[PATCH] crypto: pkcs7_verify: use constant-time comparison for digest and signature verification
"David C.C.M. Gall" <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:30:50 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.keyrings,org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <alEsSl8i1_FpoU0f@fudgebox> |
Replace memcmp() with crypto_memneq() for cryptographic digest and signature comparisons to prevent timing side-channel attacks. crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c: PKCS#7 message digest comparison during signature verification passes argument pkcs7 and attached signatures to pkcs7_digest via pkcs7_verify_one. pkcs7_digest utilized memcmp which could leak valid prefix length for attached signatures via timing side-channel. Assisted-by: gregkh_clanker_t1000 Signed-off-by: David C.C.M. Gall <[email protected]> --- crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c index 474e2c1ae21b..28953e53177b 100644 --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <linux/asn1.h> #include <crypto/hash.h> #include <crypto/hash_info.h> +#include <crypto/utils.h> #include <crypto/public_key.h> #include "pkcs7_parser.h" @@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ static int pkcs7_digest(struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7, goto error; } - if (memcmp(sig->m, sinfo->msgdigest, - sinfo->msgdigest_len) != 0) { + if (crypto_memneq(sig->m, sinfo->msgdigest, + sinfo->msgdigest_len)) { pr_warn("Sig %u: Message digest doesn't match\n", sinfo->index); ret = -EKEYREJECTED; -- 2.43.0