Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - avoid undefined behavior accessing salg_name

[Herbert Xu]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 01:07:15PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit 3f69cc60768b ("crypto: af_alg - Allow arbitrarily long algorithm
> names") made the kernel start accepting arbitrarily long algorithm names
> in sockaddr_alg.  However, the actual length of the salg_name field
> stayed at the original 64 bytes.
> 
> This is broken because the kernel can access indices >= 64 in salg_name,
> which is undefined behavior -- even though the memory that is accessed
> is still located within the sockaddr structure.  It would only be
> defined behavior if the array were properly marked as arbitrary-length
> (either by making it a flexible array, which is the recommended way
> these days, or by making it an array of length 0 or 1).
> 
> We can't simply change salg_name into a flexible array, since that would
> break source compatibility with userspace programs that embed
> sockaddr_alg into another struct, or (more commonly) declare a
> sockaddr_alg like 'struct sockaddr_alg sa = { .salg_name = "foo" };'.
> 
> One solution would be to change salg_name into a flexible array only
> when '#ifdef __KERNEL__'.  However, that would keep userspace without an
> easy way to actually use the longer algorithm names.
> 
> Instead, add a new structure 'sockaddr_alg_new' that has the flexible
> array field, and expose it to both userspace and the kernel.
> Make the kernel use it correctly in alg_bind().
> 
> This addresses the syzbot report
> "UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in alg_bind"
> (https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=92ead4eb8e26a26d465e).
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+92ead4eb8e26a26d465e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 3f69cc60768b ("crypto: af_alg - Allow arbitrarily long algorithm names")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.12+
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  crypto/af_alg.c             | 10 +++++++---
>  include/uapi/linux/if_alg.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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