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SubjectRe: Kernel panic - encryption/decryption failed when open file on Arm64
On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:38:43PM +0800, xiakaixu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the encryption/decryption feature on arm64 board and a kernel
> panic occurs just when open a file. As the memory size of the board
> is limited
> and there are some page allocation failures before the panic.
>
> Seems it is a kernel bug from the call trace log.
>
> ...
> - fscrypt_get_encryption_info
> - get_crypt_info.part.1
> - validate_user_key.isra.0
> - derive_aes_gcm_key
> - crypto_gcm_decrypt
> - ablk_decrypt
> - ctr_encrypt
> - blkcipher_walk_done
> - blkcipher_walk_next
> - __get_free_pages
> ----------------------------------> page allocation failure
> ...
> - aes_ctr_encrypt
> -----------------------------------------> the input parameter is
> NULL pointer as the page allocation failure
>
>
> The input parameter of function aes_ctr_encrypt() comes from the
> /struct blkcipher_walk//
> //walk/, and this variable /walk /is allocated by the function
> __get_free_pages(). So if this
> page allocate failed, the input parameter of function
> aes_ctr_encrypt() will be NULL. The
> panic will occurs if we don't check the input parameter.
>
> Not sure about this and wish to get your opinions!

If the page allocation fails in blkcipher_walk_next it'll simply
switch over to processing it block by block. so I don't think the
warning is related to the crash.

Cheers,
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