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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 04/12] pseries/plpks: clear sensitive PLPKS buffers
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:58:08 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923182816.151451-5-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923182816.151451-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>

PLPKS read, remove, and write operations use authentication buffers that
contain passwords. The read output buffer may also contain sensitive data.
Freeing these buffers with kfree(), without wiping the contents, can leave
sensitive data in memory.

Use kfree_sensitive() to wipe the buffers when freeing them.

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>
Reviewed-by: Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index e3ae2cd78247..8dbf85e9714c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ int plpks_write_var(struct plpks_var var)
 	rc = pseries_status_to_err(rc);
 	kfree(label);
 out:
-	kfree(auth);
+	kfree_sensitive(auth);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ int plpks_remove_var(char *component, u8 varos, struct plpks_var_name vname)
 	rc = pseries_status_to_err(rc);
 	kfree(label);
 out:
-	kfree(auth);
+	kfree_sensitive(auth);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -878,11 +878,11 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
 out_copy_policy:
 	var->policy = retbuf[1];
 out_free_output:
-	kfree(output);
+	kfree_sensitive(output);
 out_free_label:
 	kfree(label);
 out_free_auth:
-	kfree(auth);
+	kfree_sensitive(auth);
 
 	return rc;
 }
-- 
2.52.0


  parent 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 ` [PATCH 01/12] pseries/plpks: fix error handling in plpks_read_var() Srish Srinivasan
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 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
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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