On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:29:44PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
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> >From 453b54793e843c0d5b8fd2d5e33fcc5427ec038e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:23:05 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] crypto: algif_aead - fix reference counting of null skcipher
>
> In the AEAD interface for AF_ALG, the reference to the "null skcipher"
> held by each tfm was being dropped in the wrong place -- when each
> af_alg_ctx was freed instead of when the aead_tfm was freed. As
> discovered by syzkaller, a specially crafted program could use this to
> cause the null skcipher to be freed while it is still in use.
>
> Fix it by dropping the reference in the right place.
>
> Fixes: 72548b093ee3 ("crypto: algif_aead - copy AAD from src to dst")
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.14+
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied. Thanks.
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