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crypto: fix test vector for rsa

PATCH Applied Tadeusz Struk 3 participants 4 messages Jan 14, 2016 – Feb 14, 2016

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PATCH 1/1 crypto: fix test vector for rsa

Hi,
After the fix to the asn1_decoder in commit: 0d62e9dd "ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun" the rsa algorithm is failing to register in 4.3 stable kernels with
error: "alg: rsa: test failed on vector 4, err=-74"

This happens because the asn1 definition for the rsa key that has been added in 4.2 defined all 3 components of the key as non-optional, as the asn1_decoder before the fix was working fine for both the private and public keys.

This patch adds the missing (fake) component to one key vector to allow the algorithm to successfully register and be used with a valid private keys later. This is only to make the asn1_decoder successfully parse the key and the fake component is never used in the test as the vector is marked as public key.

This patch applies only to 4.3 kernels as the 4.2 version of asn1_decoder works fine with the asn1 definition.
4.4 is also ok because the akcipher interface has been changed, and the set_key function has been split into set_public_key and set_priv_key and there are two separate asn1 definitions for the two key formats with all the required components correctly defined (commit 22287b0).

---

crypto/testmgr.h +4 -3
index 64b8a80..450f30e 100644
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	.c_size = 256,
 	}, {
 	.key =
-	"\x30\x82\x01\x09" /* sequence of 265 bytes */
+	"\x30\x82\x01\x0C" /* sequence of 268 bytes */
 	"\x02\x82\x01\x00" /* modulus - integer of 256 bytes */
 	"\xDB\x10\x1A\xC2\xA3\xF1\xDC\xFF\x13\x6B\xED\x44\xDF\xF0\x02\x6D"
 	"\x13\xC7\x88\xDA\x70\x6B\x54\xF1\xE8\x27\xDC\xC3\x0F\x99\x6A\xFA"
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	"\x55\xE6\x29\x69\xD1\xC2\xE8\xB9\x78\x59\xF6\x79\x10\xC6\x4E\xEB"
 	"\x6A\x5E\xB9\x9A\xC7\xC4\x5B\x63\xDA\xA3\x3F\x5E\x92\x7A\x81\x5E"
 	"\xD6\xB0\xE2\x62\x8F\x74\x26\xC2\x0C\xD3\x9A\x17\x47\xE6\x8E\xAB"
-	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01", /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
-	.key_len = 269,
+	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01" /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
+	"\x02\x01\x00", /* private key - integer of 1 byte */
+	.key_len = 272,
 	.m = "\x54\x85\x9b\x34\x2c\x49\xea\x2a",
 	.c =
 	"\xb2\x97\x76\xb4\xae\x3e\x38\x3c\x7e\x64\x1f\xcc\xa2\x7f\xf6\xbe"
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Quoted 42 lines · Tadeusz Struk

Hi,
After the fix to the asn1_decoder in commit: 0d62e9dd "ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun" the rsa algorithm is failing to register in 4.3 stable kernels with
error: "alg: rsa: test failed on vector 4, err=-74"

This happens because the asn1 definition for the rsa key that has been added in 4.2 defined all 3 components of the key as non-optional, as the asn1_decoder before the fix was working fine for both the private and public keys.

This patch adds the missing (fake) component to one key vector to allow the algorithm to successfully register and be used with a valid private keys later. This is only to make the asn1_decoder successfully parse the key and the fake component is never used in the test as the vector is marked as public key.

This patch applies only to 4.3 kernels as the 4.2 version of asn1_decoder works fine with the asn1 definition.
4.4 is also ok because the akcipher interface has been changed, and the set_key function has been split into set_public_key and set_priv_key and there are two separate asn1 definitions for the two key formats with all the required components correctly defined (commit 22287b0).

