Otherwise we risk leaking information via timing side channel.
Fixes: fdf7cb4185b6 ("mac80211: accept key reinstall without changing anything")
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <ja...@zx2c4.com>
---
net/mac80211/key.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/key.c b/net/mac80211/key.c
index ae995c8480db..035d16fe926e 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/key.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/key.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <net/mac80211.h>
+#include <crypto/algapi.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
#include "ieee80211_i.h"
#include "driver-ops.h"
@@ -635,7 +636,7 @@ int ieee80211_key_link(struct ieee80211_key *key,
* new version of the key to avoid nonce reuse or replay issues.
*/
if (old_key && key->conf.keylen == old_key->conf.keylen &&
- !memcmp(key->conf.key, old_key->conf.key, key->conf.keylen)) {
+ !crypto_memneq(key->conf.key, old_key->conf.key, key->conf.keylen))
{
ieee80211_key_free_unused(key);
ret = 0;
goto out;
--
2.14.2
