[PATCH v2 04/10] keys/trusted_keys: propagate wrapping key generation errors

Srish Srinivasan ssrish at linux.ibm.com
Mon Aug 31 11:17:32 UTC 2026


plpks_gen_wrapping_key() returns a negative errno when default wrapping key
generation fails. However, trusted_pkwm_init() returns -EINVAL for all such
failures, discarding the original error.

Propagate the error returned by plpks_gen_wrapping_key() unchanged.

Fixes: c99fcb0d735b ("keys/trusted_keys: establish PKWM as a trusted source")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish at linux.ibm.com>
---
 security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_pkwm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_pkwm.c b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_pkwm.c
index b6b5697426a8..633a7674d065 100644
--- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_pkwm.c
+++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_pkwm.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int trusted_pkwm_init(void)
 	ret = plpks_gen_wrapping_key();
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("Failed to generate default wrapping key\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	return register_key_type(&key_type_trusted);
-- 
2.52.0




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