Re: AF_ALG zero-size hash fails

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On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 10:18:34AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While testing AF_ALG with openssl af-alg-rr, I've found that:
> 
> OPENSSL_CONF=/shared/crypto/openssl-imx.cnf openssl dgst -sha1 </dev/null
> 
> fails with a zero hash result:
> 
> socket(PF_ALG, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0)       = 3
> close(3)                                = 0
> socket(PF_ALG, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0)       = 3
> bind(3, {sa_family=AF_ALG, sa_data="hash\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"}, 88) = 0
> accept(3, 0, NULL)                      = 4
> fstat64(0, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0666, st_rdev=makedev(1, 3), ...}) = 0
> ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE or TCGETS, 0xbed50d5c) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb6fe4000
> read(0, "", 8192)                       = 0
> read(4, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 20) = 20
> close(4)                                = 0
> close(3)                                = 0
> 
> tested with the Freescale CAAM driver with SHA1 and MD5 hashes, and
> the ARM SHA1 shash implementation.  Should there at least be a single
> write to the socket (of zero size) in this case, or should the kernel
> return the correct hash on the first read without a preceding
> write/send?

It's an oversight in the algif_hash code.  I'll get it fixed.

Thanks,
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