[PATCH] crypto: arm64/aes - do not call crypto_unregister_skcipher twice on error
LABBE Corentin
clabbe at baylibre.com
Thu Nov 23 21:52:33 PST 2017
On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 08:55:14AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Hello Corentin,
>
> On 22 November 2017 at 08:08, Corentin Labbe <clabbe at baylibre.com> wrote:
> > When a cipher fail
>
> fails
>
> > to register in aes_init(), the error path go thought
>
> goes through
>
> > aes_exit() then crypto_unregister_skciphers().
> > Since aes_exit calls also crypto_unregister_skcipher, this trigger a
>
> triggers
>
> > refcount_t: underflow; use-after-free.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Corentin Labbe <clabbe at baylibre.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c | 5 ++++-
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> > index 998ba519a026..9e42ec96243e 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> > @@ -664,7 +664,10 @@ static int __init aes_init(void)
> > return 0;
> >
> > unregister_simds:
> > - aes_exit();
> > + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(aes_simd_algs); i++)
> > + if (aes_simd_algs[i])
> > + simd_skcipher_free(aes_simd_algs[i]);
> > + crypto_unregister_shashes(mac_algs, ARRAY_SIZE(mac_algs));
> > unregister_ciphers:
> > crypto_unregister_skciphers(aes_algs, ARRAY_SIZE(aes_algs));
> > return err;
> > --
> > 2.13.6
> >
> >
>
>
> Would this also fix it?
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> index 998ba519a026..2fa850e86aa8 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
> @@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ static int __init aes_init(void)
>
> unregister_simds:
> aes_exit();
> + return err;
> unregister_ciphers:
> crypto_unregister_skciphers(aes_algs, ARRAY_SIZE(aes_algs));
> return err;
Yes it is better.
I will send a v2 today.
Regards
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