tpm2_sessions_init() does not ignores the result of saving the null key. Address this by printing either TPM or POSIX error code, and returning -ENODEV back to the caller. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v6.11+ Fixes: d2add27cf2b8 ("tpm: Add NULL primary creation") Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v3: - Handle TPM and POSIX error separately and return -ENODEV always back to the caller. v2: - Refined the commit message. --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c index 6cc1ea81c57c..0993d18ee886 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-sessions.c @@ -1273,7 +1273,13 @@ static int tpm2_create_null_primary(struct tpm_chip *chip) tpm2_flush_context(chip, null_key); } - return rc; + if (rc < 0) + dev_err(&chip->dev, "saving the null key failed with error %d\n", rc); + else if (rc > 0) + dev_err(&chip->dev, "saving the null key failed with TPM error 0x%04X\n", rc); + + /* Map all errors to -ENODEV: */ + return rc ? -ENODEV : rc; } /** @@ -1289,7 +1295,7 @@ int tpm2_sessions_init(struct tpm_chip *chip) rc = tpm2_create_null_primary(chip); if (rc) - dev_err(&chip->dev, "TPM: security failed (NULL seed derivation): %d\n", rc); + return rc; chip->auth = kmalloc(sizeof(*chip->auth), GFP_KERNEL); if (!chip->auth) -- 2.46.0