[PATCH v2] crypto: inside-secure - Zeroize temporary arrays on stack with sensitive data

From: Thomas Huth

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 07:02:10 EST


key_tmp[] in safexcel_xcbcmac_setkey() and consts[] / _const[] in
safexcel_cmac_setkey() contain crypto key material that should not
get exposed to the outside once the function is done. Scrub the
arrays with memzero_explicit() to avoid that the data could leak
via the stack.

Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260813134953.979481-1-thuth%40redhat.com
Fixes: 38f21b4bab11f ("crypto: inside-secure - Added support for the AES XCBC ahash")
Fixes: 7a627db9cafdb ("crypto: inside-secure - Added support for the AES-CMAC ahash")
Acked-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Added "Fixes:" and "Reported-by:" tags

drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
index 3402e570d045c..1ae6fbec31298 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
@@ -1993,6 +1993,7 @@ static int safexcel_xcbcmac_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
ret = aes_prepareenckey(ctx->aes,
(u8 *)key_tmp + 2 * AES_BLOCK_SIZE,
AES_MIN_KEY_SIZE);
+ memzero_explicit(key_tmp, sizeof(key_tmp));
if (ret)
return ret;

@@ -2104,6 +2105,9 @@ static int safexcel_cmac_setkey(struct crypto_ahash *tfm, const u8 *key,
}
ctx->cbcmac = false;

+
+ memzero_explicit(consts, sizeof(consts));
+ memzero_explicit(_const, sizeof(_const));
return 0;
}

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2.55.0