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Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64

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On 9 September 2016 at 11:31, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 9 September 2016 at 11:19, xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> After a deeply research about this crash, seems it is a specific
>> bug that only exists in armv8 board. And it occurs in this function
>> in arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c.
>>
>> static int ctr_encrypt(struct blkcipher_desc *desc, struct scatterlist *dst,
>>                        struct scatterlist *src, unsigned int nbytes)
>> {
>>        ...
>>
>>         desc->flags &= ~CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
>>         blkcipher_walk_init(&walk, dst, src, nbytes);
>>         err = blkcipher_walk_virt_block(desc, &walk, AES_BLOCK_SIZE); --->
>> page allocation failed
>>
>>         ...
>>
>>         while ((blocks = (walk.nbytes / AES_BLOCK_SIZE))) {           ---->
>> walk.nbytes = 0, and skip this loop
>>                 aes_ctr_encrypt(walk.dst.virt.addr, walk.src.virt.addr,
>>                                 (u8 *)ctx->key_enc, rounds, blocks, walk.iv,
>>                                 first);
>>         ...
>>                 err = blkcipher_walk_done(desc, &walk,
>>                                           walk.nbytes % AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
>>         }
>>         if (nbytes) {                                                 ---->
>> enter this if() statement
>>                 u8 *tdst = walk.dst.virt.addr + blocks * AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
>>                 u8 *tsrc = walk.src.virt.addr + blocks * AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
>>         ...
>>
>>                 aes_ctr_encrypt(tail, tsrc, (u8 *)ctx->key_enc, rounds,
>> ----> the the sencond input parameter is NULL, so crash...
>>                                 blocks, walk.iv, first);
>>         ...
>>         }
>>         ...
>> }
>>
>>
>> If the page allocation failed in the function blkcipher_walk_virt_block(),
>> the variable walk.nbytes = 0, so it will skip the while() loop and enter
>> the if(nbytes) statment. But here the varibale tsrc is NULL and it is also
>> the sencond input parameter of the function aes_ctr_encrypt()... Kernel
>> Panic...
>>
>> I have also researched the similar function in other architectures, and
>> there if(walk.nbytes) is used, not this if(nbytes) statement in the armv8.
>> so I think this armv8 function ctr_encrypt() should deal with the page
>> allocation failed situation.
>>

Does this solve your problem?

diff --git a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
index 5c888049d061..6b2aa0fd6cd0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/crypto/aes-glue.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int ctr_encrypt(struct blkcipher_desc
*desc, struct scatterlist *dst,
                err = blkcipher_walk_done(desc, &walk,
                                          walk.nbytes % AES_BLOCK_SIZE);
        }
-       if (nbytes) {
+       if (walk.nbytes % AES_BLOCK_SIZE) {
                u8 *tdst = walk.dst.virt.addr + blocks * AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
                u8 *tsrc = walk.src.virt.addr + blocks * AES_BLOCK_SIZE;
                u8 __aligned(8) tail[AES_BLOCK_SIZE];

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Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-09-08 14:50 +0200
  Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2016-09-09 06:10 +0200
  Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2016-09-09 12:30 +0200
    Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64 Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-09-09 12:40 +0200
      Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64 Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-09-09 13:00 +0200
        RE: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 liushuoran <liushuoran@huawei.com> - 2016-09-12 04:20 +0200
          Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64 Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-09-12 19:50 +0200
            Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2016-09-13 04:10 +0200
            Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on  Arm64 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-09-13 08:50 +0200
              Re: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64 Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-09-13 10:00 +0200

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