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authorMounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>2016-08-08 00:49:00 +0200
committerMounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>2016-08-15 01:09:05 +0200
commit5b381ce7d7ec45e02765b4a180f9aa1ee8aeee40 (patch)
tree49f9cc8a5cc65386b021566e9b7d7ec631923b79 /src/ExpandVolume
parent3fb2eedab8ef586cd2686efba0b668a5070fd0af (diff)
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Windows: Fix vulnerability inherited from TrueCrypt that allows an attacker to detect with high probability if a hidden volume is present. Vulnerability reported by Ivanov Alexey Mikhailovich.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/ExpandVolume')
-rw-r--r--src/ExpandVolume/ExpandVolume.c47
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/ExpandVolume/ExpandVolume.c b/src/ExpandVolume/ExpandVolume.c
index abe09557..82c4207e 100644
--- a/src/ExpandVolume/ExpandVolume.c
+++ b/src/ExpandVolume/ExpandVolume.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ static int ExpandVolume (HWND hwndDlg, wchar_t *lpszVolume, Password *pVolumePas
cryptoInfo->RequiredProgramVersion,
cryptoInfo->HeaderFlags,
cryptoInfo->SectorSize,
- TRUE ); // use slow poll
+ FALSE ); // use slow poll
if (ci != NULL)
crypto_close (ci);
@@ -818,8 +818,7 @@ static int ExpandVolume (HWND hwndDlg, wchar_t *lpszVolume, Password *pVolumePas
goto error;
}
- nStatus = _lwrite ((HFILE) dev, buffer, TC_VOLUME_HEADER_EFFECTIVE_SIZE);
- if (nStatus != TC_VOLUME_HEADER_EFFECTIVE_SIZE)
+ if (!WriteEffectiveVolumeHeader (bDevice, dev, buffer))
{
nStatus = ERR_OS_ERROR;
goto error;
@@ -835,9 +834,51 @@ static int ExpandVolume (HWND hwndDlg, wchar_t *lpszVolume, Password *pVolumePas
)
{
//DebugAddProgressDlgStatus(hwndDlg, L"WriteRandomDataToReservedHeaderAreas() ...\r\n");
+ PCRYPTO_INFO dummyInfo = NULL;
+ LARGE_INTEGER hiddenOffset;
+
nStatus = WriteRandomDataToReservedHeaderAreas (hwndDlg, dev, cryptoInfo, newDataAreaSize, !backupHeader, backupHeader);
if (nStatus != ERR_SUCCESS)
goto error;
+
+ // write fake hidden volume header to protect against attacks that use statistical entropy
+ // analysis to detect presence of hidden volumes
+ hiddenOffset.QuadPart = headerOffset.QuadPart + TC_HIDDEN_VOLUME_HEADER_OFFSET;
+
+ nStatus = CreateVolumeHeaderInMemory (hwndDlg, FALSE,
+ buffer,
+ cryptoInfo->ea,
+ cryptoInfo->mode,
+ NULL,
+ 0,
+ 0,
+ NULL,
+ &dummyInfo,
+ newDataAreaSize,
+ newDataAreaSize, // hiddenVolumeSize
+ cryptoInfo->EncryptedAreaStart.Value,
+ newDataAreaSize,
+ cryptoInfo->RequiredProgramVersion,
+ cryptoInfo->HeaderFlags,
+ cryptoInfo->SectorSize,
+ FALSE ); // use slow poll
+
+ if (nStatus != ERR_SUCCESS)
+ goto error;
+
+ crypto_close (dummyInfo);
+
+ if (!SetFilePointerEx ((HANDLE) dev, hiddenOffset, NULL, FILE_BEGIN))
+ {
+ nStatus = ERR_OS_ERROR;
+ goto error;
+ }
+
+ if (!WriteEffectiveVolumeHeader (bDevice, dev, buffer))
+ {
+ nStatus = ERR_OS_ERROR;
+ goto error;
+ }
}
FlushFileBuffers (dev);