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From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>,
	Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@microsoft.com>,
	Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>, Bharath SM <bharathsm@microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] lib/crypto: sha2: Provide functions for zeroizing SHA2 hmac_sha* structures
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:30:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928083055.104266-3-thuth@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928083055.104266-1-thuth@redhat.com>

In certain cases crypto code functions need to zeroize their local SHA2
hmac_sha*_key or hmac_sha*_ctx structures after use to avoid leaking
sensitive material on the stack.
Provide hmac_sha*_zeroize_key() and hmac_sha*_zeroize_ctx() helper
functions that can be used with __cleanup() to automatically zeroize
the structure when it goes out of scope.

Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
 include/crypto/sha2.h | 73 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/crypto/sha2.h b/include/crypto/sha2.h
index 7bb8fe169daf2..22fbc37ae8407 100644
--- a/include/crypto/sha2.h
+++ b/include/crypto/sha2.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define _CRYPTO_SHA2_H
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #define SHA224_DIGEST_SIZE	28
 #define SHA224_BLOCK_SIZE	64
@@ -210,6 +211,15 @@ struct hmac_sha224_key {
 	struct __hmac_sha256_key key;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha224_zeroize_key() - Zeroize an hmac_sha224_key structure
+ * @key: The hmac_sha224_key to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha224_zeroize_key(struct hmac_sha224_key *key)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(*key));
+}
+
 /**
  * struct hmac_sha224_ctx - Context for computing HMAC-SHA224 of a message
  * @ctx: private
@@ -218,6 +228,15 @@ struct hmac_sha224_ctx {
 	struct __hmac_sha256_ctx ctx;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha224_zeroize_ctx() - Zeroize an hmac_sha224_ctx structure
+ * @ctx: The hmac_sha224_ctx context to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha224_zeroize_ctx(struct hmac_sha224_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+}
+
 /**
  * hmac_sha224_preparekey() - Prepare a key for HMAC-SHA224
  * @key: (output) the key structure to initialize
@@ -414,6 +433,15 @@ struct hmac_sha256_key {
 	struct __hmac_sha256_key key;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha256_zeroize_key() - Zeroize an hmac_sha256_key structure
+ * @key: The hmac_sha256_key to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha256_zeroize_key(struct hmac_sha256_key *key)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(*key));
+}
+
 /**
  * struct hmac_sha256_ctx - Context for computing HMAC-SHA256 of a message
  * @ctx: private
@@ -422,6 +450,15 @@ struct hmac_sha256_ctx {
 	struct __hmac_sha256_ctx ctx;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha256_zeroize_ctx() - Zeroize an hmac_sha256_ctx structure
+ * @ctx: The hmac_sha256_ctx context to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha256_zeroize_ctx(struct hmac_sha256_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+}
+
 /**
  * hmac_sha256_preparekey() - Prepare a key for HMAC-SHA256
  * @key: (output) the key structure to initialize
@@ -623,6 +660,15 @@ struct hmac_sha384_key {
 	struct __hmac_sha512_key key;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha384_zeroize_key() - Zeroize an hmac_sha384_key structure
+ * @key: The hmac_sha384_key to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha384_zeroize_key(struct hmac_sha384_key *key)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(*key));
+}
+
 /**
  * struct hmac_sha384_ctx - Context for computing HMAC-SHA384 of a message
  * @ctx: private
@@ -631,6 +677,15 @@ struct hmac_sha384_ctx {
 	struct __hmac_sha512_ctx ctx;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha384_zeroize_ctx() - Zeroize an hmac_sha384_ctx structure
+ * @ctx: The hmac_sha384_ctx context to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha384_zeroize_ctx(struct hmac_sha384_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+}
+
 /**
  * hmac_sha384_preparekey() - Prepare a key for HMAC-SHA384
  * @key: (output) the key structure to initialize
@@ -798,6 +853,15 @@ struct hmac_sha512_key {
 	struct __hmac_sha512_key key;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha512_zeroize_key() - Zeroize an hmac_sha512_key structure
+ * @key: The hmac_sha512_key to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha512_zeroize_key(struct hmac_sha512_key *key)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(key, sizeof(*key));
+}
+
 /**
  * struct hmac_sha512_ctx - Context for computing HMAC-SHA512 of a message
  * @ctx: private
@@ -806,6 +870,15 @@ struct hmac_sha512_ctx {
 	struct __hmac_sha512_ctx ctx;
 };
 
+/**
+ * hmac_sha512_zeroize_ctx() - Zeroize an hmac_sha512_ctx structure
+ * @ctx: The hmac_sha512_ctx context to zeroize
+ */
+static inline void hmac_sha512_zeroize_ctx(struct hmac_sha512_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx));
+}
+
 /**
  * hmac_sha512_preparekey() - Prepare a key for HMAC-SHA512
  * @key: (output) the key structure to initialize
-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-28  8:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-28  8:30 [PATCH 0/3] lib/crypto: Provide functions for zeroizing SHA2 hmac_sha* structures Thomas Huth
2026-09-28  8:30 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/purgatory: Compile purgatory with -D__NO_FORTIFY and -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS Thomas Huth
2026-09-28  8:30 ` Thomas Huth [this message]
2026-09-28  8:30 ` [PATCH 3/3] smb: client: Use hmac_sha256_zeroize_ctx function to clear hmac_sha256_ctx Thomas Huth
2026-09-30 16:55 ` [PATCH 0/3] lib/crypto: Provide functions for zeroizing SHA2 hmac_sha* structures Eric Biggers

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