On 03/08/14 12:29, Sergei Antonov wrote:
On 8 March 2014 02:26,  <beh...@converseincode.com> wrote:
diff --git a/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c b/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c
index 7c7df47..3317578 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/aes_ccm.c
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ void ieee80211_aes_ccm_encrypt(struct crypto_aead *tfm, u8 
*b_0, u8 *aad,
                                u8 *data, size_t data_len, u8 *mic)
  {
         struct scatterlist assoc, pt, ct[2];
-       struct {
-               struct aead_request     req;
-               u8                      priv[crypto_aead_reqsize(tfm)];
-       } aead_req;

-       memset(&aead_req, 0, sizeof(aead_req));
+       char aead_req_data[sizeof(struct aead_request) +
+                               crypto_aead_reqsize(tfm) +
+                               CRYPTO_MINALIGN] CRYPTO_MINALIGN_ATTR;
+
+       struct aead_request *aead_req = (void *) aead_req_data;
Bad trick with regards to alignment.
The alignment requirement for struct aead_request is stronger than
what an array of chars may have.
Damn it. I should have seen that too. We had to do that in our related netfilter patch.

Good catch. Will fix.

Thanks,

Behan

--
Behan Webster
beh...@converseincode.com

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