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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] crypto: lrw - Fix an error handling path in 'create()'
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Le 09/10/2017 à 23:22, walter harms a écrit :
> Am 08.10.2017 11:39, schrieb Christophe JAILLET:
>> All error handling paths 'goto err_drop_spawn' except this one.
>> In order to avoid some resources leak, we should do it as well here.
>>
>> Fixes: 700cb3f5fe75 ("crypto: lrw - Convert to skcipher")
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
>> ---
>> crypto/lrw.c | 6 ++++--
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/crypto/lrw.c b/crypto/lrw.c
>> index a8bfae4451bf..eb681e9fe574 100644
>> --- a/crypto/lrw.c
>> +++ b/crypto/lrw.c
>> @@ -610,8 +610,10 @@ static int create(struct crypto_template *tmpl, struct rtattr **tb)
>> ecb_name[len - 1] = 0;
>>
>> if (snprintf(inst->alg.base.cra_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME,
>> - "lrw(%s)", ecb_name) >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME)
> this check can be done more easy,
> the length of ecb_name is len
> the length of inst->alg.base.cra_name is CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME
> if CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME-len < "lrw()" < 5
> no need to involve snprintf()
>
> just my 2 cents
> re,
> wh
It does not only check for the length, it also copies some data.
The test should be read: "If the copy succeeds (i.e if there is enough
space for the copy to succeed)", and not "if the string is too long".
IMHO, the snprintf is just fine here.

CJ
>> - return -ENAMETOOLONG;
>> + "lrw(%s)", ecb_name) >= CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME) {
>> + err = -ENAMETOOLONG;
>> + goto err_drop_spawn;
>> + }
>> }
>>
>> inst->alg.base.cra_flags = alg->base.cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC;


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