Re: [PATCH v4] KEYS: encrypted: fix key instantiation with user-provided data

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Sun Oct 23 2022 - 01:19:24 EST


On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:39:58AM +0200, Nikolaus Voss wrote:
> 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.
>
> Old 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 $BROKENKEY | xxd -p -c32)
> keyctl add user masterkey "$(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 also been
> fixed (see link below).
>
> Fixes: cd3bc044af48 ("KEYS: encrypted: Instantiate key with user-provided decrypted data")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/ltp/20221006081709.92303897@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes
> =======
> v4: - fixed link
> v3: - use generated random key in example, reformat commit message
> 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
>
> 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..9bc9db8ec651 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=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=32 | xxd -c32 -p)
> + $ 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
>


Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

Unless there is opposing views, I can pick this.

BR, Jarkko