Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] crypto: kdf - SP800-108 Key Derivation Function

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On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 01:52:32PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
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> + * NOTE: Technically you can use one buffer for holding the label_context and
> + *	 the outbuf in the example above. Howerver, multiple rounds of the
> + *	 KDF are to be expected with the input must always be the same.
> + *	 The first round would replace the input in case of one buffer, and the
> + *	 KDF would calculate a cryptographically strong result which, however,
> + *	 is not portable to other KDF implementations! Thus, always use
> + *	 different buffers for the label_context and the outbuf. A safe
> + *	 in-place operation can only be done when only one round of the KDF
> + *	 is executed (i.e. the size of the requested buffer is equal to the
> + *	 digestsize of the used MAC).

Why don't you put the result in a temporary buffer and then copy
it? These things are tiny, right?

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