[dm-devel] [PATCH v8 2/9] crypto: cbc: Remove VLA usage

[Kees Cook]

In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
uses the upper bounds on blocksize. Since this is always a cipher
blocksize, use the existing cipher max blocksize.

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
---
 include/crypto/cbc.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/crypto/cbc.h b/include/crypto/cbc.h
index f5b8bfc22e6d..3bf28beefa33 100644
--- a/include/crypto/cbc.h
+++ b/include/crypto/cbc.h
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline int crypto_cbc_decrypt_inplace(
 	unsigned int bsize = crypto_skcipher_blocksize(tfm);
 	unsigned int nbytes = walk->nbytes;
 	u8 *src = walk->src.virt.addr;
-	u8 last_iv[bsize];
+	u8 last_iv[MAX_CIPHER_BLOCKSIZE];
 
 	/* Start of the last block. */
 	src += nbytes - (nbytes & (bsize - 1)) - bsize;
-- 
2.17.1