From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>,
"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/38] crypto: drbg - Fix ineffective sanity check
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:33:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260420063422.324906-4-ebiggers@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260420063422.324906-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
Fix drbg_healthcheck_sanity() to correctly check the return value of
drbg_generate(). drbg_generate() returns 0 on success, or a negative
errno value on failure. drbg_healthcheck_sanity() incorrectly assumed
that it returned a positive value on success.
This didn't make the sanity check fail, but it made it ineffective.
Fixes: cde001e4c3c3 ("crypto: rng - RNGs must return 0 in success case")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
---
crypto/drbg.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/crypto/drbg.c b/crypto/drbg.c
index de4c69032155..f23b431bd490 100644
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c
@@ -1735,11 +1735,10 @@ static int drbg_kcapi_seed(struct crypto_rng *tfm,
* Note 2: There is no sensible way of testing the reseed counter
* enforcement, so skip it.
*/
static inline int __init drbg_healthcheck_sanity(void)
{
- int len = 0;
#define OUTBUFLEN 16
unsigned char buf[OUTBUFLEN];
struct drbg_state *drbg = NULL;
int ret;
int rc = -EFAULT;
@@ -1780,15 +1779,15 @@ static inline int __init drbg_healthcheck_sanity(void)
max_addtllen = drbg_max_addtl(drbg);
max_request_bytes = drbg_max_request_bytes(drbg);
drbg_string_fill(&addtl, buf, max_addtllen + 1);
/* overflow addtllen with additional info string */
- len = drbg_generate(drbg, buf, OUTBUFLEN, &addtl);
- BUG_ON(0 < len);
+ ret = drbg_generate(drbg, buf, OUTBUFLEN, &addtl);
+ BUG_ON(ret == 0);
/* overflow max_bits */
- len = drbg_generate(drbg, buf, (max_request_bytes + 1), NULL);
- BUG_ON(0 < len);
+ ret = drbg_generate(drbg, buf, max_request_bytes + 1, NULL);
+ BUG_ON(ret == 0);
/* overflow max addtllen with personalization string */
ret = drbg_seed(drbg, &addtl, false);
BUG_ON(0 == ret);
/* all tests passed */
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-20 6:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20260420063422.324906-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>
2026-04-20 6:33 ` [PATCH 01/38] crypto: drbg - Fix returning success on failure in CTR_DRBG Eric Biggers
2026-04-20 6:33 ` [PATCH 02/38] crypto: drbg - Fix misaligned writes in CTR_DRBG and HASH_DRBG Eric Biggers
2026-04-20 6:33 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-04-20 6:33 ` [PATCH 04/38] crypto: drbg - Fix drbg_max_addtl() on 64-bit kernels Eric Biggers
2026-04-20 6:33 ` [PATCH 05/38] crypto: drbg - Fix the fips_enabled priority boost Eric Biggers
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