Re: [PATCH] crypto: testmgr - add guard to dst buffer for ahash_export

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Sun Oct 02 2016 - 10:37:43 EST


On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 04:38:37PM +0200, Jan Stancek wrote:
> Add a guard to 'state' buffer and warn if its consistency after
> call to crypto_ahash_export() changes, so that any write that
> goes beyond advertised statesize (and thus causing potential
> memory corruption [1]) is more visible.
>
> [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=147467656516085
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied. Thanks.
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