linux-kernel - Re: [bug] crypto/vmx/p8_ghash memory corruption in 4.8-rc7

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Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:45:49 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jan Stancek <jstancek@...hat.com>,
        rui y wang <rui.y.wang@...el.com>,
        mhcerri@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, leosilva@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        pfsmorigo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [bug] crypto/vmx/p8_ghash memory corruption in 4.8-rc7

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 04:46:44PM -0300, Marcelo Cerri wrote:
> 
> Can you check if the problem occurs with this patch?

In light of the fact that padlock-sha is the correct example
to follow, you only need to add one line to the init_tfm fucntion
to update the descsize based on that of the fallback.

Thanks,
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