* [PATCH] crypto: atmel-ecc - avoid stale fallback key after set_secret failure
@ 2026-07-08 20:42 Thorsten Blum
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Thorsten Blum @ 2026-07-08 20:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thorsten Blum, Herbert Xu, David S. Miller, Nicolas Ferre,
Alexandre Belloni, Claudiu Beznea, Tudor Ambarus
Cc: stable, linux-crypto, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
Clear ->do_fallback before decoding a new ECDH secret and enable it only
after the software fallback accepts a caller-provided private key. This
avoids using a stale fallback key should crypto_kpp_set_secret() fail.
Fixes: 11105693fa05 ("crypto: atmel-ecc - introduce Microchip / Atmel ECC driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
---
drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
index 8e13aeccf011..4add3b2ddd0b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/atmel-ecc.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int atmel_ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
kfree(ctx->public_key);
ctx->public_key = NULL;
+ ctx->do_fallback = false;
if (crypto_ecdh_decode_key(buf, len, ¶ms) < 0) {
dev_err(&ctx->client->dev, "crypto_ecdh_decode_key failed\n");
@@ -89,8 +90,9 @@ static int atmel_ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
}
if (params.key_size) {
- ctx->do_fallback = true;
- return crypto_kpp_set_secret(ctx->fallback, buf, len);
+ ret = crypto_kpp_set_secret(ctx->fallback, buf, len);
+ ctx->do_fallback = !ret;
+ return ret;
}
cmd = kmalloc_obj(*cmd);
@@ -101,8 +103,6 @@ static int atmel_ecdh_set_secret(struct crypto_kpp *tfm, const void *buf,
if (!public_key)
goto free_cmd;
- ctx->do_fallback = false;
-
atmel_i2c_init_genkey_cmd(cmd, DATA_SLOT_2);
ret = atmel_i2c_send_receive(ctx->client, cmd);
base-commit: e264401ce4776a288524e5b87593d4d864147115
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] only message in thread
only message in thread, other threads:[~2026-07-08 20:44 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-07-08 20:42 [PATCH] crypto: atmel-ecc - avoid stale fallback key after set_secret failure Thorsten Blum
This is an external index of several public inboxes,
see mirroring instructions on how to clone and mirror
all data and code used by this external index.