From: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
To: Jon Maloy <jmaloy@redhat.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:53:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260417075353.30662-1-pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)
struct tipc_aead_key carries alg_name in a fixed 32-byte field, but both
the generic netlink validation path and the MSG_CRYPTO receive path pass
that field straight to crypto_has_alg(), strcmp(), and
crypto_alloc_aead() without first proving that it contains a terminating
NUL.
Reject locally supplied and received keys whose algorithm name fills the
entire fixed-width field without a terminator.
Fixes: fc1b6d6de220 ("tipc: introduce TIPC encryption & authentication")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Pengpeng Hou <pengpeng@iscas.ac.cn>
---
net/tipc/crypto.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/tipc/crypto.c b/net/tipc/crypto.c
index 6d3b6b89b1d1..60110ea0fe7c 100644
--- a/net/tipc/crypto.c
+++ b/net/tipc/crypto.c
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ static void tipc_crypto_work_tx(struct work_struct *work);
static void tipc_crypto_work_rx(struct work_struct *work);
static int tipc_aead_key_generate(struct tipc_aead_key *skey);
+static bool tipc_aead_alg_name_valid(const char *alg_name)
+{
+ return strnlen(alg_name, TIPC_AEAD_ALG_NAME) < TIPC_AEAD_ALG_NAME;
+}
+
#define is_tx(crypto) (!(crypto)->node)
#define is_rx(crypto) (!is_tx(crypto))
@@ -335,6 +340,11 @@ int tipc_aead_key_validate(struct tipc_aead_key *ukey, struct genl_info *info)
{
int keylen;
+ if (unlikely(!tipc_aead_alg_name_valid(ukey->alg_name))) {
+ GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "algorithm name is not NUL-terminated");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
/* Check if algorithm exists */
if (unlikely(!crypto_has_alg(ukey->alg_name, 0, 0))) {
GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "unable to load the algorithm (module existed?)");
@@ -2298,6 +2308,10 @@ static bool tipc_crypto_key_rcv(struct tipc_crypto *rx, struct tipc_msg *hdr)
pr_debug("%s: invalid MSG_CRYPTO key size\n", rx->name);
goto exit;
}
+ if (unlikely(!tipc_aead_alg_name_valid(data))) {
+ pr_debug("%s: invalid MSG_CRYPTO algorithm name\n", rx->name);
+ goto exit;
+ }
spin_lock(&rx->lock);
if (unlikely(rx->skey || (key_gen == rx->key_gen && rx->key.keys))) {
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-17 7:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-17 7:53 Pengpeng Hou [this message]
2026-04-17 11:25 ` [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-04-23 22:53 ` Pengpeng Hou
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