diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
index aba7113d86c76..a603ee8afdb8d 100644
--- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
+++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c
@@ -60,39 +60,83 @@ static void public_key_destroy(void *payload0, void *payload3)
 }
 
 /*
- * Determine the crypto algorithm name.
+ * Given a public_key, and an encoding and hash_algo to be used for signing
+ * and/or verification with that key, determine the name of the corresponding
+ * akcipher algorithm.  Also check that encoding and hash_algo are allowed.
  */
-static
-int software_key_determine_akcipher(const char *encoding,
-				    const char *hash_algo,
-				    const struct public_key *pkey,
-				    char alg_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME])
+static int
+software_key_determine_akcipher(const struct public_key *pkey,
+				const char *encoding, const char *hash_algo,
+				char alg_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME])
 {
 	int n;
 
-	if (strcmp(encoding, "pkcs1") == 0) {
-		/* The data wangled by the RSA algorithm is typically padded
-		 * and encoded in some manner, such as EMSA-PKCS1-1_5 [RFC3447
-		 * sec 8.2].
+	if (!encoding)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (strcmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "rsa") == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * RSA signatures usually use EMSA-PKCS1-1_5 [RFC3447 sec 8.2].
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(encoding, "pkcs1") == 0) {
+			if (!hash_algo)
+				n = snprintf(alg_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
+					     "pkcs1pad(%s)",
+					     pkey->pkey_algo);
+			else
+				n = snprintf(alg_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
+					     "pkcs1pad(%s,%s)",
+					     pkey->pkey_algo, hash_algo);
+			return n >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME ? -EINVAL : 0;
+		}
+		if (strcmp(encoding, "raw") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		/*
+		 * Raw RSA cannot differentiate between different hash
+		 * algorithms.
+		 */
+		if (hash_algo)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else if (strncmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "ecdsa", 5) == 0) {
+		if (strcmp(encoding, "x962") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		/*
+		 * ECDSA signatures are taken over a raw hash, so they don't
+		 * differentiate between different hash algorithms.  That means
+		 * that the verifier should hard-code a specific hash algorithm.
+		 * Unfortunately, in practice ECDSA is used with multiple SHAs,
+		 * so we have to allow all of them and not just one.
 		 */
 		if (!hash_algo)
-			n = snprintf(alg_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
-				     "pkcs1pad(%s)",
-				     pkey->pkey_algo);
-		else
-			n = snprintf(alg_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
-				     "pkcs1pad(%s,%s)",
-				     pkey->pkey_algo, hash_algo);
-		return n >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME ? -EINVAL : 0;
-	}
-
-	if (strcmp(encoding, "raw") == 0 ||
-	    strcmp(encoding, "x962") == 0) {
-		strcpy(alg_name, pkey->pkey_algo);
-		return 0;
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (strcmp(hash_algo, "sha1") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(hash_algo, "sha224") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(hash_algo, "sha256") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(hash_algo, "sha384") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(hash_algo, "sha512") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else if (strcmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "sm2") == 0) {
+		if (strcmp(encoding, "raw") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!hash_algo)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (strcmp(hash_algo, "sm3") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else if (strcmp(pkey->pkey_algo, "ecrdsa") == 0) {
+		if (strcmp(encoding, "raw") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (!hash_algo)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (strcmp(hash_algo, "streebog256") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(hash_algo, "streebog512") != 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		/* Unknown public key algorithm */
+		return -ENOPKG;
 	}
-
-	return -ENOPKG;
+	if (strscpy(alg_name, pkey->pkey_algo, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME) < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static u8 *pkey_pack_u32(u8 *dst, u32 val)
@@ -113,9 +157,8 @@ static int software_key_query(const struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
 	u8 *key, *ptr;
 	int ret, len;
 
-	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(params->encoding,
-					      params->hash_algo,
-					      pkey, alg_name);
+	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(pkey, params->encoding,
+					      params->hash_algo, alg_name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -179,9 +222,8 @@ static int software_key_eds_op(struct kernel_pkey_params *params,
 
 	pr_devel("==>%s()\n", __func__);
 
-	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(params->encoding,
-					      params->hash_algo,
-					      pkey, alg_name);
+	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(pkey, params->encoding,
+					      params->hash_algo, alg_name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -340,9 +382,8 @@ int public_key_verify_signature(const struct public_key *pkey,
 	     strcmp(sig->pkey_algo, "ecdsa") != 0))
 		return -EKEYREJECTED;
 
-	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(sig->encoding,
-					      sig->hash_algo,
-					      pkey, alg_name);
+	ret = software_key_determine_akcipher(pkey, sig->encoding,
+					      sig->hash_algo, alg_name);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
