netdev - Re: xfrm: Always zero high-order sequence number bits

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Message-ID: <20150521101650.GQ8928@secunet.com>
Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 12:16:50 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: xfrm: Always zero high-order sequence number bits

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:38:12AM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> As we're now always including the high bits of the sequence number
> in the IV generation process we need to ensure that they don't
> contain crap.
> 
> This patch ensures that the high sequence bits are always zeroed
> so that we don't leak random data into the IV.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Applied, thanks Herbert!
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