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From: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
	christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu, nayna@linux.ibm.com,
	gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, ritesh.list@gmail.com,
	sshegde@linux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	rnsastry@linux.ibm.com, ssrish@linux.ibm.com,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] pseries/plpks: fix error handling in plpks_read_var()
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:58:05 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923182816.151451-2-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923182816.151451-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>

When a PLPKS variable is initialized without a policy and used to read an
object with the PLPKS_WRAPPINGKEY policy set, the hypervisor returns
H_AUTHORITY along with the object's policy. However, plpks_read_var()
currently 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 propagate the
returned policy to the caller while preserving the authorization error.
Remove the explicit assignment of zero to rc on H_SUCCESS, as it is
redundant.

Also validate the PLPKS variable pointer before dereferencing it.

Fixes: 2454a7af0f2a ("powerpc/pseries: define driver for Platform KeyStore")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.0
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 14 ++++++++------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index 23e4e2a922fc..7e56b3dcacbc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
 	u8 *output;
 	int rc;
 
+	if (!var)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (var->namelen > PLPKS_MAX_NAME_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -856,22 +859,21 @@ 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


  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-23 18:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-23 18:28 [PATCH 00/12] Refactor and harden PLPKS code Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 02/12] pseries/plpks: fix error code for wrapping key reads Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 03/12] pseries/plpks: validate input to plpks_signed_update_var() Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 04/12] pseries/plpks: clear sensitive PLPKS buffers Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 05/12] pseries/plpks: clear sensitive buffers in wrapping operations Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 06/12] pseries/plpks: clear signed update authentication buffer Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 07/12] pseries/plpks: clear SED key data after use Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 08/12] pseries/plpks: fix self-reference in plpks_var initializer Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 09/12] pseries/plpks: hide wrapping_features when unsupported Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 10/12] pseries/plpks: make narrowing conversions explicit Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 11/12] pseries/plpks: rename the default wrapping key macro Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-23 18:28 ` [PATCH 12/12] pseries/plpks: update PKS documentation and MAINTAINERS entry Srish Srinivasan

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