From ca2afc9fb64d9a9b2f8930ba505d9ab6c8a57667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 10:56:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] cipher: Allow verification of small RSA signatures in FIPS
mode
* cipher/rsa.c (rsa_check_keysize): Formatting.
(rsa_check_verify_keysize): New function.
(rsa_verify): Allow using smaller keys for verification.
--
GnuPG-bug-id: 5975
Signed-off-by: Jakub Jelen <jjelen@redhat.com>
---
cipher/rsa.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cipher/rsa.c b/cipher/rsa.c
index c6319b67..9f2b36e8 100644
--- a/cipher/rsa.c
+++ b/cipher/rsa.c
@@ -352,13 +352,35 @@ generate_std (RSA_secret_key *sk, unsigned int nbits, unsigned long use_e,
static gpg_err_code_t
rsa_check_keysize (unsigned int nbits)
{
- if (fips_mode() && nbits < 2048)
+ if (fips_mode () && nbits < 2048)
return GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE;
return GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR;
}
+/* Check the RSA key length is acceptable for signature verification
+ *
+ * FIPS allows signature verification with RSA keys of size
+ * 1024, 1280, 1536 and 1792 in legacy mode, but this is up to the
+ * calling application to decide if the signature is legacy and
+ * should be accepted.
+ */
+static gpg_err_code_t
+rsa_check_verify_keysize (unsigned int nbits)
+{
+ if (fips_mode ())
+ {
+ if ((nbits >= 1024 && (nbits % 256) == 0) || nbits >= 2048)
+ return GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR;
+
+ return GPG_ERR_INV_VALUE;
+ }
+
+ return GPG_ERR_NO_ERROR;
+}
+
+
/****************
* Generate a key pair with a key of size NBITS.
* USE_E = 0 let Libcgrypt decide what exponent to use.
@@ -1602,7 +1624,7 @@ rsa_verify (gcry_sexp_t s_sig, gcry_sexp_t s_data, gcry_sexp_t keyparms)
gcry_mpi_t result = NULL;
unsigned int nbits = rsa_get_nbits (keyparms);
- rc = rsa_check_keysize (nbits);
+ rc = rsa_check_verify_keysize (nbits);
if (rc)
return rc;
--
2.37.1