linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecdsa: Fix the public key format description

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 19:53:33 +0800
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.ibm.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: ecdsa: Fix the public key format description

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 11:28:39PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Public key blob is not just x and y concatenated. It follows RFC5480
> section 2.2. Address this by re-documenting the function with the
> correct description of the format.
> 
> Link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5480
> Fixes: 4e6602916bc6 ("crypto: ecdsa - Add support for ECDSA signature verification")
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
> ---
> It is a bug fix that does not really need a stable backport. Still
> categorizes as a bug because by following the existing documentation
> you end up with an error code.
>  crypto/ecdsa.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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