linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] crypto/testmgr: Allocate only the required output size for hash tests

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:44:11 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
        Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] crypto/testmgr: Allocate only the required output
 size for hash tests

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 03:24:46PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> There are some hashes (e.g. sha224) that have some internal trickery
> to make sure that only the correct number of output bytes are
> generated.  If something goes wrong, they could potentially overrun
> the output buffer.
> 
> Make the test more robust by allocating only enough space for the
> correct output size so that memory debugging will catch the error if
> the output is overrun.
> 
> Tested by intentionally breaking sha224 to output all 256
> internally-generated bits while running on KASAN.
> 
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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