[PATCH] crypto: af_alg: Allow cbc(paes)

From: Richard Weinberger

Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 15:27:40 EST


Commit 7524070f26d8 ("crypto: af_alg - Drop support for off-CPU cryptography")
breaks a special use case. The cbc-paes-caam driver implements the
algorithm cbc(paes), it offers a way to use AES in CBC mode with key
material unknown to userspace. Instead of an AES key a CAAM BLOB is
passed to the kernel. So, this crypto operation cannot be
implemented in a userspace library and needs always help from the
kernel.

Explicitly allow this use case.

Cc: Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 7524070f26d8 ("crypto: af_alg - Drop support for off-CPU cryptography")
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
---
crypto/algif_skcipher.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crypto/algif_skcipher.c b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
index df20bdfe1f1f..035fed7db81f 100644
--- a/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
+++ b/crypto/algif_skcipher.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/net.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <net/sock.h>

static int skcipher_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
@@ -309,7 +310,12 @@ static struct proto_ops algif_skcipher_ops_nokey = {

static void *skcipher_bind(const char *name)
{
- return crypto_alloc_skcipher(name, 0, AF_ALG_CRYPTOAPI_MASK);
+ u32 mask = AF_ALG_CRYPTOAPI_MASK;
+
+ if (strcmp(name, "cbc(paes)") == 0)
+ mask = 0;
+
+ return crypto_alloc_skcipher(name, 0, mask);
}

static void skcipher_release(void *private)
--
2.51.0