linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: AEAD: add check for presence of auth tag

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Message-ID: <20150105103957.GA25307@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 5 Jan 2015 21:39:57 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Cc:	'LKML' <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: AEAD: add check for presence of auth tag

On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 11:26:48AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> Could you please help me understand where that check should be and what should 
> be done at the crypto API level?

All I was asking for is a length check like the one at the top
of crypto_authenc_decypt.

Cheers,
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