linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] crypto: caam - fix pkcs1pad(rsa-caam, sha256) failure because of invalid input

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Date:   Fri, 24 May 2019 06:52:20 +0000
From:   Horia Geanta <horia.geanta@....com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:     Iuliana Prodan <iuliana.prodan@....com>,
        Aymen Sghaier <aymen.sghaier@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] crypto: caam - fix pkcs1pad(rsa-caam, sha256)
 failure because of invalid input

On 5/23/2019 3:38 PM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 10:02:41AM +0000, Horia Geanta wrote:
>>
>> When crypto_register_akcipher fails, it merely prints a warning and falls
>> through (does not immediately return), thus there's no leak.
> 
> How can this work? Wouldn't the exit path then unregister a bunch of
> unregistered algorithms and crash?
> 
You're actually right.
zero_buffer is leaked in case crypto_register_akcipher fails.

Besides this, there is an existing issue (independent of current patch) with
algorithm registration: algorithms (in fact, rsa) are unregistered even if
registration might have failed.
This should be addressed separately.

Thanks,
Horia