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 07/12] pseries/plpks: clear SED key data after use
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:58:11 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923182816.151451-8-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260923182816.151451-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
Explicitly clear the temporary buffer containing SED key data after read
and write operations.
Fixes: ec8cf230cecc ("powerpc/pseries: PLPKS SED Opal keystore support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.7
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Joyce <gjoyce@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks_sed_ops.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks_sed_ops.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks_sed_ops.c
index 7c873c9589ef..ac3ec2ca7fbe 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks_sed_ops.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks_sed_ops.c
@@ -84,14 +84,16 @@ int sed_read_key(char *keyname, char *key, u_int *keylen)
ret = plpks_read_os_var(&var);
if (ret != 0)
- return ret;
+ goto out;
len = min_t(u16, be32_to_cpu(data.key_len), var.datalen);
memcpy(key, data.key, len);
key[len] = '\0';
*keylen = len;
- return 0;
+out:
+ memzero_explicit(&data, sizeof(data));
+ return ret;
}
/*
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ int sed_write_key(char *keyname, char *key, u_int keylen)
struct plpks_var var;
struct plpks_sed_object_data data;
struct plpks_var_name vname;
+ int ret;
plpks_init_var(&var, keyname);
@@ -127,5 +130,8 @@ int sed_write_key(char *keyname, char *key, u_int keylen)
vname.name = var.name;
plpks_remove_var(var.component, var.os, vname);
- return plpks_write_var(var);
+ ret = plpks_write_var(var);
+ memzero_explicit(&data, sizeof(data));
+
+ return ret;
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-23 18:30 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 ` [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 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
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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