[PATCH 4.12 149/196] sunrpc: use constant time memory comparison for mac

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jul 25 2017 - 15:31:34 EST


4.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 15a8b93fd5690de017ce665382ea45e5d61811a4 upstream.

Otherwise, we enable a MAC forgery via timing attack.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna.Schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
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 <crypto/hash.h>
#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
#include <linux/err.h>
@@ -927,7 +928,7 @@ 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;
}