Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6

Pull crypto fix from Herbert Xu:
 "This push fixes a potential panic in cryptd which may occur with
  crypto drivers such as aesni-intel."

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6:
  crypto: cryptd - disable softirqs in cryptd_queue_worker to prevent data corruption

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c
index 671d4d6d14df..7bdd61b867c8 100644
--- a/crypto/cryptd.c
+++ b/crypto/cryptd.c
@@ -137,13 +137,18 @@ static void cryptd_queue_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct crypto_async_request *req, *backlog;
 
 	cpu_queue = container_of(work, struct cryptd_cpu_queue, work);
-	/* Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto
-	 * workqueue. preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent
-	 * being preempted by cryptd_enqueue_request() */
+	/*
+	 * Only handle one request at a time to avoid hogging crypto workqueue.
+	 * preempt_disable/enable is used to prevent being preempted by
+	 * cryptd_enqueue_request(). local_bh_disable/enable is used to prevent
+	 * cryptd_enqueue_request() being accessed from software interrupts.
+	 */
+	local_bh_disable();
 	preempt_disable();
 	backlog = crypto_get_backlog(&cpu_queue->queue);
 	req = crypto_dequeue_request(&cpu_queue->queue);
 	preempt_enable();
+	local_bh_enable();
 
 	if (!req)
 		return;