Re: [PATCH v2] tpm: Fix uninitialized name_size_alg in tpm_buf_append_name()

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Sat, May 09, 2026 at 10:34:29PM +0000, Gunnar Kudrjavets wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2026 at 07:35 PM Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org> wrote:
> > This is great observation but it is not a regression technically.
> >
> > Thus, this really should just state the issue and don't make it look
> > like a bug report based on transcript that does not happen in the wild.
> 
> Thank you for the feedback, Jarkko. That's a fair point. Since no
> in-tree caller exercises this path today, framing it as a regression
> is misleading. I'm happy to rework the commit description to present
> it as a proactive hardening fix rather than a bug report, and drop the
> Fixes tag accordingly.
> 
> > I guess this is better than parameter removal since name caching would
> > make sense [1] in future.
> 
> Agreed. Keeeping the name parameter functional makes the API ready
> for name caching without further changes.
> 
> Would you prefer I resend with the adjusted description, or would you
> like to suggest specific wording? Happy to go either way.

Yeah so the point here is probably to prevent unmasking a bug in future,
with the specific example of name caching. I.e., I see the change itself
useful and important despite not being a bug fix per se.

> 
> Gunnar

BR, Jarkko