Re: Regression Linux 6.18.22: ipsec stops working: reason: commit 153d5520c3f9 "crypto: authencesn - Do not place hiseq at end of dst for out-of-place d.cryption"

[Sasha Levin]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 06:52:22PM +0200, Wolfgang Walter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> with 6.12.18 ipsec stopped working for us. After reverting commit
>
> commit 153d5520c3f9fd62e71c7e7f9e34b59cf411e555.
> Author: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   Fri Mar 27 15:04:17 2026 +0900
>
>    crypto: authencesn - Do not place hiseq at end of dst for 
> out-of-place decryption
>
>    [ Upstream commit e02494114ebf7c8b42777c6cd6982f113bfdbec7 ]
>
>    When decrypting data that is not in-place (src != dst), there is
>    no need to save the high-order sequence bits in dst as it could
>    simply be re-copied from the source.
>
>    However, the data to be hashed need to be rearranged accordingly.
>
>    Reported-by: Taeyang Lee <0wn@xxxxxxxxx>
>    Fixes: 104880a6b470 ("crypto: authencesn - Convert to new AEAD 
> interface")
>    Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>    Thanks,
>
>    Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> ipsec worked again. We use esn here.

Thanks for the report!

Could you please check if you see the issue with mainline?

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Thanks,
Sasha