Reviewed-by: Dandan Bi <[email protected]>


Thanks,
Dandan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Desimone, Nathaniel L <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 6:52 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Bi, Dandan <[email protected]>; Liming Gao
> <[email protected]>; Jadhav, Manoj D
> <[email protected]>; Chiu, Chasel <[email protected]>
> Subject: [edk2-platforms] [PATCH v1] UserAuthFeaturePkg: VerifyPassword()
> allows one extra password attempt
> 
> REF: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3756
> 
> If the password provided by the user is incorrect, then the VerifyPassword()
> function is supposed to return EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION if the user has not
> exceeded the maximum number of password guesses (currently set to 3). If
> the number of password guesses has been exceeded, then VerifyPassword()
> shall return EFI_ACCESS_DENIED. UserAuthenticationDxe uses
> EFI_ACCESS_DENIED as the signal that the number of guesses has been
> exceeded for the purposes of triggering a forced reboot.
> 
> VerifyPassword() checks if the number of password guess attempts has
> exceeded the maximum allowed before checking if the current password
> guess is correct. If it has, then VerifyPassword() immediately returns
> EFI_ACCESS_DENIED. This behavior is correct since it is possible for
> VerifyPassword() to be called again after the maximum number of attempts
> has been exceeded. However, if the user guesses incorrectly, then
> VerifyPassword() will always return EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION. This is where
> the bug is. It is possible that after the current attempt, the maximum allowed
> number of attempts is exceeded. Therefore,
> VerifyPassword() should check the number of attempts again, after checking
> if the password is correct.
> 
> Cc: Dandan Bi <[email protected]>
> Cc: Liming Gao <[email protected]>
> Cc: Jadhav Manoj D <[email protected]>
> Cc: Chasel Chiu <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Nate DeSimone <[email protected]>
> ---
>  .../UserAuthenticationSmm.c                        | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git
> a/Features/Intel/UserInterface/UserAuthFeaturePkg/UserAuthenticationDx
> eSmm/UserAuthenticationSmm.c
> b/Features/Intel/UserInterface/UserAuthFeaturePkg/UserAuthenticationDx
> eSmm/UserAuthenticationSmm.c
> index c24c3c47a5..16e3405a82 100644
> ---
> a/Features/Intel/UserInterface/UserAuthFeaturePkg/UserAuthenticationDx
> eSmm/UserAuthenticationSmm.c
> +++
> b/Features/Intel/UserInterface/UserAuthFeaturePkg/UserAuthentication
> +++ DxeSmm/UserAuthenticationSmm.c
> @@ -504,7 +504,12 @@ SmmPasswordHandler (
> 
>      if (!IsPasswordVerified (UserGuid,
> SmmCommunicateSetPassword.OldPassword, PasswordLen + 1)) {
>        DEBUG ((DEBUG_ERROR, "SmmPasswordHandler: PasswordVerify -
> FAIL\n"));
> -      Status = EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION;
> +      if (*PasswordTryCount >= PASSWORD_MAX_TRY_COUNT) {
> +        DEBUG ((DEBUG_ERROR, "SmmPasswordHandler: SET_PASSWORD try
> count reach!\n"));
> +        Status = EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;
> +      } else {
> +        Status = EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION;
> +      }
>        goto EXIT;
>      }
> 
> @@ -554,7 +559,12 @@ SmmPasswordHandler (
>      }
>      if (!IsPasswordVerified (UserGuid,
> SmmCommunicateVerifyPassword.Password, PasswordLen + 1)) {
>        DEBUG ((DEBUG_ERROR, "SmmPasswordHandler: PasswordVerify -
> FAIL\n"));
> -      Status = EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION;
> +      if (*PasswordTryCount >= PASSWORD_MAX_TRY_COUNT) {
> +        DEBUG ((DEBUG_ERROR, "SmmPasswordHandler: VERIFY_PASSWORD
> try count reach!\n"));
> +        Status = EFI_ACCESS_DENIED;
> +      } else {
> +        Status = EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION;
> +      }
>        goto EXIT;
>      }
>      mPasswordVerified = TRUE;
> --
> 2.27.0.windows.1



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