[PATCH 2/8] pseries/plpks: fix error handling in plpks_read_var()
From: Srish Srinivasan
Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 02:26:12 EST
When a plpks variable is initialized without a policy and used to read an
object with the 'wrapping key' policy set, the hypervisor returns
H_AUTHORITY along with the object's policy. However, plpks_read_var() at
present treats this the same as any other H_AUTHORITY failure and returns
an error without propagating the policy information to the caller.
Distinguish this case from other H_AUTHORITY failures and only propagate
policy information when it is returned alongside H_AUTHORITY by the
hypervisor. Remove the explicit assignment of rc to zero in the case of
H_SUCCESS as it is redundant.
Also return -EPERM instead of -EINVAL when the 'wrapping key' policy bit is
set by the caller, better reflecting the access restriction being enforced.
Fixes: 2454a7af0f2a ("powerpc/pseries: define driver for Platform KeyStore")
Fixes: 133aa79e211d ("pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module")
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index 23e4e2a922fc..7bd5c149dd09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
return -EINVAL;
if (var->policy & PLPKS_WRAPPINGKEY)
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EPERM;
auth = construct_auth(consumer);
if (IS_ERR(auth))
@@ -856,22 +856,21 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
virt_to_phys(var->name), var->namelen, virt_to_phys(output),
maxobjsize);
-
if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
rc = pseries_status_to_err(rc);
- goto out_free_output;
+ if (rc != -EPERM || !retbuf[1])
+ goto out_free_output;
+ goto out_copy_policy;
}
if (!var->data || var->datalen > retbuf[0])
var->datalen = retbuf[0];
- var->policy = retbuf[1];
-
if (var->data)
memcpy(var->data, output, var->datalen);
- rc = 0;
-
+out_copy_policy:
+ var->policy = retbuf[1];
out_free_output:
kfree(output);
out_free_label:
--
2.52.0