Re: [2/2] crypto: virtio: Fix use-after-free in virtio_crypto_skcipher_finalize_req()

[Longpeng (Mike, Cloud Infrastructure Service Product Dept.)]

On 2020/5/25 15:36, Markus Elfring wrote:
>> Could you help me to make the sentence better?
> 
> How do you think about a wording variant like the following?
> 
>   So the system will crash when this memory will be used again.
> 
Uh, it's much better, thanks.

> 
>>> * You proposed to move a call of the function âcrypto_finalize_skcipher_requestâ.
>>>   How does this change fit to the mentioned position?
>>>
>> The resources which need to be freed is not used anymore, but the pointers
>> of these resources may be changed in the function
>> "crypto_finalize_skcipher_request", so free these resources before call the
>> function is suitable.
> 
> Another alternative:
>   The resources which need to be cleaned up are not used any more.
>   But the pointers of these resources may be changed in the
>   function âcrypto_finalize_skcipher_requestâ.
>   Thus release specific resources before calling this function.
> 
Oh great! Thanks.

> Regards,
> Markus
> 

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Regards,
Longpeng(Mike)