* [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name
@ 2026-04-17 7:53 Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-17 11:25 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-04-23 22:53 ` Pengpeng Hou
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pengpeng Hou @ 2026-04-17 7:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jon Maloy, David S. Miller
Cc: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, netdev,
tipc-discussion, linux-kernel, Pengpeng Hou, stable
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)
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* RE: [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name
2026-04-17 7:53 [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name Pengpeng Hou
@ 2026-04-17 11:25 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
2026-04-23 22:53 ` Pengpeng Hou
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tung Quang Nguyen @ 2026-04-17 11:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pengpeng Hou
Cc: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
David S. Miller, Jon Maloy
>Subject: [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name
>
>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.
>
This is not correct. TIPC guarantees the algorithm string is nul-terminated one.
>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; }
>+
This is not needed because TIPC only supports one algorithm name "gcm(aes)" which is 8-byte length.
> #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;
>+ }
>+
This is not needed because the system guarantees that the string passed from user-space is nul-terminated one.
> /* 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;
>+ }
This is not needed as explained above.
>
> spin_lock(&rx->lock);
> if (unlikely(rx->skey || (key_gen == rx->key_gen && rx->key.keys))) {
>--
>2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
>
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* Re: [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name
2026-04-17 7:53 [PATCH] tipc: crypto: require a NUL-terminated AEAD algorithm name Pengpeng Hou
2026-04-17 11:25 ` Tung Quang Nguyen
@ 2026-04-23 22:53 ` Pengpeng Hou
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pengpeng Hou @ 2026-04-23 22:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jon Maloy, David S. Miller
Cc: Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Simon Horman, netdev,
tipc-discussion, linux-kernel, pengpeng
Hi Tung,
Thanks for the correction.
Agreed, I missed the TIPC-specific guarantee here, including that the
supported algorithm name is fixed to "gcm(aes)" and is NUL-terminated.
I'll drop this patch.
Thanks,
Pengpeng
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