linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] orinoco: Use shash instead of ahash for MIC calculations

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Message-ID: <CALCETrXxQ9FxuqV5A1rkj2SpeFfd89njDP9h5VBuNx387ieKdQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:41:01 -0800
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Wireless List <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Stephan Mueller <smueller@...onox.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] orinoco: Use shash instead of ahash for MIC calculations

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> writes:
>
>> Eric Biggers pointed out that the orinoco driver pointed scatterlists
>> at the stack.
>>
>> Fix it by switching from ahash to shash.  The result should be
>> simpler, faster, and more correct.
>>
>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # 4.9 only
>> Reported-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
>
> "more correct"? Does this fix a real user visible bug or what? And why
> just stable 4.9, does this maybe have something to do with
> CONFIG_VMAP_STACK?

Whoops, I had that text in some other patches but forgot to put it in
this one.  It'll blow up with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y if a debug option
like CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y is set.  It may work by accident if
debugging is off.

--Andy