netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: tls: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference in tls_decrypt_device() and tls_decrypt

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:14:08 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Cc: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>, borisp@...dia.com,
 john.fastabend@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tls: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference in
 tls_decrypt_device() and tls_decrypt_sw()

On Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:27:05 +0200 Sabrina Dubroca wrote:
> > My bad. I only checked &msg->msg_iter's address in tls_decrypt_sw and found
> > it was wrong. Do I need to make a new patch to fix the harmless bogus
> > pointer?  
> 
> I don't think that's necessary, but maybe it would avoid people trying
> to "fix" this code in the future. Jakub, WDYT?

No strong feelings, but personally I find checks for conditions which
cannot happen decrease the readability. Maybe a comment is better?