We must not transmit packets we're not able to encrypt.

This fixes a bug where in a tiny timeframe after machine resume
packets can get sent unencrypted and might leak information.

This also fixes three small resource leakages I spotted while fixing
the security problem. Properly deallocate the DMA slots in any DMA
allocation error path.

Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---

This is _not_ only a theoretical problem. I saw a few packets hitting
this race condition.

John, please try to push for 2.6.24, as this is a security fix.

Stefano, this might need porting to legacy.


Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c    2008-01-22 
18:43:47.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c 2008-01-23 21:34:42.000000000 
+0100
@@ -1111,38 +1111,49 @@ struct b43_dmaring *parse_cookie(struct 
 static int dma_tx_fragment(struct b43_dmaring *ring,
                           struct sk_buff *skb,
                           struct ieee80211_tx_control *ctl)
 {
        const struct b43_dma_ops *ops = ring->ops;
        u8 *header;
-       int slot;
+       int slot, old_top_slot, old_used_slots;
        int err;
        struct b43_dmadesc_generic *desc;
        struct b43_dmadesc_meta *meta;
        struct b43_dmadesc_meta *meta_hdr;
        struct sk_buff *bounce_skb;
        u16 cookie;
        size_t hdrsize = b43_txhdr_size(ring->dev);
 
 #define SLOTS_PER_PACKET  2
        B43_WARN_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags);
 
+       old_top_slot = ring->current_slot;
+       old_used_slots = ring->used_slots;
+
        /* Get a slot for the header. */
        slot = request_slot(ring);
        desc = ops->idx2desc(ring, slot, &meta_hdr);
        memset(meta_hdr, 0, sizeof(*meta_hdr));
 
        header = &(ring->txhdr_cache[slot * hdrsize]);
        cookie = generate_cookie(ring, slot);
-       b43_generate_txhdr(ring->dev, header,
-                          skb->data, skb->len, ctl, cookie);
+       err = b43_generate_txhdr(ring->dev, header,
+                                skb->data, skb->len, ctl, cookie);
+       if (unlikely(err)) {
+               ring->current_slot = old_top_slot;
+               ring->used_slots = old_used_slots;
+               return err;
+       }
 
        meta_hdr->dmaaddr = map_descbuffer(ring, (unsigned char *)header,
                                           hdrsize, 1);
-       if (dma_mapping_error(meta_hdr->dmaaddr))
+       if (dma_mapping_error(meta_hdr->dmaaddr)) {
+               ring->current_slot = old_top_slot;
+               ring->used_slots = old_used_slots;
                return -EIO;
+       }
        ops->fill_descriptor(ring, desc, meta_hdr->dmaaddr,
                             hdrsize, 1, 0, 0);
 
        /* Get a slot for the payload. */
        slot = request_slot(ring);
        desc = ops->idx2desc(ring, slot, &meta);
@@ -1154,22 +1165,26 @@ static int dma_tx_fragment(struct b43_dm
 
        meta->dmaaddr = map_descbuffer(ring, skb->data, skb->len, 1);
        /* create a bounce buffer in zone_dma on mapping failure. */
        if (dma_mapping_error(meta->dmaaddr)) {
                bounce_skb = __dev_alloc_skb(skb->len, GFP_ATOMIC | GFP_DMA);
                if (!bounce_skb) {
+                       ring->current_slot = old_top_slot;
+                       ring->used_slots = old_used_slots;
                        err = -ENOMEM;
                        goto out_unmap_hdr;
                }
 
                memcpy(skb_put(bounce_skb, skb->len), skb->data, skb->len);
                dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
                skb = bounce_skb;
                meta->skb = skb;
                meta->dmaaddr = map_descbuffer(ring, skb->data, skb->len, 1);
                if (dma_mapping_error(meta->dmaaddr)) {
+                       ring->current_slot = old_top_slot;
+                       ring->used_slots = old_used_slots;
                        err = -EIO;
                        goto out_free_bounce;
                }
        }
 
        ops->fill_descriptor(ring, desc, meta->dmaaddr, skb->len, 0, 1, 1);
@@ -1249,12 +1264,19 @@ int b43_dma_tx(struct b43_wldev *dev,
        /* Check if the queue was stopped in mac80211,
         * but we got called nevertheless.
         * That would be a mac80211 bug. */
        B43_WARN_ON(ring->stopped);
 
        err = dma_tx_fragment(ring, skb, ctl);
+       if (unlikely(err == -ENOKEY)) {
+               /* Drop this packet, as we don't have the encryption key
+                * anymore and must not transmit it unencrypted. */
+               dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+               err = 0;
+               goto out_unlock;
+       }
        if (unlikely(err)) {
                b43err(dev->wl, "DMA tx mapping failure\n");
                goto out_unlock;
        }
        ring->nr_tx_packets++;
        if ((free_slots(ring) < SLOTS_PER_PACKET) ||
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c   2008-01-23 
21:02:16.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c        2008-01-23 
21:34:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -175,18 +175,18 @@ static u8 b43_calc_fallback_rate(u8 bitr
        }
        B43_WARN_ON(1);
        return 0;
 }
 
