[PATCH] crypto: pkcs7 - Use constant-time message digest comparison
Jiangshan Yi <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:23:16 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.keyrings,org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
The message digest comparison in pkcs7_verify() uses memcmp(), whose execution time depends on the position of the first mismatched byte. This creates a timing side-channel that could allow an attacker to forge PKCS#7 signatures byte by byte. Replace memcmp() with crypto_memneq() to perform a constant-time comparison, consistent with the rest of the crypto subsystem (gcm, ccm, chacha20poly1305, rsassa-pkcs1, krb5, verify_pefile, etc.). Add an explicit <crypto/utils.h> include since this file did not previously pull in the crypto_memneq() declaration. Signed-off-by: Jiangshan Yi <[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..8c619b252ca5 100644 --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <crypto/hash.h> #include <crypto/hash_info.h> #include <crypto/public_key.h> +#include <crypto/utils.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; -- 2.25.1