[PATCH v6 01/18] crypto: xcbc: Remove VLA usage

Kees Cook
2018-07-24T16:49:19Z

In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this uses
the maximum blocksize and adds a sanity check. For xcbc, the blocksize
must always be 16, so use that, since it's already being enforced during
instantiation.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook-F7+t8E8rja9g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
---
crypto/xcbc.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/xcbc.c b/crypto/xcbc.c
index 25c75af50d3f..c055f57fab11 100644
--- a/crypto/xcbc.c
+++ b/crypto/xcbc.c
@@ -57,15 +57,17 @@ struct xcbc_desc_ctx {
u8 ctx[];
};

+#define XCBC_BLOCKSIZE 16
+
static int crypto_xcbc_digest_setkey(struct crypto_shash *parent,
const u8 *inkey, unsigned int keylen)
{
unsigned long alignmask = crypto_shash_alignmask(parent);
struct xcbc_tfm_ctx *ctx = crypto_shash_ctx(parent);
- int bs = crypto_shash_blocksize(parent);
u8 *consts = PTR_ALIGN(&ctx->ctx[0], alignmask + 1);
int err = 0;
- u8 key1[bs];
+ u8 key1[XCBC_BLOCKSIZE];
+ int bs = sizeof(key1);

if ((err = crypto_cipher_setkey(ctx->child, inkey, keylen)))
return err;
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ static int xcbc_create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
return PTR_ERR(alg);

switch(alg->cra_blocksize) {
- case 16:
+ case XCBC_BLOCKSIZE:
break;
default:
goto out_put_alg;
--
2.17.1