linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/7] crypto: Fixes uninitialized skcipher_walk use in aria_gfni_avx512

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Date:   Thu,  2 Nov 2023 09:39:31 +0530
From:   Yuran Pereira <yuran.pereira@...mail.com>
To:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:     Yuran Pereira <yuran.pereira@...mail.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] crypto: Fixes uninitialized skcipher_walk use in aria_gfni_avx512_glue

In `aria_avx512_ctr_encrypt`, `struct skcipher_walk *walk` is not fully
initialized before its use.

Although the call to `skcipher_walk_virt()` and subsequent functions
that this function calls seem to initialize some fields of this struct,

there is a chance that `skcipher_walk_virt()` returns
without fully clearing or properly initializing the `->flags` field
which means that the following flags:
`SKCIPHER_WALK_DIFF`, `SKCIPHER_WALK_COPY`, `SKCIPHER_WALK_SLOW`
could be storing junk values by the time `skcipher_walk_done()` is called.

This could lead to buggy or undefined behaviour since these flags
are checked in `skcipher_walk_done()`:

```C
int skcipher_walk_done(struct skcipher_walk *walk, int err)
{
	...
    if (likely(!(walk->flags & (SKCIPHER_WALK_PHYS |
        SKCIPHER_WALK_SLOW |
        SKCIPHER_WALK_COPY |
        SKCIPHER_WALK_DIFF)))) {
    ...
}
```

To prevent this, this patch ensures that instances of
`struct skcipher_walk` are correctly initialized prior to their use.

Addresses-Coverity-IDs: 15916159 ("Unintialized scalar variable")
Signed-off-by: Yuran Pereira <yuran.pereira@...mail.com>
---
 arch/x86/crypto/aria_gfni_avx512_glue.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/aria_gfni_avx512_glue.c b/arch/x86/crypto/aria_gfni_avx512_glue.c
index f4a2208d2638..cf689cc880df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/aria_gfni_avx512_glue.c
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/aria_gfni_avx512_glue.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>

 #include "ecb_cbc_helpers.h"
 #include "aria-avx.h"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ static int aria_avx512_ctr_encrypt(struct skcipher_request *req)
 	unsigned int nbytes;
 	int err;

+	memset(&walk, 0, sizeof(walk));
 	err = skcipher_walk_virt(&walk, req, false);

 	while ((nbytes = walk.nbytes) > 0) {
-- 
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