backup_info field is only allocated for decrypt code path.
The field was not nullified when not used causing a kfree
in an error handling path to attempt to free random
addresses as uncovered in stress testing.
Fixes: 737aed947f9b ("staging: ccree: save ciphertext for CTS IV")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
index 9019615..7b484f1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_cipher.c
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ static int ssi_ablkcipher_encrypt(struct ablkcipher_request *req)
unsigned int ivsize = crypto_ablkcipher_ivsize(ablk_tfm);
req_ctx->is_giv = false;
+ req_ctx->backup_info = NULL;
return ssi_blkcipher_process(tfm, req_ctx, req->dst, req->src,
req->nbytes, req->info, ivsize,
--
2.7.4
