This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
crypto: drbg - Fixes panic in wait_for_completion call
to the 4.9-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-drbg-fixes-panic-in-wait_for_completion-call.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b61929c654f2e725644935737c4c1ea9c741e2f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 12:11:31 +0200
Subject: crypto: drbg - Fixes panic in wait_for_completion call
From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit b61929c654f2e725644935737c4c1ea9c741e2f8 upstream.
Initialise ctr_completion variable before use.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Harsh Jain <harshjain.prof@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/drbg.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/crypto/drbg.c
+++ b/crypto/drbg.c
@@ -1691,6 +1691,7 @@ static int drbg_init_sym_kernel(struct d
return PTR_ERR(sk_tfm);
}
drbg->ctr_handle = sk_tfm;
+ init_completion(&drbg->ctr_completion);
req = skcipher_request_alloc(sk_tfm, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!req) {
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from smueller@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/crypto-drbg-fixes-panic-in-wait_for_completion-call.patch