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List:       linux-crypto-vger
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Fix NULL pointer deref. on no default_rng
From:       Pierre <pinaraf () pinaraf ! info>
Date:       2017-12-20 19:49:35
Message-ID: 2759758.0ipnKPUmi8 () peanuts2
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On Wednesday, November 29, 2017 5:34:30 PM CET Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 03:24:32PM +0100, Pierre Ducroquet wrote:
> > If crypto_get_default_rng returns an error, the
> > function ecc_gen_privkey should return an error.
> > Instead, it currently tries to use the default_rng
> > nevertheless, thus creating a kernel panic with a
> > NULL pointer dereference.
> > Returning the error directly, as was supposedly
> > intended when looking at the code, fixes this.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pierre Ducroquet <pinaraf@pinaraf.info>
> 
> Patch applied.  Thanks.

Hi

How long will it take for the patch to be merged in an official release ?
This simple patch fixes a kernel panic at boot, it would be great for it to be 
merged in 4.15.

Thanks
 Pierre
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