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Message-ID: <20251002173723.GE1697@sol>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 10:37:23 -0700
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, sashal@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com,
Michael van der Westhuizen <rmikey@...a.com>,
Tobias Fleig <tfleig@...a.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] stable: crypto: sha256 - fix crash at kexec
On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 04:26:20AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Loading a large (~2.1G) files with kexec crashes the host with when
> running:
>
> # kexec --load kernel --initrd initrd_with_2G_or_more
>
> UBSAN: signed-integer-overflow in ./include/crypto/sha256_base.h:64:19
> 34152083 * 64 cannot be represented in type 'int'
> ...
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff9fffff83b624c0
> sha256_update (lib/crypto/sha256.c:137)
> crypto_sha256_update (crypto/sha256_generic.c:40)
> kexec_calculate_store_digests (kernel/kexec_file.c:769)
> __se_sys_kexec_file_load (kernel/kexec_file.c:397 kernel/kexec_file.c:332)
> ...
>
> (Line numbers based on commit da274362a7bd9 ("Linux 6.12.49")
>
> This started happening after commit f4da7afe07523f
> ("kexec_file: increase maximum file size to 4G") that landed in v6.0,
> which increased the file size for kexec.
>
> This is not happening upstream (v6.16+), given that `block` type was
> upgraded from "int" to "size_t" in commit 74a43a2cf5e8 ("crypto:
> lib/sha256 - Move partial block handling out")
>
> Upgrade the block type similar to the commit above, avoiding hitting the
> overflow.
>
> This patch is only suitable for the stable tree, and before 6.16, which
> got commit 74a43a2cf5e8 ("crypto: lib/sha256 - Move partial block
> handling out"). This is not required before f4da7afe07523f ("kexec_file:
> increase maximum file size to 4G"). In other words, this fix is required
> between versions v6.0 and v6.16.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
> Fixes: f4da7afe07523f ("kexec_file: increase maximum file size to 4G") # Before v6.16
> Reported-by: Michael van der Westhuizen <rmikey@...a.com>
> Reported-by: Tobias Fleig <tfleig@...a.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - s/size_t/unsigned int/ as suggested by Eric
> - Tag the commit that introduce the problem as Fixes, making backport easier.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251001-stable_crash-v1-1-3071c0bd795e@debian.org
> ---
> include/crypto/sha256_base.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
> index e0418818d63c8..e3e610cfe8d30 100644
> --- a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
> +++ b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static inline int lib_sha256_base_do_update(struct sha256_state *sctx,
> sctx->count += len;
>
> if (unlikely((partial + len) >= SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
> - int blocks;
> + unsigned int blocks;
>
> if (partial) {
> int p = SHA256_BLOCK_SIZE - partial;
>
> ---
> base-commit: da274362a7bd9ab3a6e46d15945029145ebce672
> change-id: 20251001-stable_crash-f2151baf043b
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
- Eric
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