[PATCH 23/33] wifi: mac80211: Use AES-CTR library in fils_aead.c

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 01:45:00 EST


Now that there's a library API for AES-CTR, use it instead of a
"ctr(aes)" crypto_skcipher in aes_siv_encrypt() and aes_siv_decrypt().
This significantly simplifies the code.

Further simplify both aes_siv_encrypt() and aes_siv_decrypt() by
memmove()ing the source data to the destination buffer (which is offset
by 16 bytes from the source), then doing AES-CTR in-place. This
eliminates the need for the temporary buffer in aes_siv_encrypt(), or to
rely on an unsupported overlapped operation in aes_siv_decrypt(). The
latter was technically a bug, though presumably it worked accidentally.

Finally, also fix the auth tag verification to use crypto_memneq().

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/Kconfig | 1 +
net/mac80211/fils_aead.c | 90 ++++++++++++----------------------------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/Kconfig b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
index d6bc295e23a1..8fe97e63ff39 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/Kconfig
+++ b/net/mac80211/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config MAC80211
depends on CFG80211
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_CBC_MACS
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_AES_CTR
select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
select CRYPTO_AES
select CRYPTO_CCM
diff --git a/net/mac80211/fils_aead.c b/net/mac80211/fils_aead.c
index d2f4a17eab99..1084c3d0a0e7 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/fils_aead.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/fils_aead.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
*/

#include <crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h>
-#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
+#include <crypto/aes-ctr.h>
#include <crypto/utils.h>

#include "ieee80211_i.h"
@@ -73,11 +73,8 @@ static int aes_siv_encrypt(const u8 *key, size_t key_len,
size_t len[], u8 *out)
{
u8 v[AES_BLOCK_SIZE];
- struct crypto_skcipher *tfm2;
- struct skcipher_request *req;
+ struct aes_enckey aes_key;
int res;
- struct scatterlist src[1], dst[1];
- u8 *tmp;

key_len /= 2; /* S2V key || CTR key */

@@ -90,12 +87,12 @@ static int aes_siv_encrypt(const u8 *key, size_t key_len,
if (res)
return res;

- /* Use a temporary buffer of the plaintext to handle need for
- * overwriting this during AES-CTR.
+ /*
+ * Move the plaintext to prepare it for in-place encryption. This
+ * avoids needing to copy it into a temporary buffer to prevent it from
+ * being clobbered by the IV copy or AES-CTR itself when out == plain.
*/
- tmp = kmemdup(plain, plain_len, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!tmp)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ memmove(out + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, plain, plain_len);

/* IV for CTR before encrypted data */
memcpy(out, v, AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
@@ -106,33 +103,14 @@ static int aes_siv_encrypt(const u8 *key, size_t key_len,
v[8] &= 0x7f;
v[12] &= 0x7f;

- /* CTR */
-
- tfm2 = crypto_alloc_skcipher("ctr(aes)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
- if (IS_ERR(tfm2)) {
- kfree(tmp);
- return PTR_ERR(tfm2);
- }
- /* K2 for CTR */
- res = crypto_skcipher_setkey(tfm2, key + key_len, key_len);
+ /* CTR with K2 */
+ res = aes_prepareenckey(&aes_key, key + key_len, key_len);
if (res)
- goto fail;
-
- req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm2, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!req) {
- res = -ENOMEM;
- goto fail;
- }
-
- sg_init_one(src, tmp, plain_len);
- sg_init_one(dst, out + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, plain_len);
- skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, src, dst, plain_len, v);
- res = crypto_skcipher_encrypt(req);
- skcipher_request_free(req);
-fail:
- kfree(tmp);
- crypto_free_skcipher(tfm2);
- return res;
+ return res;
+ aes_ctr(out + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, out + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, plain_len, v,
+ &aes_key);
+ memzero_explicit(&aes_key, sizeof(aes_key));
+ return 0;
}

/* Note: addr[] and len[] needs to have one extra slot at the end. */
@@ -141,9 +119,7 @@ static int aes_siv_decrypt(const u8 *key, size_t key_len,
size_t num_elem, const u8 *addr[], size_t len[],
u8 *out)
{
- struct crypto_skcipher *tfm2;
- struct skcipher_request *req;
- struct scatterlist src[1], dst[1];
+ struct aes_enckey aes_key;
size_t crypt_len;
int res;
u8 frame_iv[AES_BLOCK_SIZE], iv[AES_BLOCK_SIZE];
@@ -164,38 +140,24 @@ static int aes_siv_decrypt(const u8 *key, size_t key_len,
iv[8] &= 0x7f;
iv[12] &= 0x7f;

- /* CTR */
-
- tfm2 = crypto_alloc_skcipher("ctr(aes)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
- if (IS_ERR(tfm2))
- return PTR_ERR(tfm2);
- /* K2 for CTR */
- res = crypto_skcipher_setkey(tfm2, key + key_len, key_len);
- if (res) {
- crypto_free_skcipher(tfm2);
- return res;
- }
-
- req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm2, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!req) {
- crypto_free_skcipher(tfm2);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
- sg_init_one(src, iv_crypt + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, crypt_len);
- sg_init_one(dst, out, crypt_len);
- skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, src, dst, crypt_len, iv);
- res = crypto_skcipher_decrypt(req);
- skcipher_request_free(req);
- crypto_free_skcipher(tfm2);
+ /* CTR with K2 */
+ res = aes_prepareenckey(&aes_key, key + key_len, key_len);
if (res)
return res;
+ /*
+ * aes_ctr(out, iv_crypt + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, ...) is an unsupported
+ * overlapped operation when out == iv_crypt, so memmove() the data to
+ * 'out' first to enable standard in-place operation.
+ */
+ memmove(out, iv_crypt + AES_BLOCK_SIZE, crypt_len);
+ aes_ctr(out, out, crypt_len, iv, &aes_key);
+ memzero_explicit(&aes_key, sizeof(aes_key));

/* S2V */
res = aes_s2v(key /* K1 */, key_len, num_elem, addr, len, check);
if (res)
return res;
- if (memcmp(check, frame_iv, AES_BLOCK_SIZE) != 0)
+ if (crypto_memneq(check, frame_iv, AES_BLOCK_SIZE))
return -EINVAL;
return 0;
}
--
2.54.0