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[PATCH 3.16 191/233] mac80211/wpa: use constant time memory comparison for MACs

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3.16.48-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>

commit 98c67d187db7808b1f3c95f2110dd4392d034182 upstream.

Otherwise, we enable all sorts of forgeries via timing attack.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: drop changes in
 ieee80211_crypto_aes_{cmac_256,mac}_decrypt()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
---
 net/mac80211/wpa.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/net/mac80211/wpa.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/wpa.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <net/mac80211.h>
 #include <crypto/aes.h>
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
 
 #include "ieee80211_i.h"
 #include "michael.h"
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_michael_mic_verify(struct
 	data_len = skb->len - hdrlen - MICHAEL_MIC_LEN;
 	key = &rx->key->conf.key[NL80211_TKIP_DATA_OFFSET_RX_MIC_KEY];
 	michael_mic(key, hdr, data, data_len, mic);
-	if (memcmp(mic, data + data_len, MICHAEL_MIC_LEN) != 0)
+	if (crypto_memneq(mic, data + data_len, MICHAEL_MIC_LEN))
 		goto mic_fail;
 
 	/* remove Michael MIC from payload */
@@ -768,7 +769,7 @@ ieee80211_crypto_aes_cmac_decrypt(struct
 		bip_aad(skb, aad);
 		ieee80211_aes_cmac(key->u.aes_cmac.tfm, aad,
 				   skb->data + 24, skb->len - 24, mic);
-		if (memcmp(mic, mmie->mic, sizeof(mmie->mic)) != 0) {
+		if (crypto_memneq(mic, mmie->mic, sizeof(mmie->mic))) {
 			key->u.aes_cmac.icverrors++;
 			return RX_DROP_UNUSABLE;
 		}

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[PATCH 3.16 191/233] mac80211/wpa: use constant time memory  comparison for MACs Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-09-10 01:10 +0200

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