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CVE-2022-48629
published 2024-03-05

CVE-2022-48629: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qcom-rng - ensure buffer for generate is completely filled The generate function in…

PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.53%
41.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qcom-rng - ensure buffer for generate is completely filled The generate function in struct rng_alg expects that the destination buffer is completely filled if the function returns 0. qcom_rng_read() can run into a situation where the buffer is partially filled with randomness and the remaining part of the buffer is zeroed since qcom_rng_generate() doesn't check the return value. This issue can be reproduced by running the following from libkcapi: kcapi-rng -b 9000000 > OUTFILE The generated OUTFILE will have three huge sections that contain all zeros, and this is caused by the code where the test 'val & PRNG_STATUS_DATA_AVAIL' fails. Let's fix this issue by ensuring that qcom_rng_read() always returns with a full buffer if the function returns success. Let's also have qcom_rng_generate() return the correct value. Here's some statistics from the ent project (https://www.fourmilab.ch/random/) that shows information about the quality of the generated numbers: $ ent -c qcom-random-before Value Char Occurrences Fraction 0 606748 0.067416 1 33104 0.003678 2 33001 0.003667 ... 253 � 32883 0.003654 254 � 33035 0.003671 255 � 33239 0.003693 Total: 9000000 1.000000 Entropy = 7.811590 bits per byte. Optimum compression would reduce the size of this 9000000 byte file by 2 percent. Chi square distribution for 9000000 samples is 9329962.81, and randomly would exceed this value less than 0.01 percent of the times. Arithmetic mean value of data bytes is 119.3731 (127.5 = random). Monte Carlo value for Pi is 3.197293333 (error 1.77 percent). Serial correlation coefficient is 0.159130 (totally uncorrelated = 0.0). Without this patch, the results of the chi-square test is 0.01%, and the numbers are certainly not random according to ent's project page. The results improve with this patch: $ ent -c qcom-random-after Value Char Occurrences Fraction 0 35432 0.003937 1 35127 0.003903 2 35424 0.003936

Affected

25 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 5.16.18-1 (bookworm)linux 5.16.18-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < a8e32bbb96c25b7ab29b1894dcd45e0b3b08fd9da8e32bbb96c25b7ab29b1894dcd45e0b3b08fd9d
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < 184f7bd08ce56f003530fc19f160d54e75bf5c9d184f7bd08ce56f003530fc19f160d54e75bf5c9d
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < 0f9b7b8df17525e464294c916acc8194ce38446b0f9b7b8df17525e464294c916acc8194ce38446b
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < ab9337c7cb6f875b6286440b1adfbeeef2b2b2bdab9337c7cb6f875b6286440b1adfbeeef2b2b2bd
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < 485995cbc98a4f77cfd4f8ed4dd7ff8ab262964d485995cbc98a4f77cfd4f8ed4dd7ff8ab262964d
linuxlinux>= ceec5f5b59882b871a722ca4d49b767a09a4bde9 < a680b1832ced3b5fa7c93484248fd221ea0d614ba680b1832ced3b5fa7c93484248fd221ea0d614b
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.113-15.10.113-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.16.18-15.16.18-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.19 < 4.19.2364.19.236
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20 < 5.4.1875.4.187
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.315.15.31
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.16.175.16.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1085.10.108

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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