APPLIED[A]: [SRU][Artful][Bionic][PATCH 0/1] crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback

Khaled Elmously khalid.elmously at canonical.com
Thu Feb 1 20:44:14 UTC 2018


Applied to Artful

On 2017-12-14 09:49:49 , Joseph Salisbury wrote:
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1732978
> 
> == SRU Justification ==
> Artful uses the 4.13 kernel which has an issue with the fallback cipher for 
> CTR mode. Commit e666d4e9ceec fixes this problem by using a new structure 
> for the generic ciphers.
> 
> This commit is also needed in Bionic until it gets rebased to 4.15.
> 
> Commit e666d4e9ceec was added to mainline in v4.15-rc2
> 
> == Fix ==
> commit e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3
> Author: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <pfsmorigo at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date:   Mon Oct 16 20:54:19 2017 -0200
> 
>     crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> This commit is specific to crypto, and adds a new structure for the generic ciphers. 
> 
> == Test Case ==
> A test kernel was built with this patch and tested by the original bug reporter.
> The bug reporter states the test kernel resolved the bug.
> 
> 
> 
> Paulo Flabiano Smorigo (1):
>   crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback
> 
>  drivers/crypto/vmx/aes_ctr.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 
> -- 
> kernel-team mailing list
> kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kernel-team




More information about the kernel-team mailing list