Re: [PATCH v3 7/7] crypto: AF_ALG - add support for key_id

[Tadeusz Struk]

Hi David,
On 03/30/2016 09:31 AM, David Howells wrote:
>> +	keyring = request_key(&key_type_asymmetric, key_name, NULL);
>> > +
>> > +	err = -ENOKEY;
>> > +	if (IS_ERR(keyring))
>> > +		goto out;
>> > +
>> > +	pkey = keyring->payload.data[asym_crypto];
> NAK.  This is liable to crash in future.  You may not assume that you know
> what keyring->payload.data[asym_crypto] points to.
> 
> You may not use struct public_key outside of crypto/asymmetric_key/.  It's the
> internal data of the software subtype.  I'll move it out of the global header
> to remove the temptation;-).
> 
> You must use accessor functions such as verify_signature().  Feel free to add
> further accessor functions such as query_asym_capabilities(),
> create_signature(), encrypt_blob() and decrypt_blob() or something like that.

Thanks for your response. I thought that the public_key_query_sw_key(pkey)
check was enough for now.
I'll remove public_key stuff from af_alg and add the accessors.
Thanks,
-- 
TS