[PATCH] crypto: qce: fix CCM AAD buffer underallocation

From: Md Sadre Alam

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 02:55:16 EST


The AAD buffer allocated in qce_aead_ccm_prepare_buf_assoclen()
can be smaller than the length later programmed into the DMA
scatterlist.

The allocation size is currently calculated as:

ALIGN(assoclen, 16) + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN

while the DMA length is set to:

ALIGN(assoclen + adata_header_len, 16)

Since ALIGN() does not distribute over addition, the allocation
can be smaller than the DMA length. For example, when
assoclen = 32 and adata_header_len = 2:

allocation = ALIGN(32, 16) + 6 = 38
DMA length = ALIGN(32 + 2, 16) = 48

As a result, the QCE hardware can read beyond the allocated
buffer while computing the CBC-MAC over the associated data.
The extra bytes are folded into the authentication tag,
resulting in an incorrect tag and causing CCM self-test
failures such as:

alg: aead: ccm-aes-qce encryption test failed (wrong result)
on test vector 8

Fix the allocation by adding the maximum possible AAD header
length before alignment:

ALIGN(assoclen + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN, 16)

This guarantees that the allocated buffer is large enough
for the fully padded AAD data for all supported header sizes.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 9363efb4181c ("crypto: qce - Add support for AEAD algorithms")
Signed-off-by: Md Sadre Alam <md.alam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c b/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
index 92d84941d3db..a9642c67f476 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ qce_aead_ccm_prepare_buf_assoclen(struct aead_request *req)
/* Get the msg */
msg_sg = scatterwalk_ffwd(__sg, req->src, req->assoclen);

- rctx->adata = kzalloc((ALIGN(assoclen, 16) + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN) *
+ rctx->adata = kzalloc(ALIGN(assoclen + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN, 16) *
sizeof(unsigned char), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!rctx->adata)
return -ENOMEM;
--
2.34.1