[PATCH v5 08/10] crypto: safexcel - Simplify the check for a valid AES key

From: Thomas Huth

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 05:32:38 EST


From: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>

safexcel_aead_setkey() currently uses aes_expandkey() to check for a valid
AES key, but then does not use the crypto_aes_ctx afterwards anymore,
i.e. this is just a wasteful way of checking the key length, and thus
aes_check_keylen() should be used instead.
This also fixes a potential leak of sensitive data via the stack, since
this function forgot to zeroize crypto_aes_ctx before returning to the
caller.

Suggested-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
index a8349b684693e..f07d043c67d45 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_cipher.c
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ 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;
int err = -EINVAL, i;
const char *alg;

@@ -438,7 +437,7 @@ static int safexcel_aead_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
goto badkey;
break;
case SAFEXCEL_AES:
- err = aes_expandkey(&aes, keys.enckey, keys.enckeylen);
+ err = aes_check_keylen(keys.enckeylen);
if (unlikely(err))
goto badkey;
break;
--
2.55.0