Commit 5ff232d31106 for kernel
commit 5ff232d31106f45ac87c3b64e1d35a0667777797
Author: Lincoln Wallace <locnnil0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Aug 3 10:50:21 2026 -0300
ima: fix out-of-bounds read in xattr_verify()
The digest-length check in xattr_verify() mixes int and size_t:
if (xattr_len - sizeof(xattr_value->type) - hash_start >=
iint->ima_hash->length)
sizeof() yields size_t, so the usual arithmetic conversions promote
the whole left-hand side to unsigned 64-bit before the subtraction
runs. For a truncated xattr this underflows instead of going negative:
a 1-byte IMA_XATTR_DIGEST_NG xattr (xattr_len == 1, hash_start == 1)
turns "1 - 1 - 1" into SIZE_MAX, which is trivially >= ima_hash->length.
The check then passes and the following memcmp() reads
iint->ima_hash->length bytes starting past the end of the buffer
vfs_getxattr_alloc() allocated for it.
Nothing upstream clamps xattr_len back into a safe range first:
ima_get_hash_algo() only special-cases xattr_len < 2 to pick a default
algorithm, and evm_verifyxattr() returns INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN rather than
failing when no HMAC key is loaded, so a truncated security.ima value
reaches the length check as-is.
Rewrite the comparison so every operand stays a signed int and no
implicit conversion to size_t can occur.
Fixes: 3ea7a56067e6 ("ima: provide hash algo info in the xattr")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lincoln Wallace <locnnil0@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
index 18d0d9154317..ced2e131b061 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c
@@ -274,8 +274,13 @@ static int xattr_verify(enum ima_hooks func, struct ima_iint_cache *iint,
} else {
set_bit(IMA_DIGSIG, &iint->atomic_flags);
}
- if (xattr_len - sizeof(xattr_value->type) - hash_start >=
- iint->ima_hash->length)
+ /*
+ * Use addition, not subtraction: sizeof() forces unsigned
+ * math and a short xattr_len would wrap around, bypassing
+ * this bounds check.
+ */
+ if (xattr_len >= (int)sizeof(xattr_value->type) + hash_start +
+ (int)iint->ima_hash->length)
/*
* xattr length may be longer. md5 hash in previous
* version occupied 20 bytes in xattr, instead of 16