Re: [PATCH crypto-next 07/23] block: cryptoloop: Remove VLA usage of skcipher

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon Sep 24 2018 - 13:53:38 EST


On Mon, Sep 24, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Ard Biesheuvel
<ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 at 04:11, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ cryptoloop_transfer(struct loop_device *lo, int cmd,
>> unsigned in_offs, out_offs;
>> int err;
>>
>> - skcipher_request_set_tfm(req, tfm);
>> + skcipher_request_set_sync_tfm(req, tfm);
>> skcipher_request_set_callback(req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
>> NULL, NULL);
>>
>
> Does this work?

Everything is a direct wrapper for existing types and functions, so I
wouldn't expect any functional change. I haven't been able to test
this particular interface, though. cryptoloop is very deprecated,
isn't it?

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security