linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 2/2] pstore: Replace crypto API compression with zlib

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Date:   Tue, 04 Jul 2023 09:48:30 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
CC:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] pstore: Replace crypto API compression with zlib_deflate library calls

On July 4, 2023 6:52:11 AM PDT, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
>@@ -217,10 +220,6 @@ static void allocate_buf_for_compression(void)
> 
> static void free_buf_for_compression(void)
> {
>-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PSTORE_COMPRESS) && tfm) {
>-		crypto_free_comp(tfm);
>-		tfm = NULL;
>-	}
> 	kfree(big_oops_buf);
> 	big_oops_buf = NULL;
> 	big_oops_buf_sz = 0;

I think this is missing a free of compress_workspace? Everything else looks great! What kind of testing did you do for this series?


-- 
Kees Cook