From: Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>
To: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: fcallies@linux.ibm.com, ifranzki@linux.ibm.com,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] s390/crypto: Fix skcipher_walk return code handling in aes_s390
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:23:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <67b4eb88-35ca-46ff-9bd8-215bba1f334a@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806084950.17679-2-freude@linux.ibm.com>
On 8/6/26 10:49, Harald Freudenberger wrote:
> The return codes from skcipher_walk_virt() were not properly checked
> before entering the processing loops in ecb_aes_crypt() and ctr_aes_crypt().
Maybe you can also mention here the other fixed functions (cbc, xts and
full-xts).
> If skcipher_walk_virt() fails, the walk structure may be in an undefined
> state, and attempting to process data could lead to incorrect behavior
> or accessing uninitialized memory.
>
> Add proper return code checking to ensure correct handling of the walk
> initialization and walk advance and eventually return to the caller
> with that return code.
>
> Fixes: 7988fb2c03c8 ("crypto: s390/aes - convert to skcipher API")
> Signed-off-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.5+
Reviewed-by: Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>
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Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Holger Dengler
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 9:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 8:49 [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix skcipher_walk return code handling in aes_s390 Harald Freudenberger
2026-08-06 8:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] s390/crypto: " Harald Freudenberger
2026-08-11 9:23 ` Holger Dengler [this message]
2026-08-06 8:49 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] s390/crypto: Explicit scrub temp buffer in AES ctr mode algorithm Harald Freudenberger
2026-08-11 10:13 ` Holger Dengler
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