From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 22:42:30 +0100 The data structure element "sha1" was assigned a null pointer by the mppe_alloc() after a function call "crypto_alloc_hash" failed. It was determined that this element was not accessed by the implementation of the crypto_free_blkcipher() function. Let us delete it from the affected implementation because the element "sha1" will not be accessible outside the function after the detected allocation failure. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c index b7db4b1..32cb054 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_mppe.c @@ -208,10 +208,8 @@ static void *mppe_alloc(unsigned char *options, int optlen) goto out_free; state->sha1 = crypto_alloc_hash("sha1", 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC); - if (IS_ERR(state->sha1)) { - state->sha1 = NULL; + if (IS_ERR(state->sha1)) goto out_free_blkcipher; - } digestsize = crypto_hash_digestsize(state->sha1); if (digestsize < MPPE_MAX_KEY_LEN) -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html