Re: [v2 PATCH] crypto: seqiv - Do not use req->iv after crypto_aead_encrypt

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 04:06:48PM -0500, Xin Long wrote:
>
> BTW, Do you think it might have the similar issue in essiv_aead_crypt()?
> 
>         if (rctx->assoc && err != -EINPROGRESS && err != -EBUSY)
>                 kfree(rctx->assoc);

We should fix this, but I believe this dereference (after free) is
harmless.

Thanks,
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