[PATCH v2] KEYS: encrypted: fix key instantiation with user-provided data

From: Nikolaus Voss
Date: Wed Oct 12 2022 - 11:14:50 EST


Commit cd3bc044af48 ("KEYS: encrypted: Instantiate key with user-provided
decrypted data") added key instantiation with user provided decrypted data.
The user data is hex-ascii-encoded but was just memcpy'ed to the binary buffer.
Fix this to use hex2bin instead.

Keys created from user provided decrypted data saved with "keyctl pipe"
are still valid, however if the key is recreated from decrypted data the
old key must be converted to the correct format. This can be done with a
small shell script, e.g.:

BROKENKEY=abcdefABCDEF1234567890aaaaaaaaaa
NEWKEY=$(echo -ne $BROKENKEY | xxd -p -c64)
keyctl add user masterkey "$(cat masterkey.bin)" @u
keyctl add encrypted testkey "new user:masterkey 32 $NEWKEY" @u

It is encouraged to switch to a new key because the effective key size
of the old keys is only half of the specified size.

The corresponding test for the Linux Test Project ltp has been fixed
with this patch:
https://lists.linux.it/pipermail/ltp/2022-October/031060.html

Changes
=======
v2: - clarify commit message, add example to recover old/broken keys
- improve example in Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst
- add link to ltp patch

Fixes: cd3bc044af48 ("KEYS: encrypted: Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst | 3 ++-
security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst b/Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst
index 0bfb4c339748..e81e47db0b4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ Load an encrypted key "evm" from saved blob::

Instantiate an encrypted key "evm" using user-provided decrypted data::

- $ keyctl add encrypted evm "new default user:kmk 32 `cat evm_decrypted_data.blob`" @u
+ $ evmkey=abcdefABCDEF1234567890aaaaaaaaaaabcdefABCDEF1234567890aaaaaaaaaa
+ $ keyctl add encrypted evm "new default user:kmk 32 $evmkey" @u
794890253

$ keyctl print 794890253
diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
index e05cfc2e49ae..1e313982af02 100644
--- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
+++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static struct encrypted_key_payload *encrypted_key_alloc(struct key *key,
pr_err("encrypted key: instantiation of keys using provided decrypted data is disabled since CONFIG_USER_DECRYPTED_DATA is set to false\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
- if (strlen(decrypted_data) != decrypted_datalen) {
+ if (strlen(decrypted_data) != decrypted_datalen * 2) {
pr_err("encrypted key: decrypted data provided does not match decrypted data length provided\n");
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
@@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ static int encrypted_init(struct encrypted_key_payload *epayload,
ret = encrypted_key_decrypt(epayload, format, hex_encoded_iv);
} else if (decrypted_data) {
get_random_bytes(epayload->iv, ivsize);
- memcpy(epayload->decrypted_data, decrypted_data,
- epayload->decrypted_datalen);
+ ret = hex2bin(epayload->decrypted_data, decrypted_data,
+ epayload->decrypted_datalen);
} else {
get_random_bytes(epayload->iv, ivsize);
get_random_bytes(epayload->decrypted_data, epayload->decrypted_datalen);
--
2.34.1