From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/6] crypto: Add __cleanup functions for zeroizing aes_cmac_key & aes_cmac_ctx
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:36:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805143611.818559-1-thuth@redhat.com> (raw)
Code that uses AES-CMAC might need to zeroize their local aes_cmac_key
and/or aes_cmac_ctx structures after use to avoid leaking sensitive
material on the stack.
The first patch introduces an aes_cmac_zeroize_key() and an
aes_cmac_zeroize_ctx() helper function that can be used with __cleanup()
to automatically clear the key and context when they go out of scope.
Patches 2 - 3 add the __cleanup markers to spots in the code that
missed to clean up the structures so far.
The final two patches are just cosmetics and change some memzero_explicit()
calls to use the __cleanup() way instead.
Thomas Huth (6):
crypto: Provide wrapper functions for zeroizing aes_cmac_key and
aes_cmac_ctx
smb: clear the aes_cmac_key and aes_cmac_ctx when done
net/tcp-ao: clear the aes_cmac_key when done
Bluetooth: SMP: clear the aes_cmac_key when done
lib/crypto: aes: Use _cleanup() for aes_cmac_key instead of
memzero_explicit()
mac80211: fils_aead: Use _cleanup for aes_cmac_key instead of
memzero_explicit
fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c | 4 ++--
fs/smb/server/auth.c | 2 +-
include/crypto/aes-cbc-macs.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/crypto/aes.c | 3 +--
net/bluetooth/smp.c | 2 +-
net/ipv4/tcp_ao.c | 2 +-
net/mac80211/fils_aead.c | 3 +--
7 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 14:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 14:36 Thomas Huth [this message]
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 1/6] crypto: Provide wrapper functions for zeroizing aes_cmac_key and aes_cmac_ctx Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 20:37 ` Eric Biggers
2026-08-05 20:46 ` Eric Biggers
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 2/6] smb: clear the aes_cmac_key and aes_cmac_ctx when done Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 21:12 ` Eric Biggers
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 3/6] net/tcp-ao: clear the aes_cmac_key " Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 21:02 ` Eric Biggers
2026-08-06 13:06 ` Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 4/6] Bluetooth: SMP: " Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 20:46 ` Eric Biggers
2026-08-06 13:00 ` Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 5/6] lib/crypto: aes: Use _cleanup() for aes_cmac_key instead of memzero_explicit() Thomas Huth
2026-08-05 14:36 ` [PATCH 6/6] mac80211: fils_aead: Use _cleanup for aes_cmac_key instead of memzero_explicit Thomas Huth
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