linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto Fixes for 6.17

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Message-ID: <20250924190609.GA809378@google.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:06:09 +0000
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Crypto Fixes for 6.17

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 12:10:03PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Herbert Xu (2):
>       crypto: af_alg - Set merge to zero early in af_alg_sendmsg
>       crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg

These seem to have been pushed out without any public review.  Note that
the second patch is buggy, since it changed fields from 'bool' to 1-bit
bitfields without updating code to stop assigning values greater than 1.

- Eric