CVE-2016-10154 (published 2017-02-06T06:59Z)

The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a scatterlist.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
CVSS v3 base score: 5.5, MEDIUM (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-119
cwe_name: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
description: The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
extended_description: 
            Certain languages allow direct addressing of memory locations and do not automatically ensure that these locations are valid for the memory buffer that is being referenced. This can cause read or write operations to be performed on memory locations that may be associated with other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Andy Lutomirski
author_date: 2016-12-12 12:54:37-08:00
msg: cifs: Fix smbencrypt() to stop pointing a scatterlist at the stack

smbencrypt() points a scatterlist to the stack, which is breaks if
CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y.

Fix it by switching to crypto_cipher_encrypt_one().  The new code
should be considerably faster as an added benefit.

This code is nearly identical to some code that Eric Biggers
suggested.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9 only
Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: smbencrypt.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 */
 
-#include <crypto/skcipher.h>
+#include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -69,46 +69,22 @@ str_to_key(unsigned char *str, unsigned char *key)
 static int
 smbhash(unsigned char *out, const unsigned char *in, unsigned char *key)
 {
-	int rc;
 	unsigned char key2[8];
-	struct crypto_skcipher *tfm_des;
-	struct scatterlist sgin, sgout;
-	struct skcipher_request *req;
+	struct crypto_cipher *tfm_des;
 
 	str_to_key(key, key2);
 
-	tfm_des = crypto_alloc_skcipher("ecb(des)", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
+	tfm_des = crypto_alloc_cipher("des", 0, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(tfm_des)) {
-		rc = PTR_ERR(tfm_des);
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not allocate des crypto API\n");
-		goto smbhash_err;
-	}
-
-	req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm_des, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!req) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not allocate des crypto API\n");
-		goto smbhash_free_skcipher;
+		return PTR_ERR(tfm_des);
 	}
 
-	crypto_skcipher_setkey(tfm_des, key2, 8);
-
-	sg_init_one(&sgin, in, 8);
-	sg_init_one(&sgout, out, 8);
+	crypto_cipher_setkey(tfm_des, key2, 8);
+	crypto_cipher_encrypt_one(tfm_des, out, in);
+	crypto_free_cipher(tfm_des);
 
-	skcipher_request_set_callback(req, 0, NULL, NULL);
-	skcipher_request_set_crypt(req, &sgin, &sgout, 8, NULL);
-
-	rc = crypto_skcipher_encrypt(req);
-	if (rc)
-		cifs_dbg(VFS, "could not encrypt crypt key rc: %d\n", rc);
-
-	skcipher_request_free(req);
-
-smbhash_free_skcipher:
-	crypto_free_skcipher(tfm_des);
-smbhash_err:
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int

programming_language: C