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[1/5] crypto: Use memzero_explicit() for clearing state

Message ID 20201019153016.2698303-2-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
State New
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Series crypto: lib/sha256 - cleanup/optimization | expand

Commit Message

Arvind Sankar Oct. 19, 2020, 3:30 p.m. UTC 
Without the barrier_data() inside memzero_explicit(), the compiler may
optimize away the state-clearing if it can tell that the state is not
used afterwards. At least in lib/crypto/sha256.c:__sha256_final(), the
function can get inlined into sha256(), in which case the memset is
optimized away.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
---
 include/crypto/sha1_base.h   | 3 ++-
 include/crypto/sha256_base.h | 3 ++-
 include/crypto/sha512_base.h | 3 ++-
 include/crypto/sm3_base.h    | 3 ++-
 lib/crypto/sha256.c          | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/include/crypto/sha1_base.h b/include/crypto/sha1_base.h
index 20fd1f7468af..a5d6033efef7 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sha1_base.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sha1_base.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 
 #include <crypto/sha.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@  static inline int sha1_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out)
 	for (i = 0; i < SHA1_DIGEST_SIZE / sizeof(__be32); i++)
 		put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++);
 
-	*sctx = (struct sha1_state){};
+	memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
index 6ded110783ae..93f9fd21cc06 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sha256_base.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 
 #include <crypto/sha.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@  static inline int sha256_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out)
 	for (i = 0; digest_size > 0; i++, digest_size -= sizeof(__be32))
 		put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++);
 
-	*sctx = (struct sha256_state){};
+	memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/sha512_base.h b/include/crypto/sha512_base.h
index fb19c77494dc..93ab73baa38e 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sha512_base.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sha512_base.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ 
 #include <crypto/sha.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@  static inline int sha512_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out)
 	for (i = 0; digest_size > 0; i++, digest_size -= sizeof(__be64))
 		put_unaligned_be64(sctx->state[i], digest++);
 
-	*sctx = (struct sha512_state){};
+	memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/crypto/sm3_base.h b/include/crypto/sm3_base.h
index 1cbf9aa1fe52..2f3a32ab97bb 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sm3_base.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sm3_base.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ 
 #include <crypto/sm3.h>
 #include <linux/crypto.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 typedef void (sm3_block_fn)(struct sm3_state *sst, u8 const *src, int blocks);
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@  static inline int sm3_base_finish(struct shash_desc *desc, u8 *out)
 	for (i = 0; i < SM3_DIGEST_SIZE / sizeof(__be32); i++)
 		put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], digest++);
 
-	*sctx = (struct sm3_state){};
+	memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx));
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/crypto/sha256.c b/lib/crypto/sha256.c
index 2321f6cb322f..d43bc39ab05e 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/sha256.c
+++ b/lib/crypto/sha256.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@  static void __sha256_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out, int digest_words)
 		put_unaligned_be32(sctx->state[i], &dst[i]);
 
 	/* Zeroize sensitive information. */
-	memset(sctx, 0, sizeof(*sctx));
+	memzero_explicit(sctx, sizeof(*sctx));
 }
 
 void sha256_final(struct sha256_state *sctx, u8 *out)