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Donenfeld" , Ard Biesheuvel , Herbert Xu , "David S. Miller" Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 01/11] lib/crypto: aes: Provide a wrapper function for zeroizing crypto_aes_ctx Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:49:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20260813134953.979481-2-thuth@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20260813134953.979481-1-thuth@redhat.com> References: <20260813134953.979481-1-thuth@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.93 From: Thomas Huth Several crypto drivers need to zeroize their local crypto_aes_ctx structures after use to avoid leaking key material on the stack. Currently some call sites do this with their own memzero_explicit() call, which is error-prone since it is easy to miss a return path (what already happened in some drivers). Some other call sites miss to clear crypto_aes_ctx completely. Provide an aes_zeroize_ctx() helper that can be used with __cleanup() to automatically zeroize the context when it goes out of scope. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth --- include/crypto/aes.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/crypto/aes.h b/include/crypto/aes.h index 16fbfd93e2bd0..faf1d1b75a15f 100644 --- a/include/crypto/aes.h +++ b/include/crypto/aes.h @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ #include #include +#include #define AES_MIN_KEY_SIZE 16 #define AES_MAX_KEY_SIZE 32 @@ -125,6 +126,19 @@ struct crypto_aes_ctx { u32 key_length; }; +/** + * aes_zeroize_ctx - Clear a crypto_aes_ctx structure + * @ctx: The location of the context that should be zeroized + * + * This function explicitly fills the crypto_aes_ctx with zeroes. For + * example, use it with __cleanup() for local crypto_aes_ctx structures on + * the stack to avoid that their content is leaked when the context is left. + */ +static inline void aes_zeroize_ctx(struct crypto_aes_ctx *ctx) +{ + memzero_explicit(ctx, sizeof(*ctx)); +} + /* * validate key length for AES algorithms */ -- 2.55.0