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crypto: api - Fix race condition in crypto_spawn_alg
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Sat, 7 Dec 2019 14:15:15 +0000 (22:15 +0800)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:48:38 +0000 (16:48 +0800)
commit73669cc556462f4e50376538d77ee312142e8a8a
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crypto: api - Fix race condition in crypto_spawn_alg

The function crypto_spawn_alg is racy because it drops the lock
before shooting the dying algorithm.  The algorithm could disappear
altogether before we shoot it.

This patch fixes it by moving the shooting into the locked section.

Fixes: 6bfd48096ff8 ("[CRYPTO] api: Added spawns")
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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