[PATCH] X.509: Fix out-of-bounds access when parsing extensions

Lukas Wunner <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.keyrings,org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto
Message-ID <db192bcb9467d30068c97a4007822f21aab6766f.1775512248.git.lukas@wunner.de>
Leo reports an out-of-bounds access when parsing a certificate with
empty Basic Constraints or Key Usage extension because the first byte of
the extension is read before checking its length.  Fix it.

The bug can be triggered by an unprivileged user by submitting a
specially crafted certificate to the kernel through the keyrings(7) API.
Leo has demonstrated this with a proof-of-concept program responsibly
disclosed off-list.

Fixes: 30eae2b037af ("KEYS: X.509: Parse Basic Constraints for CA")
Fixes: 567671281a75 ("KEYS: X.509: Parse Key Usage")
Reported-by: Leo Lin <[email protected]> # off-list
Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Ignat Korchagin <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] # v6.4+
---
 crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
index b37cae9..aac2d55 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_cert_parser.c
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@ int x509_process_extension(void *context, size_t hdrlen,
 		 *   0x04 is where keyCertSign lands in this bit string
 		 *   0x80 is where digitalSignature lands in this bit string
 		 */
-		if (v[0] != ASN1_BTS)
-			return -EBADMSG;
 		if (vlen < 4)
 			return -EBADMSG;
+		if (v[0] != ASN1_BTS)
+			return -EBADMSG;
 		if (v[2] >= 8)
 			return -EBADMSG;
 		if (v[3] & 0x80)
@@ -620,10 +620,10 @@ int x509_process_extension(void *context, size_t hdrlen,
 		 *	(Expect 0xFF if the CA is TRUE)
 		 * vlen should match the entire extension size
 		 */
-		if (v[0] != (ASN1_CONS_BIT | ASN1_SEQ))
-			return -EBADMSG;
 		if (vlen < 2)
 			return -EBADMSG;
+		if (v[0] != (ASN1_CONS_BIT | ASN1_SEQ))
+			return -EBADMSG;
 		if (v[1] != vlen - 2)
 			return -EBADMSG;
 		/* Empty SEQUENCE means CA:FALSE (default value omitted per DER) */
-- 
2.51.0
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