It might be possible for two callers to race the mutex lock after the
NULL ctx check. Instead, move the lock above the check so there isn't
the possibility of leaking a crypto ctx. Additionally, report the full
algo name when failing.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index d107576..c134346 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -618,27 +618,28 @@ int ecryptfs_init_crypt_ctx(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat 
*crypt_stat)
                        "key_size_bits = [%zd]\n",
                        crypt_stat->cipher, (int)strlen(crypt_stat->cipher),
                        crypt_stat->key_size << 3);
+       mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
        if (crypt_stat->tfm) {
                rc = 0;
-               goto out;
+               goto out_unlock;
        }
-       mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
        rc = ecryptfs_crypto_api_algify_cipher_name(&full_alg_name,
                                                    crypt_stat->cipher, "cbc");
        if (rc)
                goto out_unlock;
        crypt_stat->tfm = crypto_alloc_ablkcipher(full_alg_name, 0, 0);
-       kfree(full_alg_name);
        if (IS_ERR(crypt_stat->tfm)) {
                rc = PTR_ERR(crypt_stat->tfm);
                crypt_stat->tfm = NULL;
                ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "cryptfs: init_crypt_ctx(): "
                                "Error initializing cipher [%s]\n",
-                               crypt_stat->cipher);
-               goto out_unlock;
+                               full_alg_name);
+               goto out_free;
        }
        crypto_ablkcipher_set_flags(crypt_stat->tfm, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_WEAK_KEY);
        rc = 0;
+out_free:
+       kfree(full_alg_name);
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_tfm_mutex);
 out:
-- 
1.7.9.5


-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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