[PATCH 1/2] crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Tue Oct 07 2025 - 14:52:53 EST


Use size_add() to prevent a potential integer overflow when adding the
binary blob lengths in asymmetric_key_generate_id(), which could cause a
buffer overflow when copying the data using memcpy().

Use struct_size() to calculate the number of bytes to allocate for the
new asymmetric key id.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/asymmetric_keys/asymmetric_type.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/asymmetric_type.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/asymmetric_type.c
index ba2d9d1ea235..aea925c88973 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/asymmetric_type.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/asymmetric_type.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <crypto/public_key.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/overflow.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <keys/system_keyring.h>
@@ -141,12 +142,13 @@ struct asymmetric_key_id *asymmetric_key_generate_id(const void *val_1,
size_t len_2)
{
struct asymmetric_key_id *kid;
+ size_t len;

- kid = kmalloc(sizeof(struct asymmetric_key_id) + len_1 + len_2,
- GFP_KERNEL);
+ len = size_add(len_1, len_2);
+ kid = kmalloc(struct_size(kid, data, len), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kid)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- kid->len = len_1 + len_2;
+ kid->len = len;
memcpy(kid->data, val_1, len_1);
memcpy(kid->data + len_1, val_2, len_2);
return kid;
--
2.51.0