[lvc-project] [PATCH] crypto: ecc: fix NULL pointer dereferencing in ecc_gen_privkey()

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 10:13:18AM +0300, Roman Smirnov wrote:
> ecc_get_curve() can return NULL. It is necessary to check
> for NULL before dereferencing.
> 
> 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/ecc.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Please point me to the exact code path where this can happen.

Thanks,
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