[PATCH 10/21] nvme-auth: common: use crypto library in nvme_auth_generate_psk()

From: Eric Biggers

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 03:04:27 EST


For the HMAC computation in nvme_auth_generate_psk(), use the crypto
library instead of crypto_shash. This is simpler, faster, and more
reliable. Notably, this eliminates the crypto transformation object
allocation for every call, which was very slow.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/common/auth.c | 63 +++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/common/auth.c b/drivers/nvme/common/auth.c
index be5bc5fcafc63..781d1d5d46dd3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/common/auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/common/auth.c
@@ -495,67 +495,32 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_auth_parse_key);
*/
int nvme_auth_generate_psk(u8 hmac_id, const u8 *skey, size_t skey_len,
const u8 *c1, const u8 *c2, size_t hash_len,
u8 **ret_psk, size_t *ret_len)
{
- struct crypto_shash *tfm;
- SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(shash, tfm);
+ size_t psk_len = nvme_auth_hmac_hash_len(hmac_id);
+ struct nvme_auth_hmac_ctx hmac;
u8 *psk;
- const char *hmac_name;
- int ret, psk_len;
+ int ret;

if (!c1 || !c2)
return -EINVAL;

- hmac_name = nvme_auth_hmac_name(hmac_id);
- if (!hmac_name) {
- pr_warn("%s: invalid hash algorithm %d\n",
- __func__, hmac_id);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
- tfm = crypto_alloc_shash(hmac_name, 0, 0);
- if (IS_ERR(tfm))
- return PTR_ERR(tfm);
-
- psk_len = crypto_shash_digestsize(tfm);
+ ret = nvme_auth_hmac_init(&hmac, hmac_id, skey, skey_len);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
psk = kzalloc(psk_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!psk) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto out_free_tfm;
- }
-
- shash->tfm = tfm;
- ret = crypto_shash_setkey(tfm, skey, skey_len);
- if (ret)
- goto out_free_psk;
-
- ret = crypto_shash_init(shash);
- if (ret)
- goto out_free_psk;
-
- ret = crypto_shash_update(shash, c1, hash_len);
- if (ret)
- goto out_free_psk;
-
- ret = crypto_shash_update(shash, c2, hash_len);
- if (ret)
- goto out_free_psk;
-
- ret = crypto_shash_final(shash, psk);
- if (!ret) {
- *ret_psk = psk;
- *ret_len = psk_len;
+ memzero_explicit(&hmac, sizeof(hmac));
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
-
-out_free_psk:
- if (ret)
- kfree_sensitive(psk);
-out_free_tfm:
- crypto_free_shash(tfm);
-
- return ret;
+ nvme_auth_hmac_update(&hmac, c1, hash_len);
+ nvme_auth_hmac_update(&hmac, c2, hash_len);
+ nvme_auth_hmac_final(&hmac, psk);
+ *ret_psk = psk;
+ *ret_len = psk_len;
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_auth_generate_psk);

/**
* nvme_auth_generate_digest - Generate TLS PSK digest
--
2.53.0