This patch avoids a kernel panic due to accessing an error pointer set by
crypto_alloc_shash(). It occurs especially when there are many files that
require an unsupported algorithm, as it would increase the likelihood of
the following race condition:
Task A: *tfm = crypto_alloc_shash() <= error pointer
Task B: if (*tfm == NULL) <= *tfm is not NULL, use it
Task B: rc = crypto_shash_init(desc) <= panic
Task A: *tfm = NULL
This patch uses the IS_ERR_OR_NULL macro to determine whether or not a new
crypto context must be created.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: d46eb3699502b ("evm: crypto hash replaced by shash")
Co-developed-by: Krzysztof Struczynski <krzysztof.struczynski@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Struczynski <krzysztof.struczynski@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 35682852ddea..77ad1e5a93e4 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static struct shash_desc *init_desc(char type, uint8_t hash_algo)
algo = hash_algo_name[hash_algo];
}
- if (*tfm == NULL) {
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(*tfm)) {
mutex_lock(&mutex);
if (*tfm)
goto out;
--
2.17.1
