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authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>2026-04-20 09:33:48 +0300
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2026-05-07 11:09:59 +0300
commit6f49f00c981bbb9ef602966f19bfdbef46b681d2 (patch)
tree7c832fe2a5001860f5ab64b8b507447c4e38aa38
parent040ad83b0e8aa065fd2fc641cacba8491a8b186d (diff)
downloadlinux-6f49f00c981bbb9ef602966f19bfdbef46b681d2.tar.xz
crypto: drbg - Fix drbg_max_addtl() on 64-bit kernels
On 64-bit kernels, drbg_max_addtl() returns 2**35 bytes. That's too large, for two reasons: 1. SP800-90A says the maximum limit is 2**35 *bits*, not 2**35 bytes. So the implemented limit has confused bits and bytes. 2. When drbg_kcapi_hash() calls crypto_shash_update() on the additional information string, the length is implicitly cast to 'unsigned int'. That truncates the additional information string to U32_MAX bytes. Fix the maximum additional information string length to always be U32_MAX - 1, causing an error to be returned for any longer lengths. Fixes: 541af946fe13 ("crypto: drbg - SP800-90A Deterministic Random Bit Generator") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
-rw-r--r--include/crypto/drbg.h18
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/crypto/drbg.h b/include/crypto/drbg.h
index 2d42518cbdce..c11eaf757ed0 100644
--- a/include/crypto/drbg.h
+++ b/include/crypto/drbg.h
@@ -148,19 +148,15 @@ static inline size_t drbg_max_request_bytes(struct drbg_state *drbg)
return (1 << 16);
}
+/*
+ * SP800-90A allows implementations to support additional info / personalization
+ * strings of up to 2**35 bits. Implementations can have a smaller maximum. We
+ * use 2**35 - 16 bits == U32_MAX - 1 bytes so that the max + 1 always fits in a
+ * size_t, allowing drbg_healthcheck_sanity() to verify its enforcement.
+ */
static inline size_t drbg_max_addtl(struct drbg_state *drbg)
{
- /* SP800-90A requires 2**35 bytes additional info str / pers str */
-#if (__BITS_PER_LONG == 32)
- /*
- * SP800-90A allows smaller maximum numbers to be returned -- we
- * return SIZE_MAX - 1 to allow the verification of the enforcement
- * of this value in drbg_healthcheck_sanity.
- */
- return (SIZE_MAX - 1);
-#else
- return (1UL<<35);
-#endif
+ return U32_MAX - 1;
}
static inline size_t drbg_max_requests(struct drbg_state *drbg)