[PATCH] crypto: rsa - allow only odd e and restrict value in FIPS mode

From: Mahmoud Adam
Date: Tue Jun 13 2023 - 12:17:47 EST


check if rsa public exponent is odd and check its value is between
2^16 < e < 2^256.

FIPS 186-5 DSS (page 35)[1] specify that:
1. The public exponent e shall be selected with the following constraints:
(a) The public verification exponent e shall be selected prior to
generating the primes, p and q, and the private signature exponent
d.
(b) The exponent e shall be an odd positive integer such that:
2^16 < e < 2^256.

[1] https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.186-5.pdf

Signed-off-by: Mahmoud Adam <mngyadam@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/rsa.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crypto/rsa.c b/crypto/rsa.c
index c50f2d2a4d06..c79613cdce6e 100644
--- a/crypto/rsa.c
+++ b/crypto/rsa.c
@@ -205,6 +205,32 @@ static int rsa_check_key_length(unsigned int len)
return -EINVAL;
}

+static int rsa_check_exponent_fips(MPI e)
+{
+ MPI e_max = NULL;
+
+ /* check if odd */
+ if (!mpi_test_bit(e, 0)) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ /* check if 2^16 < e < 2^256. */
+ if (mpi_cmp_ui(e, 65536) <= 0) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ e_max = mpi_alloc(0);
+ mpi_set_bit(e_max, 256);
+
+ if (mpi_cmp(e, e_max) >= 0) {
+ mpi_free(e_max);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ mpi_free(e_max);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int rsa_set_pub_key(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm, const void *key,
unsigned int keylen)
{
@@ -232,6 +258,11 @@ static int rsa_set_pub_key(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm, const void *key,
return -EINVAL;
}

+ if (fips_enabled && rsa_check_exponent_fips(mpi_key->e)) {
+ rsa_free_mpi_key(mpi_key);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
return 0;

err:
@@ -290,6 +321,11 @@ static int rsa_set_priv_key(struct crypto_akcipher *tfm, const void *key,
return -EINVAL;
}

+ if (fips_enabled && rsa_check_exponent_fips(mpi_key->e)) {
+ rsa_free_mpi_key(mpi_key);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
return 0;

err:
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