From: Herbert Xu Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:09:38 +0000 (+0800) Subject: [CRYPTO] api: Fix potential race in crypto_remove_spawn X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38cb2419f544ad413c7f7aa8c17fd7377610cdd8;p=linux-beck.git [CRYPTO] api: Fix potential race in crypto_remove_spawn As it is crypto_remove_spawn may try to unregister an instance which is yet to be registered. This patch fixes this by checking whether the instance has been registered before attempting to remove it. It also removes a bogus cra_destroy check in crypto_register_instance as 1) it's outside the mutex; 2) we have a check in __crypto_register_alg already. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c index 8ff8c2656d9c..8383282de1dd 100644 --- a/crypto/algapi.c +++ b/crypto/algapi.c @@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ static void crypto_remove_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, return; inst->alg.cra_flags |= CRYPTO_ALG_DEAD; + if (hlist_unhashed(&inst->list)) + return; + if (!tmpl || !crypto_tmpl_get(tmpl)) return; @@ -335,9 +338,6 @@ int crypto_register_instance(struct crypto_template *tmpl, LIST_HEAD(list); int err = -EINVAL; - if (inst->alg.cra_destroy) - goto err; - err = crypto_check_alg(&inst->alg); if (err) goto err;