From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
To: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] DRBG: remove check for uninitialized DRBG handle
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:13:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140905081357.GA13683@gondor.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1461606.SUPpCYm782@myon.chronox.de>
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 07:11:20AM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> The drbg_healthcheck() contained a test to call the DRBG with an
> uninitialized DRBG cipher handle. As this is an inappropriate use of the
> kernel crypto API to try to generate random numbers before
> initialization, checks verifying for an initialized DRBG have been
> removed in previous patches.
>
> Now, the drbg_healthcheck test must also be removed.
>
> Changes V2: Added patch marker to email subject line.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Patch applied to crypto. Thanks!
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-05 8:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-26 6:14 linux-next: build warnings after merge of the crypto tree Stephen Rothwell
2014-08-26 6:38 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-26 7:00 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 7:31 ` [PATCH] DRBG: fix bit shifting on 32 bit systems Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 7:32 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-26 7:37 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 8:06 ` [PATCH] DRBG: fix maximum value checks " Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 8:08 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-26 8:29 ` [PATCH v2] " Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 8:43 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-26 8:52 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-26 8:58 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-26 9:36 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-27 13:35 ` Herbert Xu
2014-08-27 13:40 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-28 7:13 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-08-28 7:17 ` DRBG: remove test for uninitialized DRBG handle Stephan Mueller
2014-09-01 5:11 ` [PATCH v2] DRBG: remove check " Stephan Mueller
2014-09-03 1:33 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-09-03 23:21 ` Herbert Xu
2014-09-03 23:50 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-09-05 7:55 ` Herbert Xu
2014-09-05 11:25 ` Stephan Mueller
2014-09-05 8:13 ` Herbert Xu [this message]
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