On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 12:10:03PM +0200, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> >-
> >- if (ctx->enc) {
> >- /* round up output buffer to multiple of block size */
> >- outlen = ((used + bs - 1) / bs * bs);
>
> Why wouldn't the round up for the output not be needed any more? If the
> caller
> provides input data that is not multiple of block sizes and the output buffer
> is also not multiple of block sizes, wouldn't an encrypt overstep boundaries?
No the AEAD algorithm should fail them instead. We do the same
thing in algif_skcipher where it's up to the underlying algorithm
to fail requests that do not contain full blocks.
Cheers,
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