linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] KEYS: asymmetric: Fix ECDSA use via keyctl uapi

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:45:13 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Denis Kenzior <denkenz@...il.com>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        keyrings@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] KEYS: asymmetric: Fix ECDSA use via keyctl uapi

On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 02:04:09PM -0500, Denis Kenzior wrote:
> When support for ECDSA keys was added, constraints for data & signature
> sizes were never updated.  This makes it impossible to use such keys via
> keyctl API from userspace; fix that.

Instead of "fix that" just describe the change.

> Fixes: 299f561a6693 ("x509: Add support for parsing x509 certs with ECDSA keys")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@...il.com>
> ---
>  crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> index 2f8352e88860..eca5671ad3f2 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
> @@ -186,8 +186,28 @@ static int software_key_query(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
>  
>  	len = crypto_akcipher_maxsize(tfm);
>  	info->key_size = len * 8;
> -	info->max_data_size = len;
> -	info->max_sig_size = len;
> +
> +	if (strncmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "ecdsa", 5) == 0) {
> +		/*
> +		 * ECDSA key sizes are much smaller than RSA, and thus could
> +		 * operate on (hashed) inputs that are larger than key size.
> +		 * For example SHA384-hashed input used with secp256r1
> +		 * based keys.  Set max_data_size to be at least as large as
> +		 * the largest supported hash size (SHA512)
> +		 */
> +		info->max_data_size = 64;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Verify takes ECDSA-Sig (described in RFC 5480) as input,
> +		 * which is actually 2 'key_size'-bit integers encoded in
> +		 * ASN.1.  Account for the ASN.1 encoding overhead here.
> +		 */
> +		info->max_sig_size = 2 * (len + 3) + 2;
> +	} else {
> +		info->max_data_size = len;
> +		info->max_sig_size = len;
> +	}
> +
>  	info->max_enc_size = len;
>  	info->max_dec_size = len;
>  	info->supported_ops = (KEYCTL_SUPPORTS_ENCRYPT |
> -- 
> 2.35.1
> 

The code change lgtm.

BR, Jarkko