From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Harald Freudenberger" <freude@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
"Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
"Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
"Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:33:58 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260724103358.B93651F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260724095128.140810-2-freude@linux.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Missing minimum size validation in `xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx` allows uninitialized memory access.
- [Medium] Uninitialized padding bytes from the kernel heap are leaked to the crypto device hardware.
--
--- Patch [1]: [PATCH v3 1/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks ---
commit 67b21feb8736dd104c27309742d4f5d3ebdf4ba8
Author: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>
s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks
This commit improves CCA CPRB length and overflow checks in
xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx(). It switches to using size_t for length
calculations and adds U32_MAX boundary checks after alignment. It also
introduces minimum control block size validation before copying data from
userspace.
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c
> index 40f72cdf284d3..4ac767661cb50 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c
> @@ -342,49 +342,40 @@ static int xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx(bool userspace, struct ap_message *ap_msg,
> };
> } __packed * msg = ap_msg->msg;
>
> - int rcblen = CEIL4(xcrb->request_control_blk_length);
> - int req_sumlen, resp_sumlen;
> - char *req_data = ap_msg->msg + sizeof(struct type6_hdr) + rcblen;
> - char *function_code;
> + size_t req_cblen, rep_cblen, req_sumlen, rep_sumlen;
> + char *function_code, *req_data;
>
> - if (CEIL4(xcrb->request_control_blk_length) <
> - xcrb->request_control_blk_length)
> - return -EINVAL; /* overflow after alignment*/
> -
> - /* length checks */
> + /* request length and overflow checks */
> + if (xcrb->request_control_blk_length < sizeof(struct CPRBX))
> + return -EINVAL;
> + req_cblen = CEIL4((size_t)xcrb->request_control_blk_length);
> + if (req_cblen > U32_MAX)
> + return -EINVAL;
> ap_msg->len = sizeof(struct type6_hdr) +
> - CEIL4(xcrb->request_control_blk_length) +
> - xcrb->request_data_length;
> + req_cblen + xcrb->request_data_length;
[Severity: Medium]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this code leak uninitialized memory to
the hardware?
Because ap_msg->len incorporates the 4-byte aligned req_cblen, but the
subsequent z_copy_from_user() only copies xcrb->request_control_blk_length
bytes, the trailing padding bytes in ap_msg->msg could remain uninitialized.
When this message is sent over the bus, does this leak kernel heap data to the
crypto device hardware?
> if (ap_msg->len > ap_msg->bufsize)
> return -EINVAL;
[ ... ]
> @@ -437,10 +428,13 @@ static int xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx(bool userspace, struct ap_message *ap_msg,
> }
>
> /* copy data block */
> - if (xcrb->request_data_length &&
> - z_copy_from_user(userspace, req_data, xcrb->request_data_address,
> - xcrb->request_data_length))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + if (xcrb->request_data_length) {
> + req_data = ap_msg->msg + sizeof(struct type6_hdr) + req_cblen;
> + if (z_copy_from_user(userspace, req_data,
> + xcrb->request_data_address,
> + xcrb->request_data_length))
> + return -EFAULT;
> + }
>
> return 0;
> }
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but while you are fixing the length
checks in xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx(), does xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx()
need similar minimum size validation?
In xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx(), there does not appear to be a check for a
minimum size before reading xcrb->req_len bytes:
/* Import CPRB data from the ioctl input parameter */
if (z_copy_from_user(userspace, msg->userdata,
(char __force __user *)xcrb->req, xcrb->req_len)) {
return -EFAULT;
}
if ((msg->pld_lenfmt & 0x80) == 0x80) {
If an unprivileged user space application issues a ZSENDEP11CPRB ioctl with
req_len smaller than the required control block size, could this result in
subsequent code parsing uninitialized trailing bytes from msg->userdata?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260724095128.140810-1-freude@linux.ibm.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-24 10:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-24 9:51 [PATCH v3 0/2] Improve code in zcrypt msg type 6 handling Harald Freudenberger
2026-07-24 9:51 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks Harald Freudenberger
2026-07-24 10:33 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-07-24 9:51 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 " Harald Freudenberger
2026-07-24 10:32 ` sashiko-bot
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