Public bug reported:

== Comment: #0 - Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <[email protected]> - 2017-11-17 
10:29:14 ==
Ubuntu 17.10 uses linux kernel 4.13 witch has a problem with the fallback 
cipher for CTR mode. The commit bellow fixes this problem by using the new 
structure for the generic ciphers. Please add it to the kernel package.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6.git/commit/?id=e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3

== Comment: #1 - VIPIN K. PARASHAR <[email protected]> - 2017-11-17 13:38:05 
==
(In reply to comment #0)
> Ubuntu 17.10 uses linux kernel 4.13 witch has a problem with the fallback
> cipher for CTR mode. The commit bellow fixes this problem by using the new
> structure for the generic ciphers. Please add it to the kernel package.
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6.git/
> commit/?id=e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3

Which is commit e666d4e9ceec94

commit e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3
Author: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Oct 16 20:54:19 2017 -0200

    crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback
    
    Signed-off-by: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <[email protected]>
    Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>

Its available with 4.14 kernel.


Hello Canonical,

Please include commit e666d4e9ceec94 - "crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr 
fallback"
with Ubuntu 17.10 kernel.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-161493 severity-high 
targetmilestone-inin1710

** Tags added: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-161493 severity-high
targetmilestone-inin1710

** Changed in: ubuntu
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage 
(ubuntu-power-triage)

** Package changed: ubuntu => linux (Ubuntu)

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