[PATCH 3.16 57/72] crypto: user - Fix crypto_alg_match race

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Dec 08 2019 - 08:56:04 EST


3.16.79-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 016baaa1183bb0c5fb2a7de42413bba8a51c1bc8 upstream.

The function crypto_alg_match returns an algorithm without taking
any references on it. This means that the algorithm can be freed
at any time, therefore all users of crypto_alg_match are buggy.

This patch fixes this by taking a reference count on the algorithm
to prevent such races.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/crypto_user.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/crypto/crypto_user.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_user.c
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ static struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_mat
else if (!exact)
match = !strcmp(q->cra_name, p->cru_name);

- if (match) {
- alg = q;
- break;
- }
+ if (!match)
+ continue;
+
+ if (unlikely(!crypto_mod_get(q)))
+ continue;
+
+ alg = q;
+ break;
}

up_read(&crypto_alg_sem);
@@ -211,9 +215,10 @@ static int crypto_report(struct sk_buff
if (!alg)
return -ENOENT;

+ err = -ENOMEM;
skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!skb)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ goto drop_alg;

info.in_skb = in_skb;
info.out_skb = skb;
@@ -221,6 +226,10 @@ static int crypto_report(struct sk_buff
info.nlmsg_flags = 0;

err = crypto_report_alg(alg, &info);
+
+drop_alg:
+ crypto_mod_put(alg);
+
if (err)
return err;

@@ -293,6 +302,7 @@ static int crypto_update_alg(struct sk_b

up_write(&crypto_alg_sem);

+ crypto_mod_put(alg);
crypto_remove_final(&list);

return 0;
@@ -303,6 +313,7 @@ static int crypto_del_alg(struct sk_buff
{
struct crypto_alg *alg;
struct crypto_user_alg *p = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+ int err;

if (!netlink_capable(skb, CAP_NET_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
@@ -319,13 +330,19 @@ static int crypto_del_alg(struct sk_buff
* if we try to unregister. Unregistering such an algorithm without
* removing the module is not possible, so we restrict to crypto
* instances that are build from templates. */
+ err = -EINVAL;
if (!(alg->cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_INSTANCE))
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto drop_alg;

- if (atomic_read(&alg->cra_refcnt) != 1)
- return -EBUSY;
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ if (atomic_read(&alg->cra_refcnt) > 2)
+ goto drop_alg;

- return crypto_unregister_instance(alg);
+ err = crypto_unregister_instance(alg);
+
+drop_alg:
+ crypto_mod_put(alg);
+ return err;
}

static struct crypto_alg *crypto_user_skcipher_alg(const char *name, u32 type,
@@ -404,8 +421,10 @@ static int crypto_add_alg(struct sk_buff
return -EINVAL;

alg = crypto_alg_match(p, exact);
- if (alg)
+ if (alg) {
+ crypto_mod_put(alg);
return -EEXIST;
+ }

if (strlen(p->cru_driver_name))
name = p->cru_driver_name;