[PATCH] KEYS: encrypted: Replace deprecated strcpy and improve get_derived_key
Thorsten Blum
thorsten.blum at linux.dev
Thu Nov 13 13:58:31 UTC 2025
Determine 'key_name' before allocating memory for 'derived_buf' to only
allocate as many bytes as needed. Currently, we potentially allocate one
more byte than necessary when 'key_name' is "ENC_KEY".
strcpy() is deprecated and uses an additional strlen() internally; use
memcpy() directly to copy 'key_name' since we already know its length
and that it is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
Also reuse 'key_name_len' when copying 'master_key' instead of calling
strlen() again.
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
---
security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c | 22 +++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
index 15841466b5d4..b16a5b8b935b 100644
--- a/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
+++ b/security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
*/
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -330,23 +331,18 @@ static int get_derived_key(u8 *derived_key, enum derived_key_type key_type,
const u8 *master_key, size_t master_keylen)
{
u8 *derived_buf;
- unsigned int derived_buf_len;
-
- derived_buf_len = strlen("AUTH_KEY") + 1 + master_keylen;
- if (derived_buf_len < HASH_SIZE)
- derived_buf_len = HASH_SIZE;
+ size_t derived_buf_len;
+ const char *key_name;
+ size_t key_name_len;
+ key_name = key_type ? "AUTH_KEY" : "ENC_KEY";
+ key_name_len = strlen(key_name) + 1;
+ derived_buf_len = max(key_name_len + master_keylen, HASH_SIZE);
derived_buf = kzalloc(derived_buf_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!derived_buf)
return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (key_type)
- strcpy(derived_buf, "AUTH_KEY");
- else
- strcpy(derived_buf, "ENC_KEY");
-
- memcpy(derived_buf + strlen(derived_buf) + 1, master_key,
- master_keylen);
+ memcpy(derived_buf, key_name, key_name_len);
+ memcpy(derived_buf + key_name_len, master_key, master_keylen);
sha256(derived_buf, derived_buf_len, derived_key);
kfree_sensitive(derived_buf);
return 0;
--
2.51.1
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