From: Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
To: ebiggers@kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org
Cc: Jason@zx2c4.com, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
me@brighamcampbell.com, jkoolstra@xs4all.nl,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: chacha20poly1305 - Fix missing state zeroization in xchacha decrypt
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 11:38:26 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261003060826.7792-1-raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com> (raw)
The `__chacha20poly1305_decrypt` function does not zeroize the chacha
state, unlike its encrypt counterpart. The regular
`chacha20poly1305_decrypt` function handles this by manually calling
chacha_zeroize_state(). However, `xchacha20poly1305_decrypt` returns
the result directly without clearing the state.
This leaves the derived chacha20 subkey on the stack after the function
returns. Fix this by storing the return value, calling
chacha_zeroize_state() and then returning the result, matching the
logic in `chacha20poly1305_decrypt`.
Fixes: ed20078b7e333 ("crypto: chacha20poly1305 - import construction and selftest from Zinc")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mohamad Raizudeen <raizudeen.kerneldev@gmail.com>
---
lib/crypto/chacha20poly1305.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/crypto/chacha20poly1305.c b/lib/crypto/chacha20poly1305.c
index ea42a28f4ff7..03b14d272520 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/chacha20poly1305.c
+++ b/lib/crypto/chacha20poly1305.c
@@ -199,10 +199,13 @@ bool xchacha20poly1305_decrypt(u8 *dst, const u8 *src, const size_t src_len,
const u8 key[at_least CHACHA20POLY1305_KEY_SIZE])
{
struct chacha_state chacha_state;
+ bool ret;
xchacha_init(&chacha_state, key, nonce);
- return __chacha20poly1305_decrypt(dst, src, src_len, ad, ad_len,
+ ret = __chacha20poly1305_decrypt(dst, src, src_len, ad, ad_len,
&chacha_state);
+ chacha_zeroize_state(&chacha_state);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(xchacha20poly1305_decrypt);
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-10-03 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-03 6:08 Mohamad Raizudeen [this message]
2026-10-03 7:34 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-10-03 8:57 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-03 9:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2026-10-03 16:39 ` Eric Biggers
2026-10-03 16:55 ` Mohamad Raizudeen
2026-10-03 20:22 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2026-10-04 3:20 ` Mohamad Raizudeen
2026-10-04 16:52 ` Eric Biggers
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