[PATCH v2 09/14] crypto: ecdh - Use properly formatted digits to check for valid key

From: Stefan Berger
Date: Thu Feb 15 2024 - 18:16:29 EST


ecc_is_key_valid expects a key with the most significant digit in the last
entry of the digit array. Currently a reverse key is passed to
ecc_is_key_valid that then passes the rather simple test checking whether
the private key is in range [2, n-3]. For all current ecdh-supported
curves (NIST P192/256/384) the 'n' parameter is a rather large number,
therefore easily passing this test. Fix the format of the digit by using
ecc_digits_from_bytes to create a temporary private key and pass it to
the test function. Keep the swapped key in ctx->private_key.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/ecdh.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/ecdh.c b/crypto/ecdh.c
index 80afee3234fb..f187365db7b6 100644
--- a/crypto/ecdh.c
+++ b/crypto/ecdh.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
unsigned int len)
{
struct ecdh_ctx *ctx = ecdh_get_ctx(tfm);
+ u64 priv[ECC_MAX_DIGITS];
+ unsigned int nbytes;
struct ecdh params;

if (crypto_ecdh_decode_key(buf, len, &params) < 0 ||
@@ -37,10 +39,13 @@ static int ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
return ecc_gen_privkey(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
ctx->private_key);

- memcpy(ctx->private_key, params.key, params.key_size);
+ nbytes = ctx->ndigits << ECC_DIGITS_TO_BYTES_SHIFT;
+
+ memcpy(ctx->private_key, params.key, nbytes);
+ ecc_swap_digits(ctx->private_key, priv, ctx->ndigits);

if (ecc_is_key_valid(ctx->curve_id, ctx->ndigits,
- ctx->private_key, params.key_size) < 0) {
+ priv, params.key_size) < 0) {
memzero_explicit(ctx->private_key, params.key_size);
return -EINVAL;
}
--
2.43.0