[PATCH 2/3] crypto: caam: Map the paes protected key once per tfm

From: Richard Weinberger

Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 04:15:58 EST


paes_skcipher_setkey() maps ctx->protected_key on every call, without
checking for failure, and nothing unmaps it: a later setkey() overwrites
the address and caam_exit_common() only releases caam_init_common()'s
mapping. cbc(paes) is reachable through AF_ALG, so an unprivileged
bind()/setkey()/close() loop leaks one mapping per iteration.

The buffer is a fixed-size member of the tfm context, so map it once in
caam_cra_init() and release it in caam_exit_common(), bidirectionally as
the hardware writes the black key and reads it back through the KEY
command. A new is_paes flag marks the algorithm needing it.

Assisted-by: Claude-Code:claude-fable-5
Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
index c83d28509..8826797dc 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct caam_alg_entry {
bool rfc3686;
bool geniv;
bool nodkp;
+ bool is_paes;
};

struct caam_aead_alg {
@@ -823,19 +824,6 @@ static int paes_skcipher_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *skcipher,
dma_sync_single_for_device(jrdev, ctx->key_dma, keylen, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
ctx->cdata.key_dma = ctx->key_dma;

- if (pkey_info->key_enc_algo == CAAM_ENC_ALGO_CCM)
- ctx->protected_key_dma = dma_map_single(jrdev, ctx->protected_key,
- ctx->cdata.plain_keylen +
- CAAM_CCM_OVERHEAD,
- DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
- else
- ctx->protected_key_dma = dma_map_single(jrdev, ctx->protected_key,
- ctx->cdata.plain_keylen,
- DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-
- ctx->cdata.protected_key_dma = ctx->protected_key_dma;
- ctx->is_blob = true;
-
return 0;
}

@@ -2013,6 +2001,7 @@ static struct caam_skcipher_alg driver_algs[] = {
.do_one_request = skcipher_do_one_req,
},
.caam.class1_alg_type = OP_ALG_ALGSEL_AES | OP_ALG_AAI_CBC,
+ .caam.is_paes = true,
},
{
.skcipher.base = {
@@ -3746,6 +3735,8 @@ static int caam_init_common(struct caam_ctx *ctx, struct caam_alg_entry *caam,
return 0;
}

+static void caam_exit_common(struct caam_ctx *ctx);
+
static int caam_cra_init(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm)
{
struct skcipher_alg *alg = crypto_skcipher_alg(tfm);
@@ -3775,10 +3766,43 @@ static int caam_cra_init(struct crypto_skcipher *tfm)
}

ret = caam_init_common(ctx, &caam_alg->caam, false);
- if (ret && ctx->fallback)
- crypto_free_skcipher(ctx->fallback);
+ if (ret) {
+ if (ctx->fallback)
+ crypto_free_skcipher(ctx->fallback);
+ return ret;
+ }

- return ret;
+ if (caam_alg->caam.is_paes) {
+ /*
+ * The hardware writes the decapsulated black key here and reads
+ * it back through the KEY command, so map it bidirectionally,
+ * once, for the lifetime of the tfm. Mapping it per setkey()
+ * leaks the mapping.
+ *
+ * All requests of a tfm share this buffer, which is safe only
+ * because the key cannot change while requests can be issued:
+ * AF_ALG refuses ALG_SET_KEY once an op socket exists, so
+ * concurrent jobs all decapsulate the same blob into the same
+ * black key.
+ */
+ ctx->protected_key_dma = dma_map_single(ctx->jrdev,
+ ctx->protected_key,
+ AES_MAX_KEY_SIZE,
+ DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+ if (dma_mapping_error(ctx->jrdev, ctx->protected_key_dma)) {
+ dev_err(ctx->jrdev, "unable to map protected key\n");
+ ctx->protected_key_dma = 0;
+ if (ctx->fallback)
+ crypto_free_skcipher(ctx->fallback);
+ caam_exit_common(ctx);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ ctx->cdata.protected_key_dma = ctx->protected_key_dma;
+ ctx->is_blob = true;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}

static int caam_aead_init(struct crypto_aead *tfm)
@@ -3795,6 +3819,10 @@ static int caam_aead_init(struct crypto_aead *tfm)

static void caam_exit_common(struct caam_ctx *ctx)
{
+ if (ctx->protected_key_dma)
+ dma_unmap_single(ctx->jrdev, ctx->protected_key_dma,
+ AES_MAX_KEY_SIZE, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
+
dma_unmap_single_attrs(ctx->jrdev, ctx->sh_desc_enc_dma,
offsetof(struct caam_ctx, sh_desc_enc_dma) -
offsetof(struct caam_ctx, sh_desc_enc),
--
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