[PATCH v2 8/9] crypto: safexcel - zeroize crypto_aes_ctx with __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx)

From: Thomas Huth

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 06:02:54 EST


From: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>

The code clears the crypto_aes_ctx in most cases already with
memzero_explicit(), but two cases are missed:

1) safexcel_aead_setkey() never cleared it
2) safexcel_skcipher_aesxts_setkey() runs aes_expandkey() twice, and in
case the second call fails, the context from the first call is leaked

To fix these and to avoid future similar problems, let's use the new
__cleanup(aes_clear_ctx) mechanism to make sure that we clear the
crypto_aes_ctx everywhere.

Cc: Antoine Tenart <atenart@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c | 15 +++++----------
drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
index a8349b684693e..2d21ef388beaf 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aes_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,
struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_skcipher_tfm(ctfm);
struct safexcel_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct safexcel_crypto_priv *priv = ctx->base.priv;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int ret, i;

ret = aes_expandkey(&aes, key, len);
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aes_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,

ctx->key_len = len;

- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return 0;
}

@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ static int safexcel_aead_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
struct safexcel_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct safexcel_crypto_priv *priv = ctx->base.priv;
struct crypto_authenc_keys keys;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int err = -EINVAL, i;
const char *alg;

@@ -1362,7 +1361,7 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aesctr_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,
struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_skcipher_tfm(ctfm);
struct safexcel_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct safexcel_crypto_priv *priv = ctx->base.priv;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int ret, i;
unsigned int keylen;

@@ -1388,7 +1387,6 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aesctr_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,

ctx->key_len = keylen;

- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return 0;
}

@@ -2542,7 +2540,7 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aesxts_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,
struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_skcipher_tfm(ctfm);
struct safexcel_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct safexcel_crypto_priv *priv = ctx->base.priv;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int ret, i;
unsigned int keylen;

@@ -2590,7 +2588,6 @@ static int safexcel_skcipher_aesxts_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *ctfm,

ctx->key_len = keylen << 1;

- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return 0;
}

@@ -2756,12 +2753,11 @@ static int safexcel_aead_ccm_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_aead_tfm(ctfm);
struct safexcel_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct safexcel_crypto_priv *priv = ctx->base.priv;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int ret, i;

ret = aes_expandkey(&aes, key, len);
if (ret) {
- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return ret;
}

@@ -2790,7 +2786,6 @@ static int safexcel_aead_ccm_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
else
ctx->hash_alg = CONTEXT_CONTROL_CRYPTO_ALG_XCBC128;

- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return 0;
}

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
index 3402e570d045c..d3b701c96d871 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ static int safexcel_cbcmac_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
unsigned int len)
{
struct safexcel_ahash_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(crypto_ahash_tfm(tfm));
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx aes __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
int ret, i;

ret = aes_expandkey(&aes, key, len);
@@ -1928,7 +1928,6 @@ static int safexcel_cbcmac_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
}
ctx->cbcmac = true;

- memzero_explicit(&aes, sizeof(aes));
return 0;
}

--
2.55.0