From: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: maddy@linux.ibm.com, mpe@ellerman.id.au, npiggin@gmail.com,
christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu,
James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com, jarkko@kernel.org,
zohar@linux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, nayna@linux.ibm.com,
rnsastry@linux.ibm.com, ssrish@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] pseries/plpks: fix error handling in plpks_read_var()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:53:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827062309.724808-3-ssrish@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260827062309.724808-1-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
When a plpks variable is initialized without a policy and used to read an
object with the 'wrapping key' policy set, the hypervisor returns
H_AUTHORITY along with the object's policy. However, plpks_read_var() at
present treats this the same as any other H_AUTHORITY failure and returns
an error without propagating the policy information to the caller.
Distinguish this case from other H_AUTHORITY failures and only propagate
policy information when it is returned alongside H_AUTHORITY by the
hypervisor. Remove the explicit assignment of rc to zero in the case of
H_SUCCESS as it is redundant.
Also return -EPERM instead of -EINVAL when the 'wrapping key' policy bit is
set by the caller, better reflecting the access restriction being enforced.
Fixes: 2454a7af0f2a ("powerpc/pseries: define driver for Platform KeyStore")
Fixes: 133aa79e211d ("pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PowerVM Key Wrapping Module")
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
index 23e4e2a922fc..7bd5c149dd09 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/plpks.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
return -EINVAL;
if (var->policy & PLPKS_WRAPPINGKEY)
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EPERM;
auth = construct_auth(consumer);
if (IS_ERR(auth))
@@ -856,22 +856,21 @@ static int plpks_read_var(u8 consumer, struct plpks_var *var)
virt_to_phys(var->name), var->namelen, virt_to_phys(output),
maxobjsize);
-
if (rc != H_SUCCESS) {
rc = pseries_status_to_err(rc);
- goto out_free_output;
+ if (rc != -EPERM || !retbuf[1])
+ goto out_free_output;
+ goto out_copy_policy;
}
if (!var->data || var->datalen > retbuf[0])
var->datalen = retbuf[0];
- var->policy = retbuf[1];
-
if (var->data)
memcpy(var->data, output, var->datalen);
- rc = 0;
-
+out_copy_policy:
+ var->policy = retbuf[1];
out_free_output:
kfree(output);
out_free_label:
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-27 6:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-27 6:23 [PATCH 0/8] Extend PKWM to support user-created wrapping keys Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 1/8] pseries/plpks: update PKS documentation and maintainer entry Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 3/8] pseries/plpks: improve type consistency and parameter validation Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 4/8] pseries/plpks: rename the default wrapping key macro Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 5/8] pseries/plpks: hide wrapping_features when unsupported Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 6/8] pseries/plpks: add HCALLs for PKWM wrapping key life cycle management Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-28 11:04 ` R Nageswara Sastry
2026-08-31 11:15 ` Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 7/8] keys/trusted_keys: enable PKWM wrapping key selection by label Srish Srinivasan
2026-08-27 6:23 ` [PATCH 8/8] pseries/plpks/wrapkey: expose PKWM wrapping key management to userspace via sysfs Srish Srinivasan
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