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From: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
	christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
	James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, jarkko@kernel.org,
	zohar@linux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, nayna@linux.ibm.com,
	rnsastry@linux.ibm.com, ssrish@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] pseries/plpks: fix error handling in plpks_read_var()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:53:02 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827062309.724808-3-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827062309.724808-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>

When a plpks variable is initialized without a policy and used to read an
object with the 'wrapping key' policy set, the hypervisor returns
H_AUTHORITY along with the object's policy. However, plpks_read_var() at
present treats this the same as any other H_AUTHORITY failure and returns
an error without propagating the policy information to the caller.

Distinguish this case from other H_AUTHORITY failures and only propagate
policy information when it is returned alongside H_AUTHORITY by the
hypervisor. Remove the explicit assignment of rc to zero in the case of
H_SUCCESS as it is redundant.

Also return -EPERM instead of -EINVAL when the 'wrapping key' policy bit is
set by the caller, better reflecting the access restriction being enforced.

Fixes: 2454a7af0f2a ("powerpc/pseries: define driver for Platform KeyStore")
Fixes: 133aa79e211d ("pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module")
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index 23e4e2a922fc..7bd5c149dd09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (var->policy & PLPKS_WRAPPINGKEY)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EPERM;
 
 	auth = construct_auth(consumer);
 	if (IS_ERR(auth))
@@ -856,22 +856,21 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
 				 virt_to_phys(var->name), var->namelen, virt_to_phys(output),
 				 maxobjsize);
 
-
 	if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
 		rc = pseries_status_to_err(rc);
-		goto out_free_output;
+		if (rc != -EPERM || !retbuf[1])
+			goto out_free_output;
+		goto out_copy_policy;
 	}
 
 	if (!var->data || var->datalen > retbuf[0])
 		var->datalen = retbuf[0];
 
-	var->policy = retbuf[1];
-
 	if (var->data)
 		memcpy(var->data, output, var->datalen);
 
-	rc = 0;
-
+out_copy_policy:
+	var->policy = retbuf[1];
 out_free_output:
 	kfree(output);
 out_free_label:
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-27  6:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-27  6:23 [PATCH 0/8] Extend PKWM to support user-created wrapping keys Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 1/8] pseries/plpks: update PKS documentation and maintainer entry Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 3/8] pseries/plpks: improve type consistency and parameter validation Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 4/8] pseries/plpks: rename the default wrapping key macro Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 5/8] pseries/plpks: hide wrapping_features when unsupported Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 6/8] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PKWM wrapping key life cycle management Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 7/8] keys/trusted_keys: enable PKWM wrapping key selection by label Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27  6:23 ` [PATCH 8/8] pseries/plpks/wrapkey: expose PKWM wrapping key management to userspace via sysfs Srish Srinivasan

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