 /* Generate a TX data header. */
-void b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev *dev,
-                       u8 *_txhdr,
-                       const unsigned char *fragment_data,
-                       unsigned int fragment_len,
-                       const struct ieee80211_tx_control *txctl,
-                       u16 cookie)
+int b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev *dev,
+                      u8 *_txhdr,
+                      const unsigned char *fragment_data,
+                      unsigned int fragment_len,
+                      const struct ieee80211_tx_control *txctl,
+                      u16 cookie)
 {
        struct b43_txhdr *txhdr = (struct b43_txhdr *)_txhdr;
        const struct b43_phy *phy = &dev->phy;
        const struct ieee80211_hdr *wlhdr =
            (const struct ieee80211_hdr *)fragment_data;
        int use_encryption = (!(txctl->flags & IEEE80211_TXCTL_DO_NOT_ENCRYPT));
@@ -235,28 +235,33 @@ void b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev
                int wlhdr_len;
                size_t iv_len;
 
                B43_WARN_ON(key_idx >= dev->max_nr_keys);
                key = &(dev->key[key_idx]);
 
-               if (likely(key->keyconf)) {
-                       /* This key is valid. Use it for encryption. */
+               if (unlikely(!key->keyconf)) {
+                       /* This key is invalid. This might only happen
+                        * in a short timeframe after machine resume before
+                        * we were able to reconfigure keys.
+                        * Drop this packet completely. Do not transmit it
+                        * unencrypted to avoid leaking information. */
+                       return -ENOKEY;
+               }
 
-                       /* Hardware appends ICV. */
-                       plcp_fragment_len += txctl->icv_len;
+               /* Hardware appends ICV. */
+               plcp_fragment_len += txctl->icv_len;
 
-                       key_idx = b43_kidx_to_fw(dev, key_idx);
-                       mac_ctl |= (key_idx << B43_TXH_MAC_KEYIDX_SHIFT) &
-                                  B43_TXH_MAC_KEYIDX;
-                       mac_ctl |= (key->algorithm << B43_TXH_MAC_KEYALG_SHIFT) 
&
-                                  B43_TXH_MAC_KEYALG;
-                       wlhdr_len = ieee80211_get_hdrlen(fctl);
-                       iv_len = min((size_t) txctl->iv_len,
-                                    ARRAY_SIZE(txhdr->iv));
-                       memcpy(txhdr->iv, ((u8 *) wlhdr) + wlhdr_len, iv_len);
-               }
+               key_idx = b43_kidx_to_fw(dev, key_idx);
+               mac_ctl |= (key_idx << B43_TXH_MAC_KEYIDX_SHIFT) &
+                          B43_TXH_MAC_KEYIDX;
+               mac_ctl |= (key->algorithm << B43_TXH_MAC_KEYALG_SHIFT) &
+                          B43_TXH_MAC_KEYALG;
+               wlhdr_len = ieee80211_get_hdrlen(fctl);
+               iv_len = min((size_t) txctl->iv_len,
+                            ARRAY_SIZE(txhdr->iv));
+               memcpy(txhdr->iv, ((u8 *) wlhdr) + wlhdr_len, iv_len);
        }
        if (b43_is_old_txhdr_format(dev)) {
                b43_generate_plcp_hdr((struct b43_plcp_hdr4 
*)(&txhdr->old_format.plcp),
                                      plcp_fragment_len, rate);
        } else {
                b43_generate_plcp_hdr((struct b43_plcp_hdr4 
*)(&txhdr->new_format.plcp),
@@ -408,12 +413,13 @@ void b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev
 
        /* Apply the bitfields */
        txhdr->mac_ctl = cpu_to_le32(mac_ctl);
        txhdr->phy_ctl = cpu_to_le16(phy_ctl);
        txhdr->extra_ft = extra_ft;
 
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static s8 b43_rssi_postprocess(struct b43_wldev *dev,
                               u8 in_rssi, int ofdm,
                               int adjust_2053, int adjust_2050)
 {
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h   2008-01-23 
12:38:42.000000000 +0100
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.h        2008-01-23 
21:13:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -171,17 +171,17 @@ size_t b43_txhdr_size(struct b43_wldev *
        if (b43_is_old_txhdr_format(dev))
                return 100 + sizeof(struct b43_plcp_hdr6);
        return 104 + sizeof(struct b43_plcp_hdr6);
 }
 
 
-void b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev *dev,
-                       u8 * txhdr,
-                       const unsigned char *fragment_data,
-                       unsigned int fragment_len,
-                       const struct ieee80211_tx_control *txctl, u16 cookie);
+int b43_generate_txhdr(struct b43_wldev *dev,
+                      u8 * txhdr,
+                      const unsigned char *fragment_data,
+                      unsigned int fragment_len,
+                      const struct ieee80211_tx_control *txctl, u16 cookie);
 
 /* Transmit Status */
 struct b43_txstatus {
        u16 cookie;             /* The cookie from the txhdr */
        u16 seq;                /* Sequence number */
        u8 phy_stat;            /* PHY TX status */
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