Re: [PATCH] crypto: mxs-dcp: Ensure payload is zero when using key slot

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Wed Jul 03 2024 - 13:21:41 EST


On Wed Jul 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM EEST, David Gstir wrote:
> We could leak stack memory through the payload field when running
> AES with a key from one of the hardware's key slots. Fix this by
> ensuring the payload field is set to 0 in such cases.
>
> This does not affect the common use case when the key is supplied
> from main memory via the descriptor payload.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gstir <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202405270146.Y9tPoil8-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 3d16af0b4cfa ("crypto: mxs-dcp: Add support for hardware-bound keys")
> ---
> drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c b/drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c
> index 057d73c370b7..c82775dbb557 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c
> @@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ static int mxs_dcp_start_dma(struct dcp_async_ctx *actx)
> static int mxs_dcp_run_aes(struct dcp_async_ctx *actx,
> struct skcipher_request *req, int init)
> {
> - dma_addr_t key_phys, src_phys, dst_phys;
> + dma_addr_t key_phys = 0;
> + dma_addr_t src_phys, dst_phys;
> struct dcp *sdcp = global_sdcp;
> struct dcp_dma_desc *desc = &sdcp->coh->desc[actx->chan];
> struct dcp_aes_req_ctx *rctx = skcipher_request_ctx(req);

I'm on holiday up until week 31 so might be that review will take
up to then.

BR, Jarkko