From f8e84384a63171d6b711900475852e1f845856de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:32:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mac80211: use constant time comparison with keys Otherwise we risk leaking information via timing side channel. Fixes: fdf7cb4185b6 ("mac80211: accept key reinstall without changing anything") Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/key.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/key.c b/net/mac80211/key.c index c07d74bbbbf1..70cecce6b567 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/key.c +++ b/net/mac80211/key.c @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include "ieee80211_i.h" #include "driver-ops.h" @@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ int ieee80211_key_link(struct ieee80211_key *key, * new version of the key to avoid nonce reuse or replay issues. */ if (old_key && key->conf.keylen == old_key->conf.keylen && - !memcmp(key->conf.key, old_key->conf.key, key->conf.keylen)) { + !crypto_memneq(key->conf.key, old_key->conf.key, key->conf.keylen)) { ieee80211_key_free_unused(key); ret = 0; goto out;