[PATCH] mm: Add kvfree_sensitive() for freeing sensitive data objects

Waiman Long
2020-04-06T02:37:43Z

For kvmalloc'ed data object that contains sensitive information like
cryptographic key, we need to make sure that the buffer is always
cleared before freeing it. Using memset() alone for buffer clearing may
not provide certainty as the compiler may compile it away. To be sure,
the special memzero_explicit() has to be used.

This patch introduces a new kvfree_sensitive() for freeing those
sensitive data objects allocated by kvmalloc(). The relevnat places
where kvfree_sensitive() can be used are modified to use it.

Fixes: 4f0882491a14 ("KEYS: Avoid false positive ENOMEM error on key read")
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
security/keys/internal.h | 11 -----------
security/keys/keyctl.c | 16 +++++-----------
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7dd5c4ccbf85..c26f279f1956 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -758,6 +758,23 @@ static inline void *kvcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags)

extern void kvfree(const void *addr);

+/**
+ * kvfree_sensitive - free a data object containing sensitive information
+ * @addr - address of the data object to be freed
+ * @len - length of the data object
+ *
+ * Use the special memzero_explicit() function to clear the content of a
+ * kvmalloc'ed object containing sensitive data to make sure that the
+ * compiler won't optimize out the data clearing.
+ */
+static inline void kvfree_sensitive(const void *addr, size_t len)
+{
+ if (addr) {
+ memzero_explicit((void *)addr, len);
+ kvfree(addr);
+ }
+}
+
static inline int compound_mapcount(struct page *page)
{
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageCompound(page), page);
diff --git a/security/keys/internal.h b/security/keys/internal.h
index 6d0ca48ae9a5..153d35c20d3d 100644
--- a/security/keys/internal.h
+++ b/security/keys/internal.h
@@ -350,15 +350,4 @@ static inline void key_check(const struct key *key)
#define key_check(key) do {} while(0)

#endif
-
-/*
- * Helper function to clear and free a kvmalloc'ed memory object.
- */
-static inline void __kvzfree(const void *addr, size_t len)
-{
- if (addr) {
- memset((void *)addr, 0, len);
- kvfree(addr);
- }
-}
#endif /* _INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/security/keys/keyctl.c b/security/keys/keyctl.c
index 5e01192e222a..edde63a63007 100644
--- a/security/keys/keyctl.c
+++ b/security/keys/keyctl.c
@@ -142,10 +142,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(add_key, const char __user *, _type,

key_ref_put(keyring_ref);
error3:
- if (payload) {
- memzero_explicit(payload, plen);
- kvfree(payload);
- }
+ kvfree_sensitive(payload, plen);
error2:
kfree(description);
error:
@@ -360,7 +357,7 @@ long keyctl_update_key(key_serial_t id,

key_ref_put(key_ref);
error2:
- __kvzfree(payload, plen);
+ kvfree_sensitive(payload, plen);
error:
return ret;
}
@@ -914,7 +911,7 @@ long keyctl_read_key(key_serial_t keyid, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen)
*/
if (ret > key_data_len) {
if (unlikely(key_data))
- __kvzfree(key_data, key_data_len);
+ kvfree_sensitive(key_data, key_data_len);
key_data_len = ret;
continue; /* Allocate buffer */
}
@@ -923,7 +920,7 @@ long keyctl_read_key(key_serial_t keyid, char __user *buffer, size_t buflen)
ret = -EFAULT;
break;
}
- __kvzfree(key_data, key_data_len);
+ kvfree_sensitive(key_data, key_data_len);

key_put_out:
key_put(key);
@@ -1225,10 +1222,7 @@ long keyctl_instantiate_key_common(key_serial_t id,
keyctl_change_reqkey_auth(NULL);

error2:
- if (payload) {
- memzero_explicit(payload, plen);
- kvfree(payload);
- }
+ kvfree_sensitive(payload, plen);
error:
return ret;
}
--
2.18.1