From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:27:02 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: smb: client: Compare MACs in constant time
X-Git-Tag: v7.0-rc3~19^2~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=26bc83b88bbbf054f0980a4a42047a8d1e210e4c;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git

smb: client: Compare MACs in constant time

To prevent timing attacks, MAC comparisons need to be constant-time.
Replace the memcmp() with the correct function, crypto_memneq().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@manguebit.org>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
---

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c b/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
index 0dbbce2431ff..bf10fdeeedca 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb1encrypt.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/fips.h>
 #include <crypto/md5.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
 #include "cifsproto.h"
 #include "smb1proto.h"
 #include "cifs_debug.h"
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ int cifs_verify_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst,
 /*	cifs_dump_mem("what we think it should be: ",
 		      what_we_think_sig_should_be, 16); */
 
-	if (memcmp(server_response_sig, what_we_think_sig_should_be, 8))
+	if (crypto_memneq(server_response_sig, what_we_think_sig_should_be, 8))
 		return -EACCES;
 	else
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
index 8b9000a83181..81be2b226e26 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <crypto/aead.h>
 #include <crypto/sha2.h>
+#include <crypto/utils.h>
 #include "cifsglob.h"
 #include "cifsproto.h"
 #include "smb2proto.h"
@@ -617,7 +618,8 @@ smb2_verify_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	if (memcmp(server_response_sig, shdr->Signature, SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
+	if (crypto_memneq(server_response_sig, shdr->Signature,
+			  SMB2_SIGNATURE_SIZE)) {
 		cifs_dbg(VFS, "sign fail cmd 0x%x message id 0x%llx\n",
 			shdr->Command, shdr->MessageId);
 		return -EACCES;