From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>,
Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>, Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] smb: client: Compare MACs in constant time
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:27:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260218042702.67907-1-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
To prevent timing attacks, MAC comparisons need to be constant-time.
Replace the memcmp() with the correct function, crypto_memneq().
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c | 3 ++-
fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
index 0dbbce2431ff..bf10fdeeedca 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@
*
*/
#include <linux/fips.h>
#include <crypto/md5.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include "cifsproto.h"
#include "smb1proto.h"
#include "cifs_debug.h"
/*
@@ -129,11 +130,11 @@ int cifs_verify_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
return rc;
/* cifs_dump_mem("what we think it should be: ",
what_we_think_sig_should_be, 16); */
- if (memcmp(server_response_sig, what_we_think_sig_should_be, 8))
+ if (crypto_memneq(server_response_sig, what_we_think_sig_should_be, 8))
return -EACCES;
else
return 0;
}
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
index 8b9000a83181..81be2b226e26 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <linux/mempool.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <crypto/aead.h>
#include <crypto/sha2.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
#include "cifsglob.h"
#include "cifsproto.h"
#include "smb2proto.h"
#include "cifs_debug.h"
#include "../common/smb2status.h"
@@ -615,11 +616,12 @@ smb2_verify_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
rc = smb3_calc_signature(rqst, server, true);
if (rc)
return rc;
- if (memcmp(server_response_sig, shdr->Signature, SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
+ if (crypto_memneq(server_response_sig, shdr->Signature,
+ SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
cifs_dbg(VFS, "sign fail cmd 0x%x message id 0x%llx\n",
shdr->Command, shdr->MessageId);
return -EACCES;
} else
return 0;
base-commit: 2961f841b025fb234860bac26dfb7fa7cb0fb122
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 4:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-18 4:27 Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-03-03 5:04 ` [PATCH] smb: client: Compare MACs in constant time Eric Biggers
2026-03-03 16:23 ` Paulo Alcantara
2026-03-04 2:58 ` Steve French
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