linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Potential NULL pointer deference in drbg_ctr

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Date:	Sat, 5 Jul 2014 08:36:07 +0800
From:	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, kbuild@...org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Potential NULL pointer deference in drbg_ctr_df

On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 02:00:15AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> Am Freitag, 4. Juli 2014, 13:50:03 schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 05:06:46PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 02:26:29PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > > > The handling of additional input data / personalization string data may
> > > > be subject to a NULL pointer deference for the CTR DRBG. The
> > > > caller-provided data may be NULL which must be caught by the DRBG.
> > > > 
> > > > Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
> > 
> > Oh, huh.  This bug was actually reported by me but I forgot to change
> > the from header and apparently my smtp server allows me to send emails
> > as if I work for Intel.  :P
> > 
> > Fengguang is much nicer than I am.  :P
> 
> Too late, your colleague's name is now in the patches ;-)

Thank you nice guys! :P

Thanks,
Fengguang
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