From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
linux-block@vger.kernel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>,
"open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE"
<linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH crypto-next 07/23] block: cryptoloop: Remove VLA usage of skcipher
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:16:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu_p2UgYMZ5jEUudruUOPYQEF-=VMou=xXbj_rd+-Lxktg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9c71afda-a668-10b3-842e-26f72e425691@kernel.dk>
On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 18:03, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote:
>
> On 9/25/18 3:25 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 19:53, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Ard Biesheuvel
> >> <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 at 04:11, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> >>>> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ cryptoloop_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, int cmd,
> >>>> unsigned in_offs, out_offs;
> >>>> int err;
> >>>>
> >>>> - skcipher_request_set_tfm(req, tfm);
> >>>> + skcipher_request_set_sync_tfm(req, tfm);
> >>>> skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
> >>>> NULL, NULL);
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Does this work?
> >>
> >> Everything is a direct wrapper for existing types and functions, so I
> >> wouldn't expect any functional change. I haven't been able to test
> >> this particular interface, though. cryptoloop is very deprecated,
> >> isn't it?
> >>
> >
> > Ah yes, I managed to confuse myself there. This looks all fine to me.
> >
> > In any case, this is another example where we may decide to fix the
> > code rather than retain the request allocation on the stack (but that
> > is Jens's call ultimately, I suppose)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c b/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
> > index 7033a4beda66..5ed2167219ba 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/cryptoloop.c
> > @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ cryptoloop_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, int cmd,
> > int size, sector_t IV)
> > {
> > struct crypto_skcipher *tfm = lo->key_data;
> > - SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK(req, tfm);
> > + struct skcipher_request *req;
> > struct scatterlist sg_out;
> > struct scatterlist sg_in;
> >
> > @@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ cryptoloop_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, int cmd,
> > unsigned in_offs, out_offs;
> > int err;
> >
> > - skcipher_request_set_tfm(req, tfm);
> > + req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm, GFP_NOIO);
> > + if (!req)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
>
> Is this going to be reliable? ->transfer() is called when we're doing IO,
> and you'd normally need a mempool backed allocation to make this safe
> and guarantee forward progress.
>
As far as I can tell, this function is only called from
lo_read_transfer/lo_write_transfer, both of which do an unconditional
alloc_page(GFP_NOIO), which is why I assumed that kmalloc(GFP_NOIO)
would be permissible in the same context. Are you saying this may not
be the case?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-25 16:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-19 2:10 [PATCH crypto-next 00/23] crypto: skcipher - Remove VLA usage Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 01/23] crypto: skcipher - Introduce crypto_sync_skcipher Kees Cook
2018-09-24 11:48 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 02/23] gss_krb5: Remove VLA usage of skcipher Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 03/23] lib80211: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 20:37 ` Johannes Berg
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 04/23] mac802154: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 05/23] s390/crypto: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 06/23] x86/fpu: " Kees Cook
2018-09-24 11:45 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-24 17:35 ` Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 07/23] block: cryptoloop: " Kees Cook
2018-09-24 11:52 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-24 17:53 ` Kees Cook
2018-09-25 9:25 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-25 16:03 ` Jens Axboe
2018-09-25 16:16 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2018-09-25 16:32 ` Jens Axboe
2018-09-26 8:19 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 08/23] libceph: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 09/23] ppp: mppe: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 10/23] rxrpc: " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 11/23] wusb: " Kees Cook
2018-09-20 10:39 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 12/23] crypto: ccp - " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 13/23] crypto: vmx " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 14/23] crypto: null " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 15/23] crypto: cryptd " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 16/23] crypto: sahara " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 17/23] crypto: qce " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 18/23] crypto: artpec6 " Kees Cook
2018-09-23 12:13 ` Lars Persson
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 19/23] crypto: chelsio " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 20/23] crypto: mxs-dcp " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 21/23] crypto: omap-aes " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:10 ` [PATCH crypto-next 22/23] crypto: picoxcell " Kees Cook
2018-09-19 2:11 ` [PATCH crypto-next 23/23] crypto: skcipher - Remove SKCIPHER_REQUEST_ON_STACK() Kees Cook
2018-09-25 0:49 ` [PATCH crypto-next 00/23] crypto: skcipher - Remove VLA usage Kees Cook
2018-09-25 4:49 ` Herbert Xu
2018-09-25 15:39 ` Kees Cook
2018-09-28 5:08 ` Herbert Xu
2018-09-28 16:13 ` Kees Cook
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