linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/3] tpm: Rollback tpm2_load

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Message-ID: <88bfa0f8-4900-4c56-bd23-14d3b3c7de85@molgen.mpg.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:13:36 +0100
From: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>, linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
 Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
 James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
 Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>, Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>,
 Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
 James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>, "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
 Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
 Eric Snowberg <eric.snowberg@...cle.com>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/3] tpm: Rollback tpm2_load_null()

Dear Jarkko,

Thank you for your patch.

Am 28.10.24 um 06:50 schrieb Jarkko Sakkinen:
> Do not continue on tpm2_create_primary() failure in tpm2_load_null().

Could you please elaborate, why this is done, that means the motivation 
for your change?

> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v6.10+
> Fixes: eb24c9788cd9 ("tpm: disable the TPM if NULL name changes")
> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>

Kind regards,

Paul