Message ID | 20190701213316.120357-1-ebiggers@kernel.org |
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State | Accepted |
Headers | show |
Series | crypto/pcrypt_aead01: add back deleted file comment | expand |
Hi! Thanks for catching this, applied.
Hi Eric, > Hi! > Thanks for catching this, applied. Sorry for removing it, thanks for a fix! Kind regards, Petr
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/crypto/pcrypt_aead01.c b/testcases/kernel/crypto/pcrypt_aead01.c index 5d9a123c7..d9c27f69d 100644 --- a/testcases/kernel/crypto/pcrypt_aead01.c +++ b/testcases/kernel/crypto/pcrypt_aead01.c @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ * * Originally found by syzkaller: * https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller-bugs/NKn_ivoPOpk + * + * Test for CVE-2017-5754 - pcrypt mishandles freeing instances. + * + * The test works by adding and then removing pcrypt-AEAD instances. + * See commit d76c68109f37 crypto: pcrypt - fix freeing pcrypt instances. + * + * If the bug is present then this will probably crash the kernel, but also + * sometimes the test simply times out. */ #include <errno.h>