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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, keyrings@vger.kernel.org, Jason@zx2c4.com,
	herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, k.marinushkin@gmail.com,
	linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] KEYS: Use individual pages in big_key for crypto buffers
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:36:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <13335.1518730561@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180215204528.GA49445@gmail.com>

Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@gmail.com> wrote:

> If big_key_alloc_buffer() fails to allocate one of the pages then some of
> the pages may still be NULL here, causing __free_page() to crash.  You need
> to check for NULL first.

Ah, yes.  I incorrectly used free_page() first - and that does check for a
NULL pointer.  Applied your other changes also.

David

      reply	other threads:[~2018-02-15 21:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-15 15:54 [RFC PATCH] KEYS: Use individual pages in big_key for crypto buffers David Howells
2018-02-15 20:45 ` Eric Biggers
2018-02-15 21:36   ` David Howells [this message]

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