cryptocb: always run software cleanup in key Free functions

The WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE path in wc_MlKemKey_Free, wc_dilithium_free,
and wc_ecc_free returned early when the crypto callback succeeded,
skipping local cleanup: ForceZero on private key material, PRF/hash
object frees (ML-KEM), SHAKE free and cached vector frees (ML-DSA),
and mp_forcezero on the private scalar and all hardware port frees
(ECC).

Any non-PKCS#11 callback returning 0 would silently leave key material
in memory. The PKCS#11 backend worked around this by returning
CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE on success to force the fallthrough — a fragile
contract that is not part of the documented callback interface.

Fix by always continuing to software cleanup after invoking the
callback.

Remove the CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE workaround from the three PKCS#11 free
dispatchers (ECC, ML-DSA, ML-KEM); they now return the real result of
C_DestroyObject.

Author: Frauschi

wolfcrypt/src/dilithium.c

@@ -10905,22 +10905,15 @@ int wc_dilithium_get_level(dilithium_key* key, byte* level)
  */
 void wc_dilithium_free(dilithium_key* key)
 {
-#if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
-    int ret = 0;
-#endif
-
     if (key != NULL) {
 #if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
         if (key->devId != INVALID_DEVID) {
-            ret = wc_CryptoCb_Free(key->devId, WC_ALGO_TYPE_PK,
+            (void)wc_CryptoCb_Free(key->devId, WC_ALGO_TYPE_PK,
                              WC_PK_TYPE_PQC_SIG_KEYGEN,
                              WC_PQC_SIG_TYPE_DILITHIUM,
                              (void*)key);
-            if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE))
-                return;
-            /* fall-through to software cleanup */
+            /* always continue to software cleanup */
         }
-        (void)ret;
 #endif
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_WC_DILITHIUM
 #ifndef WC_DILITHIUM_FIXED_ARRAY

wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c

@@ -7945,23 +7945,19 @@ void wc_ecc_free_curve(const ecc_set_type* curve, void* heap)
 WOLFSSL_ABI
 int wc_ecc_free(ecc_key* key)
 {
-#if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
-    int ret = 0;
-#endif
-
     if (key == NULL) {
         return 0;
     }
 
 #if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
     if (key->devId != INVALID_DEVID) {
-        ret = wc_CryptoCb_Free(key->devId, WC_ALGO_TYPE_PK,
+        /* Best-effort HSM resource release; errors are intentionally discarded
+         * so that software cleanup always runs and wc_ecc_free() retains its
+         * ABI guarantee of returning 0 on success. */
+        (void)wc_CryptoCb_Free(key->devId, WC_ALGO_TYPE_PK,
                          WC_PK_TYPE_EC_KEYGEN, 0, key);
-        if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE))
-            return ret;
-        /* fall-through to software cleanup */
+        /* always continue to software cleanup */
     }
-    (void)ret;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(WOLFSSL_ECDSA_SET_K) || defined(WOLFSSL_ECDSA_SET_K_ONE_LOOP) || \
@@ -7975,6 +7971,7 @@ int wc_ecc_free(ecc_key* key)
         mp_free(key->sign_k);
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_NO_MALLOC
         XFREE(key->sign_k, key->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_ECC);
+        key->sign_k = NULL;
 #endif
     }
 #endif
@@ -8040,8 +8037,10 @@ int wc_ecc_free(ecc_key* key)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_CUSTOM_CURVES
-    if (key->deallocSet && key->dp != NULL)
+    if (key->deallocSet && key->dp != NULL) {
         wc_ecc_free_curve(key->dp, key->heap);
+        key->dp = NULL;
+    }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_CHECK_MEM_ZERO

wolfcrypt/src/wc_mlkem.c

@@ -389,21 +389,18 @@ int wc_MlKemKey_Init_Label(MlKemKey* key, int type, const char* label,
  */
 int wc_MlKemKey_Free(MlKemKey* key)
 {
-#if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
     int ret = 0;
-#endif
 
     if (key != NULL) {
 #if defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB) && defined(WOLF_CRYPTO_CB_FREE)
         if (key->devId != INVALID_DEVID) {
             ret = wc_CryptoCb_Free(key->devId, WC_ALGO_TYPE_PK,
                 WC_PK_TYPE_PQC_KEM_KEYGEN, WC_PQC_KEM_TYPE_KYBER, (void*)key);
-            if (ret != WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)) {
-                return ret;
+            if (ret == WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE)) {
+                ret = 0;
             }
-            /* fall-through to software cleanup */
+            /* always continue to software cleanup */
         }
-        (void)ret;
 #endif
         /* Dispose of PRF object. */
         mlkem_prf_free(&key->prf);
@@ -416,7 +413,7 @@ int wc_MlKemKey_Free(MlKemKey* key)
         ForceZero(key->z, sizeof(key->z));
     }
 
-    return 0;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************/

wolfcrypt/src/wc_pkcs11.c

@@ -6574,12 +6574,6 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_CryptoDevCb(int devId, wc_CryptoInfo* info, void* ctx)
                                                  (ecc_key*)info->free.obj);
                     Pkcs11CloseSession(token, &session);
                 }
-                /* Return CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE so wc_ecc_free() still
-                 * performs software cleanup. This callback only releases
-                 * the HSM object. Conditional because wc_ecc_free returns
-                 * int and can propagate an HSM error to the caller. */
-                if (ret == 0)
-                    ret = CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE;
             }
             else
     #endif
@@ -6593,11 +6587,6 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_CryptoDevCb(int devId, wc_CryptoInfo* info, void* ctx)
                                                    (MlDsaKey*)info->free.obj);
                     Pkcs11CloseSession(token, &session);
                 }
-                /* Always return CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE so wc_dilithium_free()
-                 * performs software cleanup. This callback only releases
-                 * the HSM object. Unconditional because wc_dilithium_free
-                 * returns void and cannot propagate an error. */
-                ret = CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE;
             }
             else
     #endif
@@ -6611,14 +6600,6 @@ int wc_Pkcs11_CryptoDevCb(int devId, wc_CryptoInfo* info, void* ctx)
                                                    (MlKemKey*)info->free.obj);
                     Pkcs11CloseSession(token, &session);
                 }
-                /* Return CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE so wc_MlKemKey_Free() still
-                 * performs software cleanup. This callback only releases
-                 * the HSM object. Conditional because wc_MlKemKey_Free
-                 * returns int and can propagate an HSM error to the caller.
-                 */
-                if (ret == 0) {
-                    ret = CRYPTOCB_UNAVAILABLE;
-                }
             }
             else
     #endif