---

crypto/testmgr.h +1 -1
index 64b8a80..450f30e 100644
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	.c_size = 256,
 	}, {
 	.key =
-	"\x30\x82\x01\x09" /* sequence of 265 bytes */
+	"\x30\x82\x01\x0C" /* sequence of 268 bytes */
 	"\x02\x82\x01\x00" /* modulus - integer of 256 bytes */
 	"\xDB\x10\x1A\xC2\xA3\xF1\xDC\xFF\x13\x6B\xED\x44\xDF\xF0\x02\x6D"
 	"\x13\xC7\x88\xDA\x70\x6B\x54\xF1\xE8\x27\xDC\xC3\x0F\x99\x6A\xFA"
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	"\x55\xE6\x29\x69\xD1\xC2\xE8\xB9\x78\x59\xF6\x79\x10\xC6\x4E\xEB"

crypto/testmgr.h static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = { · line 296

Quoted 10 lines
crypto/testmgr.h +3 -2
 	"\x6A\x5E\xB9\x9A\xC7\xC4\x5B\x63\xDA\xA3\x3F\x5E\x92\x7A\x81\x5E"
 	"\xD6\xB0\xE2\x62\x8F\x74\x26\xC2\x0C\xD3\x9A\x17\x47\xE6\x8E\xAB"
-	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01", /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
-	.key_len = 269,
+	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01" /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
+	"\x02\x01\x00", /* private key - integer of 1 byte */
+	.key_len = 272,
 	.m = "\x54\x85\x9b\x34\x2c\x49\xea\x2a",
 	.c =
 	"\xb2\x97\x76\xb4\xae\x3e\x38\x3c\x7e\x64\x1f\xcc\xa2\x7f\xf6\xbe"

I need an ack from the maintainer of this subsystem before I can take a patch that is not already upstream in Linus's tree...

thanks,

greg k-h

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Quoted 48 lines · Greg KH
Quoted 47 lines · Tadeusz Struk

Hi,
After the fix to the asn1_decoder in commit: 0d62e9dd "ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun" the rsa algorithm is failing to register in 4.3 stable kernels with
error: "alg: rsa: test failed on vector 4, err=-74"

This happens because the asn1 definition for the rsa key that has been added in 4.2 defined all 3 components of the key as non-optional, as the asn1_decoder before the fix was working fine for both the private and public keys.

This patch adds the missing (fake) component to one key vector to allow the algorithm to successfully register and be used with a valid private keys later. This is only to make the asn1_decoder successfully parse the key and the fake component is never used in the test as the vector is marked as public key.

This patch applies only to 4.3 kernels as the 4.2 version of asn1_decoder works fine with the asn1 definition.
4.4 is also ok because the akcipher interface has been changed, and the set_key function has been split into set_public_key and set_priv_key and there are two separate asn1 definitions for the two key formats with all the required components correctly defined (commit 22287b0).

---

crypto/testmgr.h +3 -3
index 64b8a80..450f30e 100644
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	.c_size = 256,
 	}, {
 	.key =
-	"\x30\x82\x01\x09" /* sequence of 265 bytes */
+	"\x30\x82\x01\x0C" /* sequence of 268 bytes */
 	"\x02\x82\x01\x00" /* modulus - integer of 256 bytes */
 	"\xDB\x10\x1A\xC2\xA3\xF1\xDC\xFF\x13\x6B\xED\x44\xDF\xF0\x02\x6D"
 	"\x13\xC7\x88\xDA\x70\x6B\x54\xF1\xE8\x27\xDC\xC3\x0F\x99\x6A\xFA"
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = {
 	"\x55\xE6\x29\x69\xD1\xC2\xE8\xB9\x78\x59\xF6\x79\x10\xC6\x4E\xEB"
 	"\x6A\x5E\xB9\x9A\xC7\xC4\x5B\x63\xDA\xA3\x3F\x5E\x92\x7A\x81\x5E"
 	"\xD6\xB0\xE2\x62\x8F\x74\x26\xC2\x0C\xD3\x9A\x17\x47\xE6\x8E\xAB"
-	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01", /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
-	.key_len = 269,
+	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01" /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
+	"\x02\x01\x00", /* private key - integer of 1 byte */
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crypto/testmgr.h static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_template[] = { · line 296

Quoted 5 lines
crypto/testmgr.h +1 -0
+	.key_len = 272,
 	.m = "\x54\x85\x9b\x34\x2c\x49\xea\x2a",
 	.c =
 	"\xb2\x97\x76\xb4\xae\x3e\x38\x3c\x7e\x64\x1f\xcc\xa2\x7f\xf6\xbe"

I need an ack from the maintainer of this subsystem before I can take a patch that is not already upstream in Linus's tree...

