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Message-ID: <656b319fc58683e399323b880722434467cf20f2.camel@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:52:33 +0000
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, 
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpe@...erman.id.au, 
	naveen.n.rao@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: ibmvtpm: Call tpm2_sessions_init() to initialize
 session support

On Mon, 2024-06-17 at 15:34 -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> Fix the following type of error message caused by a missing call to
> tpm2_sessions_init() in the IBM vTPM driver:
> 
> [    2.987131] tpm tpm0: tpm2_load_context: failed with a TPM error 0x01C4
> [    2.987140] ima: Error Communicating to TPM chip, result: -14
> 
> Fixes: d2add27cf2b8 ("tpm: Add NULL primary creation")
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>

This is a bug in the hmac encryption. It should be robust enough
to only be enabled if tpm_sessions_init() was called.

It is fine to enable the feature IBM vTPM driver but definitely
not as a bug fix.

Missed this one in the code review.

BR, Jarkko

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