Re: [PATCH] crypto: ctr: avoid VLA use

From: Stephan Mueller
Date: Wed Mar 14 2018 - 09:52:57 EST


Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2018, 14:46:29 CET schrieb Salvatore Mesoraca:

Hi Salvatore,

> 2018-03-14 14:31 GMT+01:00 Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2018, 14:17:30 CET schrieb Salvatore Mesoraca:
> >
> > Hi Salvatore,
> >
> >> if (walk.nbytes) {
> >>
> >> - crypto_ctr_crypt_final(&walk, child);
> >> - err = blkcipher_walk_done(desc, &walk, 0);
> >> + err = crypto_ctr_crypt_final(&walk, child);
> >> + err = blkcipher_walk_done(desc, &walk, err);
> >
> > I guess you either want to handle the error from crypto_ctr_crypt_final or
> > do an err |= blkcipher_walk_done.
>
> I think that blkcipher_walk_done handles and returns the error for me.
> Am I wrong?

You are right as you want to finalize the crypto operation even though the
encryption fails.

Please disregard my comment.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Salvatore



Ciao
Stephan