On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 07:01:42PM +0100, Sam James wrote:
> nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit calls nx_crypto_ctx_exit with crypto_shash_ctx(...)
> but crypto_shash_ctx gives a nx_crypto_ctx *, not a crypto_tfm *.
>
> Fix the type in nx_crypto_ctx_exit and drop the bogus crypto_tfm_ctx
> call.
>
> This fixes the following oops:
>
> BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access at 0xc0403effffffffc8
> Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000396cb4
> Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#15]
> Call Trace:
> nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit+0x24/0x60
> crypto_shash_exit_tfm+0x28/0x40
> crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140
> crypto_exit_ahash_using_shash+0x20/0x40
> crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140
> hash_release+0x1c/0x30
> alg_sock_destruct+0x38/0x60
> __sk_destruct+0x48/0x2b0
> af_alg_release+0x58/0xb0
> __sock_release+0x68/0x150
> sock_close+0x20/0x40
> __fput+0x110/0x3a0
> sys_close+0x48/0xa0
> system_call_exception+0x140/0x2d0
> system_call_common+0xf4/0x258
>
> .. which came from hardlink(1) opportunistically using AF_ALG.
>
> The same problem exists with nx_crypto_ctx_skcipher_exit getting a context
> it wasn't expecting, but apparently nobody hit that for years.
>
> Cc: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
> Fixes: bfd9efddf990 ("crypto: nx - convert AES-ECB to skcipher API")
> Fixes: 9420e628e7d8 ("crypto: nx - Use API partial block handling")
Add:
Cc: [email protected]
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx.c b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx.c
> index 78135fb13f5c..101e7fc7c1af 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/nx/nx.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/nx/nx.c
> @@ -719,10 +719,8 @@ int nx_crypto_ctx_aes_xcbc_init(struct crypto_shash *tfm)
> * @tfm: the crypto transform pointer for the context
> *
> * As crypto API contexts are destroyed, this exit hook is called to free the
> * memory associated with it.
> */
> -void nx_crypto_ctx_exit(struct crypto_tfm *tfm)
> +void nx_crypto_ctx_exit(struct nx_crypto_ctx *nx_ctx)
The part of the comment that documents @tfm needs to be updated.
Otherwise this looks good. Really there's a good chance this driver is
no longer useful (if it ever was) and should just be deleted, but that
would be a separate effort.
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
- Eric
