>> Can a passed null pointer really work in this function?
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>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.16-rc2/source/include/crypto/hash.h#L684
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/include/crypto/hash.h?id=0f9da844d87796ac31b04e81ee95e155e9043132#n751
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:06:16AM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Calling crypto_free_shash(NULL) is actually fine.
>
> Really?
>
>
> > It doesn't dereference the parameter, it just does pointer math on it in
> > crypto_shash_tfm() and returns if it's NULL in crypto_destroy_tfm().
>
> Can
> Calling crypto_free_shash(NULL) is actually fine.
Really?
> It doesn't dereference the parameter, it just does pointer math on it in
> crypto_shash_tfm() and returns if it's NULL in crypto_destroy_tfm().
Can a passed null pointer really work in this function?
> You're 1/8 patch had an actual bug fix hidden amongst the style churn.
It showed the general possibility to adjust the source code structure
for the function “chap_server_compute_md5” also because of the usage
of the single jump label “out” before.
> I don't see any such fixes in the other
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