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Authored by ww3512687

18/100 · Opaque
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✓ Subject identifies a change! Too few words to establish purpose! No meaningful explanatory body! Opaque security-relevant change
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit reviews and hardens the fingerprint sensor subsystem in the Keystone 3 hardware wallet firmware. It removes a custom CRC implementation and several hard-coded encryption keys used for fingerprint communication, replacing them with zero-initialized keys that are later populated at runtime. It also refactors command timeout/retry logic and removes a direct fingerprint sensor system-reset command. The changes reduce the risk that an attacker could exploit predictable keys or a weak checksum to interfere with fingerprint enrollment, recognition, or deletion, but the patch is only partial: the code still calls a removed CRC function in one place and the overall security impact depends on how runtime keys are generated.

Recommended action

Verify that the deleted crc32_update_fast() symbol is provided by another module (e.g., a standard crc.c) so the firmware still builds and the protocol CRC remains interoperable with the fingerprint sensor. Audit how g_fpRandomKey, g_hostRandomKey, g_communicateAesKey, and g_randomAesKey are populated at runtime to ensure they are derived from a cryptographically secure random source and not still predictable or static. Review the retry logic for denial-of-service or unintended side effects, especially FINGERPRINT_CMD_DELETE_SINGLE/DELETE_ALL being retried automatically. Confirm that removing FINGERPRINT_CMD_SYS_RESET does not break required factory reset or sensor recovery workflows.

Security signals we found

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Removal of hard-coded fingerprint AES/communication keys

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Zero-initialization and explicit memset of sensitive key buffers in FingerprintInit

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Removal of custom CRC implementation with a TODO noting it was non-standard

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Removal of FINGERPRINT_CMD_SYS_RESET (fingerprint sensor system reset) from command map and CLI

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Refactoring of timeout/retry logic to avoid shadowed loop variable and add configurable retry limits

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Potential regression: crc32_update_fast() is still called but its implementation is deleted

Risk score

Why this scored 57/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 18/30
Exploitability 12/25
Stealth signal 8/15
Affected reach 10/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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