This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled crypto: algif_hash - wait for crypto_ahash_init() to complete to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: crypto-algif_hash-wait-for-crypto_ahash_init-to-complete.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From fe09786178f9df713a4b2dd6b93c0a722346bf5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Wang, Rui Y" <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:08:37 +0800 Subject: crypto: algif_hash - wait for crypto_ahash_init() to complete From: Wang, Rui Y <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx> commit fe09786178f9df713a4b2dd6b93c0a722346bf5e upstream. hash_sendmsg/sendpage() need to wait for the completion of crypto_ahash_init() otherwise it can cause panic. Signed-off-by: Rui Wang <rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/algif_hash.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/crypto/algif_hash.c +++ b/crypto/algif_hash.c @@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ static int hash_sendmsg(struct kiocb *un lock_sock(sk); if (!ctx->more) { - err = crypto_ahash_init(&ctx->req); + err = af_alg_wait_for_completion(crypto_ahash_init(&ctx->req), + &ctx->completion); if (err) goto unlock; } @@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ static ssize_t hash_sendpage(struct sock } else { if (!ctx->more) { err = crypto_ahash_init(&ctx->req); + err = af_alg_wait_for_completion(err, &ctx->completion); if (err) goto unlock; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from rui.y.wang@xxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/crypto-algif_hash-wait-for-crypto_ahash_init-to-complete.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html