linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mpi: Avoid using freed pointer in mpi_lshift

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:32:38 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
cc:	"Kasatkin, Dmitry" <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mpi: Avoid using freed pointer in mpi_lshift_limbs()

On Sat, 14 Apr 2012, James Morris wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Apr 2012, Kasatkin, Dmitry wrote:
> 
> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> > >> >> ---
> > >> >>  lib/mpi/mpi-bit.c |    5 +++--
> > >> >>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >> >>
> > >> >>  only compile tested.
> 
> > That is of course correct.
> > 
> > James, can you please apply this patch to security fixes?
> > 
> >  Acked-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
> > 
> > - Dmitry
> 
> Has this patch been tested?
> 
Personally I don't really have a way to test it properly, so the only 
testing I've personally done is to check that it compiles.

-- 
Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>       http://www.chaosbits.net/
Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
Plain text mails only, please.