linux-kernel - Re: Linux 3.6-rc5

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Date:	Sun, 9 Sep 2012 14:01:15 -0700
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jussi Kivilinna <jussi.kivilinna@...et.fi>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Romain Francoise <romain@...bokech.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 3.6-rc5

On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 11:54:04PM +0300, Jussi Kivilinna wrote:
>
> It seems that authenc is chaining empty assoc scatterlist, which causes
> BUG_ON(!sg->length) set off in crypto/scatterwalk.c.
> 
> Following fixes the bug and self-test passes, but not sure if it's correct
> (note, copy-paste to 'broken' email client, most likely does not apply etc):

Yes this should fix the crash.
 
> Also does crypto_authenc_iverify() need same fix?

Right it does too.

Thanks,
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