Thanks,

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PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
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Patch "crypto: fix test vector for rsa" has been added to the 4.3-stable tree

In reply to Tadeusz Struk

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

crypto: fix test vector for rsa

to the 4.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
crypto-fix-test-vector-for-rsa.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.3 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

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From [email protected] Sun Feb 14 12:56:09 2016

From: Tadeusz Struk <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:57:40 -0800
Subject: crypto: fix test vector for rsa
To: Greg KH <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected], Herbert Xu <[email protected]>, Linux Crypto Mailing List <[email protected]>, Linux Kernel Developers List <[email protected]>, David Howells <[email protected]>
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

From: Tadeusz Struk <[email protected]>

After the fix to the asn1_decoder in commit: 0d62e9dd "ASN.1: Fix non-match detection failure on data overrun" the rsa algorithm is failing to register in 4.3 stable kernels with
error: "alg: rsa: test failed on vector 4, err=-74"

This happens because the asn1 definition for the rsa key that has been added in 4.2 defined all 3 components of the key as non-optional, as the asn1_decoder before the fix was working fine for both the private and public keys.

This patch adds the missing (fake) component to one key vector to allow the algorithm to successfully register and be used with a valid private keys later. This is only to make the asn1_decoder successfully parse the key and the fake component is never used in the test as the vector is marked as public key.

This patch applies only to 4.3 kernels as the 4.2 version of asn1_decoder works fine with the asn1 definition.
4.4 is also ok because the akcipher interface has been changed, and the set_key function has been split into set_public_key and set_priv_key and there are two separate asn1 definitions for the two key formats with all the required components correctly defined (commit 22287b0).

---

---
 crypto/testmgr.h |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
crypto/testmgr.h +4 -3
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_te
 	.c_size = 256,
 	}, {
 	.key =
-	"\x30\x82\x01\x09" /* sequence of 265 bytes */
+	"\x30\x82\x01\x0C" /* sequence of 268 bytes */
 	"\x02\x82\x01\x00" /* modulus - integer of 256 bytes */
 	"\xDB\x10\x1A\xC2\xA3\xF1\xDC\xFF\x13\x6B\xED\x44\xDF\xF0\x02\x6D"
 	"\x13\xC7\x88\xDA\x70\x6B\x54\xF1\xE8\x27\xDC\xC3\x0F\x99\x6A\xFA"
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ static struct akcipher_testvec rsa_tv_te
 	"\x55\xE6\x29\x69\xD1\xC2\xE8\xB9\x78\x59\xF6\x79\x10\xC6\x4E\xEB"
 	"\x6A\x5E\xB9\x9A\xC7\xC4\x5B\x63\xDA\xA3\x3F\x5E\x92\x7A\x81\x5E"
 	"\xD6\xB0\xE2\x62\x8F\x74\x26\xC2\x0C\xD3\x9A\x17\x47\xE6\x8E\xAB"
-	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01", /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
-	.key_len = 269,
+	"\x02\x03\x01\x00\x01" /* public key - integer of 3 bytes */
+	"\x02\x01\x00", /* private key - integer of 1 byte */
+	.key_len = 272,
 	.m = "\x54\x85\x9b\x34\x2c\x49\xea\x2a",
 	.c =
 	"\xb2\x97\x76\xb4\xae\x3e\x38\x3c\x7e\x64\x1f\xcc\xa2\x7f\xf6\xbe"

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.3/crypto-fix-test-vector-for-rsa.patch queue-4.3/crypto-qat-don-t-use-userspace-pointer.patch