[PATCH v5 10/10] crypto: eip93 - Simplify the check for a valid AES key
From: Thomas Huth
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 05:37:33 EST
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
eip93_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/eip93/eip93-aead.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/eip93/eip93-aead.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/eip93/eip93-aead.c
index 2bbd0af7b0e0e..0b7a899b14d76 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/eip93/eip93-aead.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/eip93/eip93-aead.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static int eip93_aead_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
struct crypto_tfm *tfm = crypto_aead_tfm(ctfm);
struct eip93_crypto_ctx *ctx = crypto_tfm_ctx(tfm);
struct crypto_authenc_keys keys;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx aes;
struct sa_record *sa_record = ctx->sa_record;
u32 nonce = 0;
int ret;
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ static int eip93_aead_setkey(struct crypto_aead *ctfm, const u8 *key,
break;
case EIP93_ALG_AES:
- ret = aes_expandkey(&aes, keys.enckey, keys.enckeylen);
+ ret = aes_check_keylen(keys.enckeylen);
if (ret)
return ret;
--
2.55.0