[PATCH 2/6] smb: clear the aes_cmac_key and aes_cmac_ctx when done

Thomas Huth <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2026 16:36:05 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-crypto,org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Thomas Huth <[email protected]>

Clear the local crypto-related structures via __cleanup() functions
when we're done with them to avoid that sensitive data could leak on
the stack.

Note: cmac_ctx in ksmbd_sign_smb3_pdu() gets cleared in aes_cmac_final()
already, so this does not need a __cleanup() marker.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]>
---
 fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c | 4 ++--
 fs/smb/server/auth.c          | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
index 1143ee52470a7..d23566da2ac81 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2transport.c
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ smb3_calc_signature(struct smb_rqst *rqst, struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 	unsigned char smb3_signature[SMB2_CMACAES_SIZE];
 	struct kvec *iov = rqst->rq_iov;
 	struct smb2_hdr *shdr = (struct smb2_hdr *)iov[0].iov_base;
-	struct aes_cmac_key cmac_key;
-	struct aes_cmac_ctx cmac_ctx;
+	struct aes_cmac_key cmac_key __cleanup(aes_cmac_zeroize_key);
+	struct aes_cmac_ctx cmac_ctx __cleanup(aes_cmac_zeroize_ctx);
 	struct smb_rqst drqst;
 	u8 key[SMB3_SIGN_KEY_SIZE];
 
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/auth.c b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
index 86f521e849d5e..f123e6cf9c424 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/auth.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/auth.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ void ksmbd_sign_smb2_pdu(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, char *key, struct kvec *iov,
 void ksmbd_sign_smb3_pdu(struct ksmbd_conn *conn, char *key, struct kvec *iov,
 			 int n_vec, char *sig)
 {
-	struct aes_cmac_key cmac_key;
+	struct aes_cmac_key cmac_key __cleanup(aes_cmac_zeroize_key);
 	struct aes_cmac_ctx cmac_ctx;
 	int i;
 
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