diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/pkcs7_verify.c
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+/* Verify the signature on a PKCS#7 message.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Written by David Howells (dhowells@redhat.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) "PKCS7: "fmt
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/asn1.h>
+#include <crypto/hash.h>
+#include "public_key.h"
+#include "pkcs7_parser.h"
+
+/*
+ * Digest the relevant parts of the PKCS#7 data
+ */
+static int pkcs7_digest(struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7,
+			struct pkcs7_signed_info *sinfo)
+{
+	struct crypto_shash *tfm;
+	struct shash_desc *desc;
+	size_t digest_size, desc_size;
+	void *digest;
+	int ret;
+
+	kenter(",%u,%u", sinfo->index, sinfo->sig.pkey_hash_algo);
+
+	if (sinfo->sig.pkey_hash_algo >= PKEY_HASH__LAST ||
+	    !hash_algo_name[sinfo->sig.pkey_hash_algo])
+		return -ENOPKG;
+
+	/* Allocate the hashing algorithm we're going to need and find out how
+	 * big the hash operational data will be.
+	 */
+	tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(hash_algo_name[sinfo->sig.pkey_hash_algo],
+				 0, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(tfm))
+		return (PTR_ERR(tfm) == -ENOENT) ? -ENOPKG : PTR_ERR(tfm);
+
+	desc_size = crypto_shash_descsize(tfm) + sizeof(*desc);
+	sinfo->sig.digest_size = digest_size = crypto_shash_digestsize(tfm);
+
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
+	digest = kzalloc(digest_size + desc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!digest)
+		goto error_no_desc;
+
+	desc = digest + digest_size;
+	desc->tfm   = tfm;
+	desc->flags = CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP;
+
+	/* Digest the message [RFC2315 9.3] */
+	ret = crypto_shash_init(desc);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+	ret = crypto_shash_finup(desc, pkcs7->data, pkcs7->data_len, digest);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+	pr_devel("MsgDigest = [%*ph]\n", 8, digest);
+
+	/* However, if there are authenticated attributes, there must be a
+	 * message digest attribute amongst them which corresponds to the
+	 * digest we just calculated.
+	 */
+	if (sinfo->msgdigest) {
+		u8 tag;
+
+		if (sinfo->msgdigest_len != sinfo->sig.digest_size) {
+			pr_debug("Sig %u: Invalid digest size (%u)\n",
+				 sinfo->index, sinfo->msgdigest_len);
+			ret = -EBADMSG;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		if (memcmp(digest, sinfo->msgdigest, sinfo->msgdigest_len) != 0) {
+			pr_debug("Sig %u: Message digest doesn't match\n",
+				 sinfo->index);
+			ret = -EKEYREJECTED;
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		/* We then calculate anew, using the authenticated attributes
+		 * as the contents of the digest instead.  Note that we need to
+		 * convert the attributes from a CONT.0 into a SET before we
+		 * hash it.
+		 */
+		memset(digest, 0, sinfo->sig.digest_size);
+
+		ret = crypto_shash_init(desc);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
+		tag = ASN1_CONS_BIT | ASN1_SET;
+		ret = crypto_shash_update(desc, &tag, 1);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
+		ret = crypto_shash_finup(desc, sinfo->authattrs,
+					 sinfo->authattrs_len, digest);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto error;
+		pr_devel("AADigest = [%*ph]\n", 8, digest);
+	}
+
+	sinfo->sig.digest = digest;
+	digest = NULL;
+
+error:
+	kfree(digest);
+error_no_desc:
+	crypto_free_shash(tfm);
+	kleave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+/*
+ * Verify one signed information block from a PKCS#7 message.
+ */
+static int pkcs7_verify_one(struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7,
+			    struct pkcs7_signed_info *sinfo)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	kenter(",%u", sinfo->index);
+
+	/* First of all, digest the data in the PKCS#7 message and the
+	 * signed information block
+	 */
+	ret = pkcs7_digest(pkcs7, sinfo);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * pkcs7_verify - Verify a PKCS#7 message
+ * @pkcs7: The PKCS#7 message to be verified
+ */
+int pkcs7_verify(struct pkcs7_message *pkcs7)
+{
+	struct pkcs7_signed_info *sinfo;
+	struct x509_certificate *x509;
+	int ret, n;
+
+	kenter("");
+
+	for (n = 0, x509 = pkcs7->certs; x509; x509 = x509->next, n++) {
+		ret = x509_get_sig_params(x509);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+		pr_debug("X.509[%u] %s\n", n, x509->authority);
+	}
+
+	for (sinfo = pkcs7->signed_infos; sinfo; sinfo = sinfo->next) {
+		ret = pkcs7_verify_one(pkcs7, sinfo);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			kleave(" = %d", ret);
+			return ret;
+		}
+	}
+
+	kleave(" = 0");
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pkcs7_verify);