[PATCH] nvmet: clean up DH group state on initialization failure

Sreeraj S Kurup sreekuttan2156239 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 00:48:32 PST 2026


nvmet_setup_dhgroup() leaves the DH transform and group ID
initialized when private-key generation, public-key allocation,
or public-key generation fails.

A subsequent invocation with the same DH group incorrectly
returns success because the existing transform and group ID
are treated as proof of successful initialization.

Release the transform and reset the group state on initialization
failures so that subsequent attempts can properly retry setup.

Signed-off-by: Sreeraj S Kurup <sreekuttan2156239 at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/auth.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c b/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c
index ccba84b1344e..7733d50de708 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/auth.c
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ int nvmet_setup_dhgroup(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, u8 dhgroup_id)
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			pr_debug("%s: ctrl %d failed to generate private key, err %d\n",
 				 __func__, ctrl->cntlid, ret);
+			crypto_free_kpp(ctrl->dh_tfm);
+			ctrl->dh_tfm = NULL;
+			ctrl->dh_gid = 0;
+			ctrl->dh_keysize = 0;
 			kfree_sensitive(ctrl->dh_key);
 			ctrl->dh_key = NULL;
 			return ret;
@@ -115,6 +119,10 @@ int nvmet_setup_dhgroup(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, u8 dhgroup_id)
 		if (!ctrl->dh_key) {
 			pr_warn("ctrl %d failed to allocate public key\n",
 				ctrl->cntlid);
+			crypto_free_kpp(ctrl->dh_tfm);
+			ctrl->dh_tfm = NULL;
+			ctrl->dh_gid = 0;
+			ctrl->dh_keysize = 0;
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		ret = nvme_auth_gen_pubkey(ctrl->dh_tfm, ctrl->dh_key,
@@ -122,8 +130,12 @@ int nvmet_setup_dhgroup(struct nvmet_ctrl *ctrl, u8 dhgroup_id)
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			pr_warn("ctrl %d failed to generate public key\n",
 				ctrl->cntlid);
-			kfree(ctrl->dh_key);
+			kfree_sensitive(ctrl->dh_key);
 			ctrl->dh_key = NULL;
+			crypto_free_kpp(ctrl->dh_tfm);
+			ctrl->dh_tfm = NULL;
+			ctrl->dh_gid = 0;
+			ctrl->dh_keysize = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.55.0




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