If crypto_get_default_rng returns an error, the function ecc_gen_privkey should return an error. Instead, it currently tries to use the default_rng nevertheless, thus creating a kernel panic with a NULL pointer dereference. Returning the error directly, as was supposedly intended when looking at the code, fixes this. Signed-off-by: Pierre Ducroquet <pinaraf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/ecc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/crypto/ecc.c b/crypto/ecc.c index 633a9bcdc574..18f32f2a5e1c 100644 --- a/crypto/ecc.c +++ b/crypto/ecc.c @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ int ecc_gen_privkey(unsigned int curve_id, unsigned int ndigits, u64 *privkey) * DRBG with a security strength of 256. */ if (crypto_get_default_rng()) - err = -EFAULT; + return -EFAULT; err = crypto_rng_get_bytes(crypto_default_rng, (u8 *)priv, nbytes); crypto_put_default_rng(); -- 2.15.0
