[PATCH v2] KEYS: encrypted: fix integer overflow of datablob_len
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From: Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) <hidden>
Date: 2026-08-26 15:44:59
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keyrings, linux-integrity, lkml
Subsystem:
keys-encrypted, keys/keyrings, security subsystem, the rest · Maintainers:
Mimi Zohar, David Howells, Jarkko Sakkinen, Paul Moore, James Morris, "Serge E. Hallyn", Linus Torvalds
From: "Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs)" <redacted>
The datablob_len field in struct encrypted_key_payload and the local
variable in encrypted_key_alloc() are declared as unsigned short, which
has a maximum value of 65535. The datablob_len is computed as:
format_len + 1 + strlen(master_desc) + 1 + strlen(datalen) + 1
+ ivsize + 1 + encrypted_datalen
An attacker can create an encrypted key with a very long datalen string
(e.g., 32756 characters of leading zeros followed by "4096", which
kstrtol() happily parses as 4096), and then update it with a very long
master_desc string (~32760 characters). The combined lengths exceed
65535, causing the unsigned short to silently wrap around. This results
in a grossly undersized kzalloc() allocation, and the subsequent
memcpy() in __ekey_init() writes ~32KB past the end of the buffer,
corrupting adjacent slab objects.
Fix this by:
1. Using check_add_overflow() to calculate datablob_len directly into
its existing unsigned short destination.
2. Checking the total payload length the same way before passing it to
key_payload_reserve(), since key->datalen is also unsigned short.
3. Using kzalloc_flex() to allocate encrypted_key_payload together with
its trailing payload_data[] array.
Fixes: 7e70cb497850 ("keys: add new key-type encrypted")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:claude-opus-4.6
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang (Microsoft Security FORGE Labs) <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Francis Perron (Akrites SIRT) <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep datablob_len unchanged and check both unsigned short bounds with
check_add_overflow().
- Use kzalloc_flex() for the trailing payload_data[] array.
- Correct the attribution and sign-off trailers.
The initial version was discussed off-list and is not publicly archived.
security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
index 59cb77b237b3..e07092ea301a 100644
--- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
+++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include <linux/parser.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/err.h> +#include <linux/overflow.h> #include <keys/user-type.h> #include <keys/trusted-type.h> #include <keys/encrypted-type.h>
@@ -579,6 +580,7 @@ static struct encrypted_key_payload *encrypted_key_alloc(struct key *key, { struct encrypted_key_payload *epayload = NULL; unsigned short datablob_len; + unsigned short payload_totallen; unsigned short decrypted_datalen; unsigned short payload_datalen; unsigned int encrypted_datalen;
@@ -632,16 +634,22 @@ static struct encrypted_key_payload *encrypted_key_alloc(struct key *key, encrypted_datalen = roundup(decrypted_datalen, blksize); - datablob_len = format_len + 1 + strlen(master_desc) + 1 - + strlen(datalen) + 1 + ivsize + 1 + encrypted_datalen; + if (check_add_overflow(format_len + 1 + strlen(master_desc) + 1 + + strlen(datalen) + 1 + ivsize + 1, + encrypted_datalen, &datablob_len)) + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + + if (check_add_overflow(datablob_len, + payload_datalen + HASH_SIZE + 1, + &payload_totallen)) + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); - ret = key_payload_reserve(key, payload_datalen + datablob_len - + HASH_SIZE + 1); + ret = key_payload_reserve(key, payload_totallen); if (ret < 0) return ERR_PTR(ret); - epayload = kzalloc(sizeof(*epayload) + payload_datalen + - datablob_len + HASH_SIZE + 1, GFP_KERNEL); + epayload = kzalloc_flex(*epayload, payload_data, payload_totallen, + GFP_KERNEL); if (!epayload) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
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