[PATCH 3.16 113/192] sunrpc: use constant time memory comparison for mac

Ben Hutchings
2017-10-09T13:19:16Z

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>

commit 15a8b93fd5690de017ce665382ea45e5d61811a4 upstream.

Otherwise, we enable a MAC forgery via timing attack.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@Netapp.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_crypto.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*/

+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
@@ -838,7 +839,7 @@ gss_krb5_aes_decrypt(struct krb5_ctx *kc
if (ret)
goto out_err;

- if (memcmp(pkt_hmac, our_hmac, kctx->gk5e->cksumlength) != 0) {
+ if (crypto_memneq(pkt_hmac, our_hmac, kctx->gk5e->cksumlength) != 0) {
ret = GSS_S_BAD_SIG;
goto out_err;
}