* [PATCH v2 2/9] crypto: aspeed - clear the crypto_aes_ctx when done
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@ 2026-08-03 9:44 ` Thomas Huth
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From: Thomas Huth @ 2026-08-03 9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Herbert Xu, David S. Miller, linux-kernel, linux-crypto, Neal Liu,
Joel Stanley, Andrew Jeffery, linux-aspeed, linux-arm-kernel
Cc: Simo Sorce
From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Declare the gen_aes_key with __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx) to avoid that
its contents could be leaking via the stack when the function returns.
And since it is only required in one branch of the if-statement there,
move it to that block, too.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
---
drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-hace-crypto.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-hace-crypto.c b/drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-hace-crypto.c
index fa201dae1f81b..74a4ce62fcd93 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-hace-crypto.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/aspeed/aspeed-hace-crypto.c
@@ -576,7 +576,6 @@ static int aspeed_aes_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *cipher, const u8 *key,
{
struct aspeed_cipher_ctx *ctx = crypto_skcipher_ctx(cipher);
struct aspeed_hace_dev *hace_dev = ctx->hace_dev;
- struct crypto_aes_ctx gen_aes_key;
CIPHER_DBG(hace_dev, "keylen: %d bits\n", (keylen * 8));
@@ -585,9 +584,9 @@ static int aspeed_aes_setkey(struct crypto_skcipher *cipher, const u8 *key,
return -EINVAL;
if (ctx->hace_dev->version == AST2500_VERSION) {
+ struct crypto_aes_ctx gen_aes_key __cleanup(aes_clear_ctx);
aes_expandkey(&gen_aes_key, key, keylen);
memcpy(ctx->key, gen_aes_key.key_enc, AES_MAX_KEYLENGTH);
-
} else {
memcpy(ctx->key, key, keylen);
}
--
2.55.0
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