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[v1,1/2] verify_pefile: relax wrapper length check

Message ID 20230217201435.39784-2-rharwood@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series Fix kexec of pesigned images | expand

Commit Message

Robbie Harwood Feb. 17, 2023, 8:14 p.m. UTC
The PE Format Specification (section "The Attribute Certificate Table
(Image Only)") states that `dwLength` is to be rounded up to 8-byte
alignment when used for traversal.  Therefore, the field is not required
to be an 8-byte multiple in the first place.

Accordingly, pesign has not performed this alignment since version
0.110.  This causes kexec failure on pesign'd binaries with "PEFILE:
Signature wrapper len wrong".  Update the comment and relax the check.

See-also: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#the-attribute-certificate-table-image-only
See-also: https://github.com/rhboot/pesign
Signed-off-by: Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>
---
 crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Comments

David Howells Feb. 17, 2023, 8:36 p.m. UTC | #1
Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com> wrote:

> See-also: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#the-attribute-certificate-table-image-only
> See-also: https://github.com/rhboot/pesign

These should be "Link:" I think.

Apart from that:

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Jarkko Sakkinen Feb. 17, 2023, 9:11 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 03:14:34PM -0500, Robbie Harwood wrote:
> The PE Format Specification (section "The Attribute Certificate Table
> (Image Only)") states that `dwLength` is to be rounded up to 8-byte
> alignment when used for traversal.  Therefore, the field is not required
> to be an 8-byte multiple in the first place.
> 
> Accordingly, pesign has not performed this alignment since version
> 0.110.  This causes kexec failure on pesign'd binaries with "PEFILE:
> Signature wrapper len wrong".  Update the comment and relax the check.
> 
> See-also: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#the-attribute-certificate-table-image-only
> See-also: https://github.com/rhboot/pesign
> Signed-off-by: Robbie Harwood <rharwood@redhat.com>

OK, makes sense but what does relaxing this bring up to the table?

I.e. I do get the argument but do not see the motivation.

> ---
>  crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c | 12 ++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> index 7553ab18db89..fe1bb374239d 100644
> --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
> @@ -135,11 +135,15 @@ static int pefile_strip_sig_wrapper(const void *pebuf,
>  	pr_debug("sig wrapper = { %x, %x, %x }\n",
>  		 wrapper.length, wrapper.revision, wrapper.cert_type);
>  
> -	/* Both pesign and sbsign round up the length of certificate table
> -	 * (in optional header data directories) to 8 byte alignment.
> +	/* sbsign rounds up the length of certificate table (in optional
> +	 * header data directories) to 8 byte alignment.  However, the PE
> +	 * specification states that while entries are 8-byte aligned, this is
> +	 * not included in their length, and as a result, pesign has not
> +	 * rounded up since 0.110.
>  	 */
> -	if (round_up(wrapper.length, 8) != ctx->sig_len) {
> -		pr_debug("Signature wrapper len wrong\n");
> +	if (wrapper.length > ctx->sig_len) {
> +		pr_debug("Signature wrapper bigger than sig len (%x > %x)\n",
> +			 ctx->sig_len, wrapper.length);
>  		return -ELIBBAD;
>  	}
>  	if (wrapper.revision != WIN_CERT_REVISION_2_0) {
> -- 
> 2.39.1
> 

BR, Jarkko
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diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
index 7553ab18db89..fe1bb374239d 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c
@@ -135,11 +135,15 @@  static int pefile_strip_sig_wrapper(const void *pebuf,
 	pr_debug("sig wrapper = { %x, %x, %x }\n",
 		 wrapper.length, wrapper.revision, wrapper.cert_type);
 
-	/* Both pesign and sbsign round up the length of certificate table
-	 * (in optional header data directories) to 8 byte alignment.
+	/* sbsign rounds up the length of certificate table (in optional
+	 * header data directories) to 8 byte alignment.  However, the PE
+	 * specification states that while entries are 8-byte aligned, this is
+	 * not included in their length, and as a result, pesign has not
+	 * rounded up since 0.110.
 	 */
-	if (round_up(wrapper.length, 8) != ctx->sig_len) {
-		pr_debug("Signature wrapper len wrong\n");
+	if (wrapper.length > ctx->sig_len) {
+		pr_debug("Signature wrapper bigger than sig len (%x > %x)\n",
+			 ctx->sig_len, wrapper.length);
 		return -ELIBBAD;
 	}
 	if (wrapper.revision != WIN_CERT_REVISION_2_0) {