[CRYPTO] xcbc: Fix algorithm leak when block size check fails
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:44:50 +0000 (15:44 +1100)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:17:00 +0000 (08:17 +1100)
When the underlying algorithm has a block size other than 16 we abort
without freeing it.  In fact, we try to return the algorithm itself
as an error!

This patch plugs the leak and makes it return -EINVAL instead.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
crypto/xcbc.c

index 789cdee..e3d9503 100644 (file)
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@ static struct crypto_instance *xcbc_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
        case 16:
                break;
        default:
-               return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
+               inst = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+               goto out_put_alg;
        }
 
        inst = crypto_alloc_instance("xcbc", alg);