linux-kernel - [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Replace deprecated strcpy and improve get_derived

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Message-ID: <20251113135831.98587-1-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:58:31 +0100
From: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
To: Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc: linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
	linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
	keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Replace deprecated strcpy and improve get_derived_key

Determine 'key_name' before allocating memory for 'derived_buf' to only
allocate as many bytes as needed. Currently, we potentially allocate one
more byte than necessary when 'key_name' is "ENC_KEY".

strcpy() is deprecated and uses an additional strlen() internally; use
memcpy() directly to copy 'key_name' since we already know its length
and that it is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.

Also reuse 'key_name_len' when copying 'master_key' instead of calling
strlen() again.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
---
 security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
index 15841466b5d4..b16a5b8b935b 100644
--- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
+++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -330,23 +331,18 @@ static int get_derived_key(u8 *derived_key, enum derived_key_type key_type,
 			   const u8 *master_key, size_t master_keylen)
 {
 	u8 *derived_buf;
-	unsigned int derived_buf_len;
-
-	derived_buf_len = strlen("AUTH_KEY") + 1 + master_keylen;
-	if (derived_buf_len < HASH_SIZE)
-		derived_buf_len = HASH_SIZE;
+	size_t derived_buf_len;
+	const char *key_name;
+	size_t key_name_len;
 
+	key_name = key_type ? "AUTH_KEY" : "ENC_KEY";
+	key_name_len = strlen(key_name) + 1;
+	derived_buf_len = max(key_name_len + master_keylen, HASH_SIZE);
 	derived_buf = kzalloc(derived_buf_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!derived_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (key_type)
-		strcpy(derived_buf, "AUTH_KEY");
-	else
-		strcpy(derived_buf, "ENC_KEY");
-
-	memcpy(derived_buf + strlen(derived_buf) + 1, master_key,
-	       master_keylen);
+	memcpy(derived_buf, key_name, key_name_len);
+	memcpy(derived_buf + key_name_len, master_key, master_keylen);
 	sha256(derived_buf, derived_buf_len, derived_key);
 	kfree_sensitive(derived_buf);
 	return 0;
-- 
2.51.1