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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2018 10:58:48 +0200
From: Salvatore Mesoraca <s.mesoraca16@...il.com>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] crypto: ctr - avoid VLA use
018-04-08 5:19 GMT+02:00 Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>:
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 08:38:19PM +0200, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
>>
>> @@ -206,6 +207,14 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ctr_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
>> if (alg->cra_blocksize < 4)
>> goto out_put_alg;
>>
>> + /* Block size must be <= MAX_BLOCKSIZE. */
>> + if (alg->cra_blocksize > MAX_BLOCKSIZE)
>> + goto out_put_alg;
>> +
>> + /* Alignmask must be <= MAX_ALIGNMASK. */
>> + if (alg->cra_alignmask > MAX_ALIGNMASK)
>> + goto out_put_alg;
>> +
>
> Since you're also adding a check to cipher algorithms in general,
> none of these individual checks are needed anymore.
Fair enough.
After removing the individual checks the modification to the single files
will be just a couple of lines, is it OK for you if I collapse all of them in
just a single commit?
Thank you,
Salvatore
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