From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>,
Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Compare HMAC values in constant time
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:52:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250731215255.113897-2-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250731215255.113897-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
To prevent timing attacks, HMAC value comparison needs to be constant
time. Replace the memcmp() with the correct function, crypto_memneq().
Fixes: 1085b8276bb4 ("tpm: Add the rest of the session HMAC API")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
index dddd702b2454a..f9d8a4e966867 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@ config TCG_TPM2_HMAC
bool "Use HMAC and encrypted transactions on the TPM bus"
default X86_64
select CRYPTO_ECDH
select CRYPTO_LIB_AESCFB
select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA256
+ select CRYPTO_LIB_UTILS
help
Setting this causes us to deploy a scheme which uses request
and response HMACs in addition to encryption for
communicating with the TPM to prevent or detect bus snooping
and interposer attacks (see tpm-security.rst). Saying Y
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
index bdb119453dfbe..5fbd62ee50903 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@
#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include <crypto/kpp.h>
#include <crypto/ecdh.h>
#include <crypto/hash.h>
#include <crypto/hmac.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
/* maximum number of names the TPM must remember for authorization */
#define AUTH_MAX_NAMES 3
#define AES_KEY_BYTES AES_KEYSIZE_128
@@ -827,16 +828,15 @@ int tpm_buf_check_hmac_response(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_buf *buf,
sha256_update(&sctx, auth->our_nonce, sizeof(auth->our_nonce));
sha256_update(&sctx, &auth->attrs, 1);
/* we're done with the rphash, so put our idea of the hmac there */
tpm2_hmac_final(&sctx, auth->session_key, sizeof(auth->session_key)
+ auth->passphrase_len, rphash);
- if (memcmp(rphash, &buf->data[offset_s], SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE) == 0) {
- rc = 0;
- } else {
+ if (crypto_memneq(rphash, &buf->data[offset_s], SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE)) {
dev_err(&chip->dev, "TPM: HMAC check failed\n");
goto out;
}
+ rc = 0;
/* now do response decryption */
if (auth->attrs & TPM2_SA_ENCRYPT) {
/* need key and IV */
tpm2_KDFa(auth->session_key, SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-31 21:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-31 21:52 [PATCH 0/2] tpm: HMAC fix and cleanup Eric Biggers
2025-07-31 21:52 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2025-08-01 2:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] tpm: Compare HMAC values in constant time James Bottomley
2025-08-01 3:02 ` Eric Biggers
2025-08-01 11:36 ` James Bottomley
2025-08-01 17:11 ` Eric Biggers
2025-08-01 18:03 ` James Bottomley
2025-08-01 18:40 ` Eric Biggers
2025-08-01 18:53 ` James Bottomley
2025-08-01 19:03 ` Eric Biggers
2025-08-01 19:20 ` James Bottomley
2025-08-01 20:14 ` Eric Biggers
2025-07-31 21:52 ` [PATCH 2/2] tpm: Use HMAC-SHA256 library instead of open-coded HMAC Eric Biggers
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