Re: [PATCH] x86/power/64: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Jul 19 2018 - 00:39:51 EST


On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 08:56:57PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
>> removes the discouraged use of AHASH_REQUEST_ON_STACK by switching to
>> shash directly and allocating the descriptor in heap memory (which should
>> be fine: the tfm has already been allocated there too).
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
>> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c
>> index 67ccf64c8bd8..0ed01bb935a6 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.c
>> @@ -233,28 +233,31 @@ struct restore_data_record {
>> */
>> static int get_e820_md5(struct e820_table *table, void *buf)
>> {
>> - struct scatterlist sg;
>> - struct crypto_ahash *tfm;
>> + struct crypto_shash *tfm;
>> + struct shash_desc *desc;
>> int size;
>> int ret = 0;
>>
>> - tfm = crypto_alloc_ahash("md5", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
>> + tfm = crypto_alloc_shash("md5", 0, 0);
>> if (IS_ERR(tfm))
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> - {
>> - AHASH_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, tfm);
>> - size = offsetof(struct e820_table, entries) + sizeof(struct e820_entry) * table->nr_entries;
>> - ahash_request_set_tfm(req, tfm);
>> - sg_init_one(&sg, (u8 *)table, size);
>> - ahash_request_set_callback(req, 0, NULL, NULL);
>> - ahash_request_set_crypt(req, &sg, buf, size);
>> -
>> - if (crypto_ahash_digest(req))
>> - ret = -EINVAL;
>> - ahash_request_zero(req);
>> - }
>> - crypto_free_ahash(tfm);
>> + desc = kmalloc(sizeof(struct shash_desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(tfm),
>> + GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!desc)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> Need crypto_free_shash(tfm) if the kmalloc() here fails.

Ah thanks! Fixed now for the next version.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security