selected, you
check to see if the vmgenid has changed since the birth of that key,
then you're all set. If it changes _after_ that point of check (your
"one clock after"), it doesn't matter: you'll just be
double-transmitting the same ciphertext, which is something that flaky
wifi sometimes does _anyway_ (and attackers can do intentionally), so
network protocols already are resilient to replay. This is the same
case you asked about earlier, and then answered yourself, when you
were wondering about reaching down into qdiscs.

Jason