[PATCH 2/2] crypto: keembay - use crypto_memneq() to compare CCM AEAD tags
From: David C.C.M. Gall
Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 13:55:05 EST
Use crypto_memneq() for constant-time comparison.
The CCM path in ocs-aes.c verifes the received authentication tag with
memcmp(), which returns early on the first mismatched byte. This leaks
valid-prefix length and allows for valid tag forgery which violates the
INT-CTXT guarantee of AEAD.
Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000
Signed-off-by: David C.C.M. Gall <david.ccm.gall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/ocs-aes.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/ocs-aes.c b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/ocs-aes.c
index bb6f33f6b4d3..13ba7573617f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/ocs-aes.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/intel/keembay/ocs-aes.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <crypto/aes.h>
#include <crypto/gcm.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include "ocs-aes.h"
@@ -1283,7 +1284,7 @@ static inline int ccm_compare_tag_to_yr(struct ocs_aes_dev *aes_dev,
(i * sizeof(u32)));
}
- return memcmp(tag, yr, tag_size_bytes) ? -EBADMSG : 0;
+ return crypto_memneq(tag, yr, tag_size_bytes) ? -EBADMSG : 0;
}
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