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From: Kalle Valo <kvalo-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	USB list <linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Linux Wireless List
	<linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers3-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-crypto-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Herbert Xu
	<herbert-lOAM2aK0SrRLBo1qDEOMRrpzq4S04n8Q@public.gmane.org>,
	Stephan Mueller
	<smueller-T9tCv8IpfcWELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] orinoco: Use shash instead of ahash for MIC calculations
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:03:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eg1bzrpi.fsf@kamboji.qca.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALCETrXxQ9FxuqV5A1rkj2SpeFfd89njDP9h5VBuNx387ieKdQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> (Andy Lutomirski's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:41:01 -0800")

Andy Lutomirski <luto-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo-sgV2jX0FEOL9JmXXK+q4OQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Andy Lutomirski <luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>>> Eric Biggers pointed out that the orinoco driver pointed scatterlists
>>> at the stack.
>>>
>>> Fix it by switching from ahash to shash.  The result should be
>>> simpler, faster, and more correct.
>>>
>>> Cc: stable-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org # 4.9 only
>>> Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
>>
>> "more correct"? Does this fix a real user visible bug or what? And why
>> just stable 4.9, does this maybe have something to do with
>> CONFIG_VMAP_STACK?
>
> Whoops, I had that text in some other patches but forgot to put it in
> this one.  It'll blow up with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y if a debug option
> like CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y is set.  It may work by accident if
> debugging is off.

Makes sense now, thanks. I'll add that to the commit log and queue this
to 4.10.

-- 
Kalle Valo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-12-13 17:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-12 20:52 [PATCH] wusbcore: Fix one more crypto-on-the-stack bug Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-12 20:53 ` [PATCH] keys/encrypted: Fix two crypto-on-the-stack bugs Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-12 22:28   ` David Howells
2016-12-13  0:32     ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]   ` <e958f214e8885968be8045ffde813ac339b81178.1481575835.git.luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 12:20     ` David Laight
2016-12-13 16:40       ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-13 16:45         ` David Howells
2016-12-13 17:02           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-13 20:02             ` David Howells
2016-12-14 16:58         ` Joerg Roedel
2016-12-12 20:54 ` [PATCH] cifs: Fix smbencrypt() to stop pointing a scatterlist at the stack Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-13 11:40   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2016-12-13 13:07   ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]     ` <1481634464.2630.17.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-14  8:19       ` Steve French
2016-12-12 20:55 ` [PATCH] crypto: Make a few drivers depend on !VMAP_STACK Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]   ` <5e4b1fdd48e44acd5f3cfa25639b00f5c5906832.1481575835.git.luto-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13  3:42     ` Herbert Xu
2016-12-12 20:55 ` [PATCH] orinoco: Use shash instead of ahash for MIC calculations Andy Lutomirski
2016-12-13  7:54   ` Eric Biggers
2016-12-13 11:35   ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-13 16:41     ` Andy Lutomirski
     [not found]       ` <CALCETrXxQ9FxuqV5A1rkj2SpeFfd89njDP9h5VBuNx387ieKdQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2016-12-13 17:03         ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2016-12-30 11:34   ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-30 12:02     ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-30 12:15       ` Kalle Valo
2016-12-12 21:44 ` [PATCH] wusbcore: Fix one more crypto-on-the-stack bug Greg KH
2016-12-12 23:57   ` Andy Lutomirski

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