[PATCH v12 3/4] crypto: qce - Use fallback for fragmented skcipher payloads

From: Bartosz Golaszewski

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 15:02:06 EST


The crypto engine reliably processes AES requests only when the payload
is a single contiguous buffer. A payload split across multiple
scatterlist entries makes the engine stall waiting for input, failing
the request with a hardware operation error. This was uncovered by the
crypto self-tests, which feed the algorithms randomly fragmented
buffers.

Detect a payload that spans more than one scatterlist entry, in either
the source or the destination, and route the request to the software
fallback.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 25b71d61d631 ("crypto: qce - Improve the conditions for requesting AES fallback cipher")
Tested-by: Kuldeep Singh <kuldeep.singh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Pankaj Patil <pankaj.patil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h | 1 +
drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c | 13 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h b/drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h
index 850f257d00f3aca0397adc1f703aea690c754d60..daea07551118d444d2f749588bdfe2ae2c6c553f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/cipher.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
struct qce_cipher_ctx {
u8 enc_key[QCE_MAX_KEY_SIZE];
unsigned int enc_keylen;
+ bool use_fallback;
struct crypto_skcipher *fallback;
};

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c b/drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c
index 8d4cd1d08c0e9d78f044057ecb45e5aa8b9a40a3..6a8d642c40a36974231bc4aa2717a5378f17134c 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/skcipher.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static int qce_skcipher_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, int encrypt)
struct qce_cipher_reqctx *rctx = skcipher_request_ctx(req);
struct qce_alg_template *tmpl = to_cipher_tmpl(tfm);
unsigned int blocksize = crypto_skcipher_blocksize(tfm);
- int keylen;
+ int keylen, src_nents, dst_nents;

rctx->flags = tmpl->alg_flags;
rctx->flags |= encrypt ? QCE_ENCRYPT : QCE_DECRYPT;
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ static int qce_skcipher_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, int encrypt)
if (!IS_ALIGNED(req->cryptlen, blocksize))
return -EINVAL;

+ src_nents = sg_nents_for_len(req->src, req->cryptlen);
+ dst_nents = sg_nents_for_len(req->dst, req->cryptlen);
+ if (src_nents < 0 || dst_nents < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* Conditions for requesting a fallback cipher
* AES-192 (not supported by crypto engine (CE))
@@ -250,13 +255,17 @@ static int qce_skcipher_crypt(struct skcipher_request *req, int encrypt)
* needed in all versions of CE)
* AES-CTR with a partial final block (the CE stalls waiting for a full
* block of input).
+ * A payload fragmented across more than one scatterlist entry (the CE
+ * stalls waiting for input in that case too).
*/
if (IS_AES(rctx->flags) &&
((keylen != AES_KEYSIZE_128 && keylen != AES_KEYSIZE_256) ||
(IS_CTR(rctx->flags) && !IS_ALIGNED(req->cryptlen, AES_BLOCK_SIZE)) ||
(IS_XTS(rctx->flags) && ((req->cryptlen <= aes_sw_max_len) ||
(req->cryptlen > QCE_SECTOR_SIZE &&
- req->cryptlen % QCE_SECTOR_SIZE))))) {
+ req->cryptlen % QCE_SECTOR_SIZE))) ||
+ (IS_XTS(rctx->flags) && ctx->use_fallback) ||
+ src_nents > 1 || dst_nents > 1)) {
skcipher_request_set_tfm(&rctx->fallback_req, ctx->fallback);
skcipher_request_set_callback(&rctx->fallback_req,
req->base.flags,

--
2.47.3