On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 10:32:27AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Tue, Aug 05, 2025 at 04:44:27PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 02:23:52PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > > > To prevent timing attacks, HMAC value comparison needs to be constant > > > time. Replace the memcmp() with the correct function, crypto_memneq(). > > > > > > Fixes: d00a1c72f7f4 ("keys: add new trusted key-type") > > > Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org > > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebigg...@kernel.org> > > > > Was crypto_memneq() available at the time? > > No. The Fixes commit is still correct, though, as it's the commit that > introduced the memcmp(). Technically it was still a bug at that time, > even if there wasn't a helper function available yet.
Add a remark to the commit message. > > - Eric BR, Jarkko