linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] tpm: Initialize crypto_id of allocated_banks to HASH_ALGO_

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Date:   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:00:19 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
Cc:     zohar@...ux.ibm.com, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, silviu.vlasceanu@...wei.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/8] tpm: Initialize crypto_id of allocated_banks to
 HASH_ALGO__LAST

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 11:00:41AM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> chip->allocated_banks, an array of tpm_bank_info structures, contains the
> list of TPM algorithm IDs of allocated PCR banks. It also contains the
> corresponding ID of the crypto subsystem, so that users of the TPM driver
> can calculate a digest for a PCR extend operation.
> 
> However, if there is no mapping between TPM algorithm ID and crypto ID, the
> crypto_id field of tpm_bank_info remains set to zero (the array is
> allocated and initialized with kcalloc() in tpm2_get_pcr_allocation()).
> Zero should not be used as value for unknown mappings, as it is a valid
> crypto ID (HASH_ALGO_MD4).
> 
> Thus, initialize crypto_id to HASH_ALGO__LAST.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 5.1.x
> Fixes: 879b589210a9 ("tpm: retrieve digest size of unknown algorithms with PCR read")
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>

/Jarkko