[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] crypto: algboss: remove NULL check in cryptomgr_schedule_probe()

Roman Smirnov r.smirnov at omp.ru
Mon Apr 1 15:22:58 MSK 2024


The for loop will be executed at least once, so i > 0. If the loop
is interrupted before i is incremented (e.g., when checking len for NULL),
i will not be checked.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace.

Signed-off-by: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov at omp.ru>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov at omp.ru>
---
 crypto/algboss.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crypto/algboss.c b/crypto/algboss.c
index 0de1e6697949..1aa5f306998a 100644
--- a/crypto/algboss.c
+++ b/crypto/algboss.c
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ static int cryptomgr_schedule_probe(struct crypto_larval *larval)
 			goto err_free_param;
 	}
 
-	if (!i)
-		goto err_free_param;
-
 	param->tb[i + 1] = NULL;
 
 	param->type.attr.rta_len = sizeof(param->type);
-- 
2.34.1




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