Re: [PATCH] bluetooth/smp: ensure RNG is properly seeded before ECDH use

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Jason,

> This protocol uses lots of complex cryptography that relies on securely
> generated random numbers. Thus, it's important that the RNG is actually
> seeded before use. Fortuantely, it appears we're always operating in
> process context (there are many GFP_KERNEL allocations and other
> sleeping operations), and so we can simply demand that the RNG is seeded
> before we use it.
> 
> We take two strategies in this commit. The first is for the library code
> that's called from other modules like hci or mgmt: here we just change
> the call to get_random_bytes_wait, and return the result of the wait to
> the caller, along with the other error codes of those functions like
> usual. Then there's the SMP protocol handler itself, which makes many
> many many calls to get_random_bytes during different phases. For this,
> rather than have to change all the calls to get_random_bytes_wait and
> propagate the error result, it's actually enough to just put a single
> call to wait_for_random_bytes() at the beginning of the handler, to
> ensure that all the subsequent invocations are safe, without having to
> actually change them. Likewise, for the random address changing
> function, we'd rather know early on in the function whether the RNG
> initialization has been interrupted, rather than later, so we call
> wait_for_random_bytes() at the top, so that later on the call to
> get_random_bytes() is acceptable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/hci_request.c |  6 ++++++
> net/bluetooth/smp.c         | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
> index b73ac149de34..6bd916cece6c 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_request.c
> @@ -1406,6 +1406,12 @@ int hci_update_random_address(struct hci_request *req, bool require_privacy,
> 	struct hci_dev *hdev = req->hdev;
> 	int err;
> 
> +	if (require_privacy) {
> +		err = wait_for_random_bytes();
> +		if (unlikely(err))
> +			return err;
> +	}
> +
> 	/* If privacy is enabled use a resolvable private address. If
> 	 * current RPA has expired or there is something else than
> 	 * the current RPA in use, then generate a new one.

so this one is rather pointless. You are not protecting the RPA, you are protecting the NRPA. Since the NRPA is non-resolvable, it has not cryptographic meaning whatsoever. Even a bad random number is good here. So lets scrap this one.

> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/smp.c b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
> index a0ef89772c36..75c1f30156d4 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/smp.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/smp.c
> @@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ int smp_generate_rpa(struct hci_dev *hdev, const u8 irk[16], bdaddr_t *rpa)
> 
> 	smp = chan->data;
> 
> -	get_random_bytes(&rpa->b[3], 3);
> +	err = get_random_bytes_wait(&rpa->b[3], 3);
> +	if (unlikely(err))
> +		return err;
> 
> 	rpa->b[5] &= 0x3f;	/* Clear two most significant bits */
> 	rpa->b[5] |= 0x40;	/* Set second most significant bit */
> @@ -571,7 +573,9 @@ int smp_generate_oob(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 hash[16], u8 rand[16])
> 	} else {
> 		while (true) {
> 			/* Seed private key with random number */
> -			get_random_bytes(smp->local_sk, 32);
> +			err = get_random_bytes_wait(smp->local_sk, 32);
> +			if (unlikely(err))
> +				return err;
> 
> 			/* Generate local key pair for Secure Connections */
> 			if (!generate_ecdh_keys(smp->local_pk, smp->local_sk))
> @@ -590,7 +594,9 @@ int smp_generate_oob(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 hash[16], u8 rand[16])
> 	SMP_DBG("OOB Public Key Y: %32phN", smp->local_pk + 32);
> 	SMP_DBG("OOB Private Key:  %32phN", smp->local_sk);
> 
> -	get_random_bytes(smp->local_rand, 16);
> +	err = get_random_bytes_wait(smp->local_rand, 16);
> +	if (unlikely(err))
> +		return err;
> 
> 	err = smp_f4(smp->tfm_cmac, smp->local_pk, smp->local_pk,
> 		     smp->local_rand, 0, hash);
> @@ -2832,7 +2838,11 @@ static int smp_sig_channel(struct l2cap_chan *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
> 	struct hci_conn *hcon = conn->hcon;
> 	struct smp_chan *smp;
> 	__u8 code, reason;
> -	int err = 0;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = wait_for_random_bytes();
> +	if (unlikely(err))
> +		return err;

Frankly if you are doing this here anyway, then also waiting for random number seeding (when it is a LE controller) during HCI init is plenty. A powered down controller will not do any cryptographic operations.

I mean we can even use HCI LE Rand function to feed the RNG even further. Actually checking if enough random bytes are available, if not, call HCI LE Rand, seed it, repeat until enough randomness is available.

Regards

Marcel