Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 6 authors, 2018-08-06

Re: [PATCH v6 17/18] crypto: ccm: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2018-07-24 17:51:32
Also in: dm-devel, linux-block, linux-crypto, linux-pm, linux-wireless, lkml

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Ard Biesheuvel
[off-list ref] wrote:
On 24 July 2018 at 18:49, Kees Cook [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
From: Ard Biesheuvel <redacted>

In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
drops AHASH_REQUEST_ON_STACK by preallocated the ahash request area
with the skcipher area (which are not used at the same time).
-EGRAMMAR
Whoops. Will fix my poor sentence merging. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security
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