Re: [PATCH 01/16] crypto: prevent helper ciphers from being used

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Am Donnerstag, 19. März 2015, 18:16:30 schrieb Herbert Xu:

Hi Herbert,

>On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 07:57:36AM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> diff --git a/crypto/ablkcipher.c b/crypto/ablkcipher.c
>> index db201bca..2cd83ad 100644
>> --- a/crypto/ablkcipher.c
>> +++ b/crypto/ablkcipher.c
>> @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ struct crypto_ablkcipher
>> *crypto_alloc_ablkcipher(const char *alg_name,> 
>>  			goto err;
>>  		
>>  		}
>> 
>> -		tfm = __crypto_alloc_tfm(alg, type, mask);
>> +		tfm = __crypto_alloc_tfm_safe(alg, type, mask);
>
>Rather than changing every algorithm type, I'd rather suggest
>that you modify crypto_alg_mod_lookup so that it's kept in one
>spot.  Just copy what we currently do for CRYPTO_ALG_TESTED.

How can you distinguish between calls coming from crypto_*_spawn (which 
we need to allow) and calls that come from the normal API calls (which 
we should block?

>
>Thanks,


Ciao
Stephan
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