Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] crypto: virtio: Fix src/dst scatterlist calculation in __virtio_crypto_skcipher_do_req()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue May 26 2020 - 03:04:04 EST


> Fix it by sg_next() on calculation of src/dst scatterlist.

Wording adjustment:
â by calling the function âsg_nextâ â


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> +++ b/drivers/crypto/virtio/virtio_crypto_algs.c
> @@ -350,13 +350,18 @@ __virtio_crypto_skcipher_do_req(struct virtio_crypto_sym_request *vc_sym_req,
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> src_nents = sg_nents_for_len(req->src, req->cryptlen);
> + if (src_nents < 0) {
> + pr_err("Invalid number of src SG.\n");
> + return src_nents;
> + }
> +
> dst_nents = sg_nents(req->dst);
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I suggest to move the addition of such input parameter validation
to a separate update step.

Regards,
Markus