[PATCH 1/2] keys/trusted_keys: return immediately after TPM unseal failure

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 04:01:19PM +0530, Srish Srinivasan wrote:
> trusted_tpm_unseal() proceeds to pcrlock() when the TPM unseal operation
> fails. If pcrlock() succeeds, its return value overwrites the unseal error,
> causing key instantiation to succeed.
> 
> Return immediately when unseal fails to preserve the original error.
> 
> Fixes: 5d0682be3189 ("KEYS: trusted: Add generic trusted keys framework")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Srish Srinivasan <ssrish at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> index bf0bf7f36970..1168ca235205 100644
> --- a/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> +++ b/security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm1.c
> @@ -923,8 +923,10 @@ static int trusted_tpm_unseal(struct trusted_key_payload *p, char *datablob)
>  		ret = tpm2_unseal_trusted(chip, p, options);
>  	else
>  		ret = key_unseal(p, options);
> -	if (ret < 0)
> +	if (ret < 0) {
>  		pr_info("key_unseal failed (%d)\n", ret);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (options->pcrlock) {
>  		ret = pcrlock(options->pcrlock);
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 


Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko at kernel.org>

BR, Jarkko