crypto: mcryptd - Check mcryptd algorithm compatibility
Algorithms not compatible with mcryptd could be spawned by mcryptd with a direct crypto_alloc_tfm invocation using a "mcryptd(alg)" name construct. This causes mcryptd to crash the kernel if an arbitrary "alg" is incompatible and not intended to be used with mcryptd. It is an issue if AF_ALG tries to spawn mcryptd(alg) to expose it externally. But such algorithms must be used internally and not be exposed. We added a check to enforce that only internal algorithms are allowed with mcryptd at the time mcryptd is spawning an algorithm. Link: http://marc.info/?l=linux-crypto-vger&m=148063683310477&w=2 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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