netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:26:59 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4+ipv6: Make INET*_ESP select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV

Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de> wrote:
> The ESP algorithms using CBC mode require echainiv. Hence INET*_ESP have
> to select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV in order to work properly. This solves the
> issues caused by a misconfiguration as described in [1].
> The original approach, patching crypto/Kconfig was turned down by
> Herbert Xu [2].
> 
> [1] https://lists.strongswan.org/pipermail/users/2015-December/009074.html
> [2] http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=145224655809562&w=2
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <hakke_007@....de>
> ---
> net/ipv4/Kconfig | 1 +
> net/ipv6/Kconfig | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> index c229205..7758247 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
> @@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ config INET_ESP
>        select CRYPTO_CBC
>        select CRYPTO_SHA1
>        select CRYPTO_DES
> +       select CRYPTO_ECHAINIV
>        ---help---
>          Support for IPsec ESP.
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
> index bb7dabe..40c8975 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ config INET6_ESP
>        select CRYPTO_CBC
>        select CRYPTO_SHA1
>        select CRYPTO_DES

Your patch seems to be missing a few lines at the end.

Otherwise it looks good to me.

Cheers,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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