linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] xfrm: add NULL check in xfrm_update_ae

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:17:31 +0100
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>
Cc:     steffen.klassert@...unet.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] xfrm: add NULL check in xfrm_update_ae_params

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 09:44:11AM +0800, Lin Ma wrote:
> Normally, x->replay_esn and x->preplay_esn should be allocated at
> xfrm_alloc_replay_state_esn(...) in xfrm_state_construct(..), hence the
> frm_update_ae_params(...) is okay to update them. However, the current
> impelementation of xfrm_new_ae(...) allows a malicious user to directly

nit: impelementation -> implementation

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