linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: hash - initializing memory buffer for keys

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Date:   Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:27:56 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: hash - initializing memory buffer for keys

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:04:56AM -0500, Kangjie Lu wrote:
> "ctx" is uninitialized. To avoid undefined behaviors or memory
> disclosures, we better initialize it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>

Please be more specific about what undefined behaviours you're
referring to.

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