Re: [PATCH] crypto: drbg: check blocklen is non zero
From: Herbert Xu
Date: Thu Aug 20 2020 - 03:15:50 EST
On Sun, Aug 02, 2020 at 10:12:47AM -0700, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Clang static analysis reports this error
>
> crypto/drbg.c:441:40: warning: Division by zero
> padlen = (inputlen + sizeof(L_N) + 1) % (drbg_blocklen(drbg));
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> When drbg_bocklen fails it returns 0.
>
> if (drbg && drbg->core)
> return drbg->core->blocklen_bytes;
> return 0;
Yes but it can only fail if the drbg is not instantiated. If
you're hitting the generate path with an uninstantiated drbg you've
got bigger problems than a divide by zero.
So how is this even possible?
Cheers,
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