WTF: patch "[PATCH] crypto: qat - set to zero DH parameters before free" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 5.18-stable tree?

WTF: patch "[PATCH] crypto: qat - set to zero DH parameters before free" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 5.18-stable tree?

[gregkh]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 5.18-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
<stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
seen again.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1731160ff7c7bbb11bb1aacb14dd25e18d522779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 14:19:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: qat - set to zero DH parameters before free

Set to zero the context buffers containing the DH key before they are
freed.
This is a defense in depth measure that avoids keys to be recovered from
memory in case the system is compromised between the free of the buffer
and when that area of memory (containing keys) gets overwritten.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c9839143ebbf ("crypto: qat - Add DH support")
Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Adam Guerin <adam.guerin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Wojciech Ziemba <wojciech.ziemba@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
index b0b78445418b..5633f9df3b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
@@ -420,14 +420,17 @@ static int qat_dh_set_params(struct qat_dh_ctx *ctx, struct dh *params)
 static void qat_dh_clear_ctx(struct device *dev, struct qat_dh_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (ctx->g) {
+		memset(ctx->g, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->g, ctx->dma_g);
 		ctx->g = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ctx->xa) {
+		memset(ctx->xa, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->xa, ctx->dma_xa);
 		ctx->xa = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ctx->p) {
+		memset(ctx->p, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->p, ctx->dma_p);
 		ctx->p = NULL;
 	}

WTF: patch "[PATCH] crypto: qat - set to zero DH parameters before free" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 5.18-stable tree?

[gregkh]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 5.18-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
<stable@vger.kernel.org> and let me know why this patch should be
applied.  Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be
seen again.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1731160ff7c7bbb11bb1aacb14dd25e18d522779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 14:19:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: qat - set to zero DH parameters before free

Set to zero the context buffers containing the DH key before they are
freed.
This is a defense in depth measure that avoids keys to be recovered from
memory in case the system is compromised between the free of the buffer
and when that area of memory (containing keys) gets overwritten.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c9839143ebbf ("crypto: qat - Add DH support")
Signed-off-by: Giovanni Cabiddu <giovanni.cabiddu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Adam Guerin <adam.guerin@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Wojciech Ziemba <wojciech.ziemba@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
index b0b78445418b..5633f9df3b6f 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/qat_asym_algs.c
@@ -420,14 +420,17 @@ static int qat_dh_set_params(struct qat_dh_ctx *ctx, struct dh *params)
 static void qat_dh_clear_ctx(struct device *dev, struct qat_dh_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	if (ctx->g) {
+		memset(ctx->g, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->g, ctx->dma_g);
 		ctx->g = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ctx->xa) {
+		memset(ctx->xa, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->xa, ctx->dma_xa);
 		ctx->xa = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ctx->p) {
+		memset(ctx->p, 0, ctx->p_size);
 		dma_free_coherent(dev, ctx->p_size, ctx->p, ctx->dma_p);
 		ctx->p = NULL;
 	}