CVE-2013-2546 (published 2013-03-15T20:55Z)

The report API in the crypto user configuration API in the Linux kernel through 3.8.2 uses an incorrect C library function for copying strings, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Severity: LOW
CVSS v2 base score: 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-310
cwe_name: Cryptographic Issues
description: Weaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Mathias Krause
author_date: 2013-02-05 18:19:13+01:00
msg: crypto: user - fix info leaks in report API

Three errors resulting in kernel memory disclosure:

1/ The structures used for the netlink based crypto algorithm report API
are located on the stack. As snprintf() does not fill the remainder of
the buffer with null bytes, those stack bytes will be disclosed to users
of the API. Switch to strncpy() to fix this.

2/ crypto_report_one() does not initialize all field of struct
crypto_user_alg. Fix this to fix the heap info leak.

3/ For the module name we should copy only as many bytes as
module_name() returns -- not as much as the destination buffer could
hold. But the current code does not and therefore copies random data
from behind the end of the module name, as the module name is always
shorter than CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME.

Also switch to use strncpy() to copy the algorithm's name and
driver_name. They are strings, after all.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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: ablkcipher.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -388,9 +388,9 @@ static int crypto_ablkcipher_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_blkcipher rblkcipher;
 
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "ablkcipher");
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.geniv, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s",
-		 alg->cra_ablkcipher.geniv ?: "<default>");
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.type, "ablkcipher", sizeof(rblkcipher.type));
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.geniv, alg->cra_ablkcipher.geniv ?: "<default>",
+		sizeof(rblkcipher.geniv));
 
 	rblkcipher.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rblkcipher.min_keysize = alg->cra_ablkcipher.min_keysize;
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ static int crypto_givcipher_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_blkcipher rblkcipher;
 
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "givcipher");
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.geniv, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s",
-		 alg->cra_ablkcipher.geniv ?: "<built-in>");
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.type, "givcipher", sizeof(rblkcipher.type));
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.geniv, alg->cra_ablkcipher.geniv ?: "<built-in>",
+		sizeof(rblkcipher.geniv));
 
 	rblkcipher.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rblkcipher.min_keysize = alg->cra_ablkcipher.min_keysize;

programming_language: C
filename: aead.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -117,9 +117,8 @@ static int crypto_aead_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 	struct crypto_report_aead raead;
 	struct aead_alg *aead = &alg->cra_aead;
 
-	snprintf(raead.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "aead");
-	snprintf(raead.geniv, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s",
-		 aead->geniv ?: "<built-in>");
+	strncpy(raead.type, "aead", sizeof(raead.type));
+	strncpy(raead.geniv, aead->geniv ?: "<built-in>", sizeof(raead.geniv));
 
 	raead.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	raead.maxauthsize = aead->maxauthsize;
@@ -203,8 +202,8 @@ static int crypto_nivaead_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 	struct crypto_report_aead raead;
 	struct aead_alg *aead = &alg->cra_aead;
 
-	snprintf(raead.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "nivaead");
-	snprintf(raead.geniv, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", aead->geniv);
+	strncpy(raead.type, "nivaead", sizeof(raead.type));
+	strncpy(raead.geniv, aead->geniv, sizeof(raead.geniv));
 
 	raead.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	raead.maxauthsize = aead->maxauthsize;

programming_language: C
filename: ahash.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static int crypto_ahash_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_hash rhash;
 
-	snprintf(rhash.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "ahash");
+	strncpy(rhash.type, "ahash", sizeof(rhash.type));
 
 	rhash.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rhash.digestsize = __crypto_hash_alg_common(alg)->digestsize;

programming_language: C
filename: blkcipher.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ static int crypto_blkcipher_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_blkcipher rblkcipher;
 
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "blkcipher");
-	snprintf(rblkcipher.geniv, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s",
-		 alg->cra_blkcipher.geniv ?: "<default>");
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.type, "blkcipher", sizeof(rblkcipher.type));
+	strncpy(rblkcipher.geniv, alg->cra_blkcipher.geniv ?: "<default>",
+		sizeof(rblkcipher.geniv));
 
 	rblkcipher.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rblkcipher.min_keysize = alg->cra_blkcipher.min_keysize;

programming_language: C
filename: crypto_user.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int crypto_report_cipher(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_cipher rcipher;
 
-	snprintf(rcipher.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "cipher");
+	strncpy(rcipher.type, "cipher", sizeof(rcipher.type));
 
 	rcipher.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rcipher.min_keysize = alg->cra_cipher.cia_min_keysize;
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ static int crypto_report_comp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_comp rcomp;
 
-	snprintf(rcomp.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "compression");
-
+	strncpy(rcomp.type, "compression", sizeof(rcomp.type));
 	if (nla_put(skb, CRYPTOCFGA_REPORT_COMPRESS,
 		    sizeof(struct crypto_report_comp), &rcomp))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -108,12 +107,14 @@ static int crypto_report_comp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 static int crypto_report_one(struct crypto_alg *alg,
 			     struct crypto_user_alg *ualg, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	memcpy(&ualg->cru_name, &alg->cra_name, sizeof(ualg->cru_name));
-	memcpy(&ualg->cru_driver_name, &alg->cra_driver_name,
-	       sizeof(ualg->cru_driver_name));
-	memcpy(&ualg->cru_module_name, module_name(alg->cra_module),
-	       CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME);
-
+	strncpy(ualg->cru_name, alg->cra_name, sizeof(ualg->cru_name));
+	strncpy(ualg->cru_driver_name, alg->cra_driver_name,
+		sizeof(ualg->cru_driver_name));
+	strncpy(ualg->cru_module_name, module_name(alg->cra_module),
+		sizeof(ualg->cru_module_name));
+
+	ualg->cru_type = 0;
+	ualg->cru_mask = 0;
 	ualg->cru_flags = alg->cra_flags;
 	ualg->cru_refcnt = atomic_read(&alg->cra_refcnt);
 
@@ -122,8 +123,7 @@ static int crypto_report_one(struct crypto_alg *alg,
 	if (alg->cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_LARVAL) {
 		struct crypto_report_larval rl;
 
-		snprintf(rl.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "larval");
-
+		strncpy(rl.type, "larval", sizeof(rl.type));
 		if (nla_put(skb, CRYPTOCFGA_REPORT_LARVAL,
 			    sizeof(struct crypto_report_larval), &rl))
 			goto nla_put_failure;

programming_language: C
filename: pcompress.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static int crypto_pcomp_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_comp rpcomp;
 
-	snprintf(rpcomp.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "pcomp");
-
+	strncpy(rpcomp.type, "pcomp", sizeof(rpcomp.type));
 	if (nla_put(skb, CRYPTOCFGA_REPORT_COMPRESS,
 		    sizeof(struct crypto_report_comp), &rpcomp))
 		goto nla_put_failure;

programming_language: C
filename: rng.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static int crypto_rng_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 {
 	struct crypto_report_rng rrng;
 
-	snprintf(rrng.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "rng");
+	strncpy(rrng.type, "rng", sizeof(rrng.type));
 
 	rrng.seedsize = alg->cra_rng.seedsize;
 

programming_language: C
filename: shash.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -530,7 +530,8 @@ static int crypto_shash_report(struct sk_buff *skb, struct crypto_alg *alg)
 	struct crypto_report_hash rhash;
 	struct shash_alg *salg = __crypto_shash_alg(alg);
 
-	snprintf(rhash.type, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, "%s", "shash");
+	strncpy(rhash.type, "shash", sizeof(rhash.type));
+
 	rhash.blocksize = alg->cra_blocksize;
 	rhash.digestsize = salg->digestsize;
 

programming_language: C