From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Commit eb02c38f0197 ("crypto: api - Keep failed instances alive") is making allocating crypto transforms sometimes fail with ELIBBAD, when multiple processes try to access encrypted files with fscrypt for the first time since boot. The problem is that the "request larval" for the algorithm is being mistaken for an algorithm which failed its tests. Fix it by only returning ELIBBAD for "non-larval" algorithms. Also don't leak a reference to the algorithm. Fixes: eb02c38f0197 ("crypto: api - Keep failed instances alive") Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/api.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/api.c b/crypto/api.c index 1d5290c67108..0ee632bba064 100644 --- a/crypto/api.c +++ b/crypto/api.c @@ -204,9 +204,14 @@ static struct crypto_alg *crypto_alg_lookup(const char *name, u32 type, down_read(&crypto_alg_sem); alg = __crypto_alg_lookup(name, type | test, mask | test); - if (!alg && test) - alg = __crypto_alg_lookup(name, type, mask) ? - ERR_PTR(-ELIBBAD) : NULL; + if (!alg && test) { + alg = __crypto_alg_lookup(name, type, mask); + if (alg && !crypto_is_larval(alg)) { + /* Test failed */ + crypto_mod_put(alg); + alg = ERR_PTR(-ELIBBAD); + } + } up_read(&crypto_alg_sem); return alg; -- 2.17.0.484.g0c8726318c-goog