Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: ghash: Avoid null pointer dereference if no key is set.

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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 01:53:15PM -0400, Nick Bowler wrote:
> The ghash_update function passes a pointer to gf128mul_4k_lle which will
> be NULL if ghash_setkey is not called or if the most recent call to
> ghash_setkey failed to allocate memory.  This causes an oops.  Fix this
> up by returning an error code in the null case.

Patch applied.  Will push to stable as well.

Thanks!
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