Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: remove instance when test failed

[Stephan Mueller]

Am Freitag, 3. April 2015, 17:58:28 schrieb Herbert Xu:

Hi Herbert,

> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 07:05:27PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
> > diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
> > index 83b04e0..215c604 100644
> > --- a/crypto/algapi.c
> > +++ b/crypto/algapi.c
> > 
> > @@ -545,6 +545,10 @@ unlock:
> >  		goto err;
> >  	
> >  	crypto_wait_for_test(larval);
> > 
> > +
> > +	/* Remove instance if test failed */
> > +	if (!(inst->alg.cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_TESTED))
> > +		crypto_unregister_instance(inst);
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think this is safe because the moment you
> release the mutex the instance can be freed.  So you'll need to
> hold a reference to it.
> 
> Cheers,

Wpuldn't crypto_del_alg suffer from the same issue? I see that the cra_refcnt 
is checked. But I guess there would be the same kind of race?

-- 
Ciao
Stephan
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