Re: [PATCH] crypto: mpi: add NULL checks to mpi_normalize().

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 02:20:36PM +0000, Roman Smirnov wrote:
>
> Svace found a similar case but it is no longer relevant:
> 
> NULL constant:
>     mpi_ec_mul_point()
>       ec_mulm(z3, point->z, z2, ctx)
>         ec_mod()
>           mpi_mod()
>             mpi_fdiv_r()
>               mpi_tdiv_r()
>                 mpi_tdiv_qr()
>                   mpi_resize()
>                     kcalloc()

In general, I think it's better to deal with the error at the
point of allocation.  So whoever calls mpi_resize should check
for errors and return an error if appropriate.

We can deal with this if this function is ever reintroduced.

Thanks,
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