[PATCH v3] crypto: inside-secure - Zeroize temporary arrays on stack with sensitive data
From: Thomas Huth
Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 11:23:49 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>
---
v3: Fixed white space damage
drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c b/drivers/crypto/inside-secure/safexcel_hash.c
index 3402e570d045c..7c68118fbb05c 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 +2105,8 @@ 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;
}
--
2.55.0