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Fix CVE-2021-4122 - LUKS2 reencryption crash recovery attack

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Fix possible attacks against data confidentiality through LUKS2 online
reencryption extension crash recovery.

An attacker can modify on-disk metadata to simulate decryption in
progress with crashed (unfinished) reencryption step and persistently
decrypt part of the LUKS device.

This attack requires repeated physical access to the LUKS device but
no knowledge of user passphrases.

The decryption step is performed after a valid user activates
the device with a correct passphrase and modified metadata.
There are no visible warnings for the user that such recovery happened
(except using the luksDump command). The attack can also be reversed
afterward (simulating crashed encryption from a plaintext) with
possible modification of revealed plaintext.

The problem was caused by reusing a mechanism designed for actual
reencryption operation without reassessing the security impact for new
encryption and decryption operations. While the reencryption requires
calculating and verifying both key digests, no digest was needed to
initiate decryption recovery if the destination is plaintext (no
encryption key). Also, some metadata (like encryption cipher) is not
protected, and an attacker could change it. Note that LUKS2 protects
visible metadata only when a random change occurs. It does not protect
against intentional modification but such modification must not cause
a violation of data confidentiality.

The fix introduces additional digest protection of reencryption
metadata. The digest is calculated from known keys and critical
reencryption metadata. Now an attacker cannot create correct metadata
digest without knowledge of a passphrase for used keyslots.
For more details, see LUKS2 On-Disk Format Specification version 1.1.0.
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Ondrej Kozina
2022-01-02 16:57:31 +01:00
committed by Milan Broz
parent 5a17d677c4
commit 0113ac2d88
10 changed files with 533 additions and 44 deletions
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lib/luks2/luks2_keyslot_reenc.c
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@@ -176,9 +176,17 @@ static int reenc_keyslot_store(struct crypt_device *cd,
return r < 0 ? r : keyslot;
}
static int reenc_keyslot_wipe(struct crypt_device *cd __attribute__((unused)),
int keyslot __attribute__((unused)))
static int reenc_keyslot_wipe(struct crypt_device *cd,
int keyslot)
{
struct luks2_hdr *hdr;
if (!(hdr = crypt_get_hdr(cd, CRYPT_LUKS2)))
return -EINVAL;
/* remove reencryption verification data */
LUKS2_digest_assign(cd, hdr, keyslot, CRYPT_ANY_DIGEST, 0, 0);
return 0;
}