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[IPSEC] Fixed alg_key_len usage in attach_one_algo

To: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IPSEC] Fixed alg_key_len usage in attach_one_algo
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:03:02 +1000
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Hi Dave:

This bug was discovered by a Linux box running in a remote corner
of Australia :)

The variable alg_key_len is in bits and not bytes.  The function
attach_one_algo is currently using it as if it were in bytes.
This causes it to read memory which may not be there.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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