Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: gcm - Fix IV buffer size in crypto_gcm_setkey

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On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:47:32AM +0200, Ondrej Mosnacek wrote:
> The cipher block size for GCM is 16 bytes, and thus the CTR transform
> used in crypto_gcm_setkey() will also expect a 16-byte IV. However,
> the code currently reserves only 8 bytes for the IV, causing
> an out-of-bounds access in the CTR transform. This patch fixes
> the issue by setting the size of the IV buffer to 16 bytes.
> 
> Fixes: 84c911523020 ("[CRYPTO] gcm: Add support for async ciphers")
> Signed-off-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnacek@xxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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