[PATCH] crypto: DRBG - guard uninstantion by lock

["Stephan Müller" <smueller@chronox.de>]

Am Sonntag, 8. April 2018, 17:41:17 CEST schrieb Dmitry Vyukov:

Hi Dmitry,
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here is config and kernel commit:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller-bugs/PINYyzoaG1s/ntZPOZdcCAAJ
> You can also find compiler and image here if necessary:
> https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md
> 
> And note that the program needs to be compiled with -m32. The bugs is
> probably not-compat specific, but the program injects fault into a
> particular malloc invocation and maybe malloc numbering is affected by
> compat path.

I am unable to reproduce the issue. But since you mention that you induce errors, I could see that the unlocking of the DRBG context is too soon.

Can you please check whether the attached patch fixes the issue?

Thanks

---8<---

In the error code path, the uninstantiation must be guarded by a lock to
ensure that the modification of the context is fully atomic.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Reported-by: syzkaller
---
 crypto/drbg.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c
index 4faa2781c964..68c1949a253f 100644
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c
@@ -1510,8 +1510,8 @@ static int drbg_instantiate(struct drbg_state *drbg, struct drbg_string *pers,
 	return ret;
 
 free_everything:
-	mutex_unlock(&drbg->drbg_mutex);
 	drbg_uninstantiate(drbg);
+	mutex_unlock(&drbg->drbg_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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