Re: [PATCH 11/11] crypto: skcipher: Remove VLA usage for SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK

From: Christophe Leroy
Date: Wed Jun 20 2018 - 16:22:45 EST




On 06/20/2018 07:04 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
caps the skcipher request size similar to other limits and adds a sanity
check at registration.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

crypto/echainiv.c: In function âechainiv_encryptâ:
crypto/echainiv.c:88:1: warning: the frame size of 2120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
crypto/authenc.c: In function âcrypto_authenc_copy_assocâ:
crypto/authenc.c:197:1: warning: the frame size of 2120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
crypto/authencesn.c: In function âcrypto_authenc_esn_copyâ:
crypto/authencesn.c:194:1: warning: the frame size of 2120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]
crypto/algif_aead.c: In function âcrypto_aead_copy_sglâ:
crypto/algif_aead.c:90:1: warning: the frame size of 2120 bytes is larger than 1024 bytes [-Wframe-larger-than=]

Christophe

---
include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h | 1 +
include/crypto/skcipher.h | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
index e42f7063f245..5035482cbe68 100644
--- a/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/internal/skcipher.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ static inline struct crypto_skcipher *crypto_spawn_skcipher(
static inline void crypto_skcipher_set_reqsize(
struct crypto_skcipher *skcipher, unsigned int reqsize)
{
+ BUG_ON(reqsize > SKCIPHER_MAX_REQSIZE);
skcipher->reqsize = reqsize;
}
diff --git a/include/crypto/skcipher.h b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
index 2f327f090c3e..25294d0089b2 100644
--- a/include/crypto/skcipher.h
+++ b/include/crypto/skcipher.h
@@ -139,9 +139,11 @@ struct skcipher_alg {
struct crypto_alg base;
};
+#define SKCIPHER_MAX_REQSIZE (PAGE_SIZE / 8)
+
#define SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(name, tfm) \
char __##name##_desc[sizeof(struct skcipher_request) + \
- crypto_skcipher_reqsize(tfm)] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR; \
+ SKCIPHER_MAX_REQSIZE] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR; \
struct skcipher_request *name = (void *)__##name##_desc
/**