Re: [PATCH] lib/mpi: use kcalloc in mpi_resize

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2021 at 04:53:32PM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> From: Hongbo Li <herberthbli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> We should set the additional space to 0 in mpi_resize().
> So use kcalloc() instead of kmalloc_array().
> 
> In lib/mpi/ec.c:
> /****************
>  * Resize the array of A to NLIMBS. the additional space is cleared
>  * (set to 0) [done by m_realloc()]
>  */
> int mpi_resize(MPI a, unsigned nlimbs)
> 
> Like the comment of kernel's mpi_resize() said, the additional space
> need to be set to 0, but when a->d is not NULL, it does not set.
> 
> The kernel's mpi lib is from libgcrypt, the mpi resize in libgcrypt
> is _gcry_mpi_resize() which set the additional space to 0.
> 
> This bug may cause mpi api which use mpi_resize() get wrong result
> under the condition of using the additional space without initiation.
> If this condition is not met, the bug would not be triggered.
> Currently in kernel, rsa, sm2 and dh use mpi lib, and they works well,
> so the bug is not triggered in these cases.
> 
> add_points_edwards() use the additional space directly, so it will
> get a wrong result.
> 
> Fixes: cdec9cb5167a ("crypto: GnuPG based MPI lib - source files (part 1)")
> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <herberthbli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  lib/mpi/mpiutil.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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