From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: Crash in crypto mcryptd
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:16:28 -0800
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On Thu, 2016-12-01 at 19:00 -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Hi
> 
> There is a bug in mcryptd initialization.
> 
> This is a test module that tries various hash algorithms. When you load 
> the module with "insmod test.ko 'alg=mcryptd(md5)'", the machine crashes.
> 
> Mikulas
> 
> 

Mikulas,

Can you try out the patch that I've sent out in a separate mail?

Thanks.

Tim