fix(legacy): Abort recovery for invalid words.

legacy/firmware/.changelog.d/noissue.security.3

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix potential security issues in recovery workflow.

legacy/firmware/recovery.c

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
 /* number of words expected in the new seed */
 static uint32_t word_count;
 
-/* recovery mode:
+/* recovery mode */
- * 0: not recovering
+static enum {
- * 1: recover by scrambled plain text words
+  RECOVERY_NONE = 0,       // recovery not in progress
- * 2: recover by matrix entry
+  RECOVERY_SCRAMBLED = 1,  // standard recovery by scrambled plain text words
- */
+  RECOVERY_MATRIX = 2,     // advanced recovery by matrix entry
-static int awaiting_word = 0;
+} recovery_mode = RECOVERY_NONE;
 
 /* True if we should not write anything back to config
  * (can be used for testing seed for correctness).
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ static void format_number(char *dest, int number) {
 static void recovery_request(void) {
   WordRequest resp = {0};
   memzero(&resp, sizeof(WordRequest));
-  if (awaiting_word == 1) {
+  if (recovery_mode == RECOVERY_SCRAMBLED) {
     resp.type = WordRequestType_WordRequestType_Plain;
   } else if (word_index % 4 == 3) {
     resp.type = WordRequestType_WordRequestType_Matrix6;
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ static void recovery_done(void) {
     fsm_sendFailure(FailureType_Failure_DataError,
                     _("Invalid seed, are words in correct order?"));
   }
-  awaiting_word = 0;
+  memzero(words, sizeof(words));
+  word_pincode = 0;
+  recovery_mode = RECOVERY_NONE;
   layoutHome();
 }
 
@@ -476,6 +478,9 @@ void recovery_init(uint32_t _word_count, bool passphrase_protection,
                    bool _dry_run) {
   if (_word_count != 12 && _word_count != 18 && _word_count != 24) return;
 
+  recovery_mode = RECOVERY_NONE;
+  word_pincode = 0;
+  word_index = 0;
   word_count = _word_count;
   enforce_wordlist = _enforce_wordlist;
   dry_run = _dry_run;
@@ -504,10 +509,9 @@ void recovery_init(uint32_t _word_count, bool passphrase_protection,
     config_setU2FCounter(u2f_counter);
   }
 
+  // Prefer matrix recovery if the host supports it.
   if ((type & RecoveryDeviceType_RecoveryDeviceType_Matrix) != 0) {
-    awaiting_word = 2;
+    recovery_mode = RECOVERY_MATRIX;
-    word_index = 0;
-    word_pincode = 0;
     next_matrix();
   } else {
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < word_count; i++) {
@@ -517,8 +521,7 @@ void recovery_init(uint32_t _word_count, bool passphrase_protection,
       word_order[i] = 0;
     }
     random_permute(word_order, 24);
-    awaiting_word = 1;
+    recovery_mode = RECOVERY_SCRAMBLED;
-    word_index = 0;
     next_word();
   }
 }
@@ -527,29 +530,18 @@ static void recovery_scrambledword(const char *word) {
   int index = -1;
   if (enforce_wordlist) {  // check if word is valid
     index = mnemonic_find_word(word);
-  }
-  if (word_pos == 0) {  // fake word
-    if (strcmp(word, fake_word) != 0) {
-      if (!dry_run) {
-        session_clear(true);
-      }
-      fsm_sendFailure(FailureType_Failure_ProcessError,
-                      _("Wrong word retyped"));
-      layoutHome();
-      return;
-    }
-  } else {  // real word
-    if (enforce_wordlist) {
     if (index < 0) {  // not found
       if (!dry_run) {
         session_clear(true);
       }
       fsm_sendFailure(FailureType_Failure_DataError,
                       _("Word not found in a wordlist"));
-        layoutHome();
+      recovery_abort();
       return;
     }
   }
+
+  if (word_pos != 0) {  // ignore fake words
     strlcpy(words[word_pos - 1], word, sizeof(words[word_pos - 1]));
   }
 
@@ -565,11 +557,11 @@ static void recovery_scrambledword(const char *word) {
  * for scrambled recovery.
  */
 void recovery_word(const char *word) {
-  switch (awaiting_word) {
+  switch (recovery_mode) {
-    case 2:
+    case RECOVERY_MATRIX:
       recovery_digit(word[0]);
       break;
-    case 1:
+    case RECOVERY_SCRAMBLED:
       recovery_scrambledword(word);
       break;
     default:
@@ -582,9 +574,11 @@ void recovery_word(const char *word) {
 /* Abort recovery.
  */
 void recovery_abort(void) {
-  if (awaiting_word) {
+  memzero(words, sizeof(words));
+  word_pincode = 0;
+  if (recovery_mode != RECOVERY_NONE) {
     layoutHome();
-    awaiting_word = 0;
+    recovery_mode = RECOVERY_NONE;
   }
 }