netdev - Re: crypto: skcipher - Use eseqiv even on UP machines

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Date:	Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:57:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: crypto: skcipher - Use eseqiv even on UP machines

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:50:49 +0200

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 08:41:49PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
>> Hi:
>>     
>> Previously we would use eseqiv on all async ciphers in all cases,
>> and sync ciphers if we have more than one CPU.  This meant that
>> chainiv is only used in the case of sync ciphers on a UP machine.
>> 
>> As chainiv may aid attackers by making the IV predictable, even
>> though this risk itself is small, the above usage pattern causes
>> it to further leak information about the host.
>> 
>> This patch addresses these issues by using eseqiv even if we're
>> on a UP machine.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
>> 
> 
> That's fine by me.
> 
> Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>

I'm ok with this too:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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