linux-kernel - Re: crypto: user - Allow get request with empty driver name

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Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:02:21 +0100
From:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>,
	quentin.gouchet@...il.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, ABI/API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: crypto: user - Allow get request with empty driver name

Am Donnerstag, 20. November 2014, 12:46:50 schrieb Herbert Xu:

Hi Herbert,

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 05:23:23AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > Here is the code:
> > 
> > static int crypto_report(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *in_nlh,
> > 
> > 			 struct nlattr **attrs)
> > 
> > {
> > ...
> > 
> > 	if (!p->cru_driver_name[0])
> > 	
> > 		return -EINVAL;
> 
> OK let's fix this.
> 
> crypto: user - Allow get request with empty driver name
> 
> Currently all get requests with an empty driver name fail with
> EINVAL.  Since most users actually want to supply an empty driver
> name this patch removes this check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Acked-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
> 
> diff --git a/crypto/crypto_user.c b/crypto/crypto_user.c
> index e2a34fe..0bb30ac 100644
> --- a/crypto/crypto_user.c
> +++ b/crypto/crypto_user.c
> @@ -201,10 +201,7 @@ static int crypto_report(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct
> nlmsghdr *in_nlh, if (!null_terminated(p->cru_name) ||
> !null_terminated(p->cru_driver_name)) return -EINVAL;
> 
> -	if (!p->cru_driver_name[0])
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -
> -	alg = crypto_alg_match(p, 1);
> +	alg = crypto_alg_match(p, 0);
>  	if (!alg)
>  		return -ENOENT;
> 
> Cheers,


-- 
Ciao
Stephan
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