From: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, keyrings@vger.kernel.org
Cc: 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] keys/trusted_keys: return immediately after TPM unseal failure
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 03:54:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b2d390dd-3ba0-4faf-967b-d1188da12e62@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902103120.222326-2-ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
On 9/2/26 4:01 PM, Srish Srinivasan wrote:
> trusted_tpm_unseal() proceeds to pcrlock() when the TPM unseal operation
> fails. If pcrlock() succeeds, its return value overwrites the unseal error,
> causing key instantiation to succeed.
>
> Return immediately when unseal fails to preserve the original error.
>
> Fixes: 5d0682be3189 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> index bf0bf7f36970..1168ca235205 100644
> --- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> +++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> @@ -923,8 +923,10 @@ static int trusted_tpm_unseal(struct trusted_key_payload *p, char *datablob)
> ret = tpm2_unseal_trusted(chip, p, options);
> else
> ret = key_unseal(p, options);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (ret < 0) {
> pr_info("key_unseal failed (%d)\n", ret);
> + return ret;
This should be "goto out;"
will fix this in my next version
> + }
>
> if (options->pcrlock) {
> ret = pcrlock(options->pcrlock);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 10:31 [PATCH v6 0/2] Move TPM-specific fields out of trusted_key_options Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-02 10:31 ` [PATCH 1/2] keys/trusted_keys: return immediately after TPM unseal failure Srish Srinivasan
2026-09-02 22:24 ` Srish Srinivasan [this message]
2026-09-02 10:31 ` [PATCH v6 2/2] keys/trusted_keys: move TPM-specific fields into struct trusted_key_tpm Srish Srinivasan
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