[PATCH] crypto/ipsec_mb: fix Null ptr dereference in set_mb_job_params()

Alexander Konyukhov Alexander.Konyukhov at kaspersky.com
Fri Sep 25 13:23:53 CEST 2026


From: Konyukhov Aleksandr <Alexander.Konyukhov at kaspersky.com>

In function set_mb_job_params pmd_aesni_mb.c:1742 check
(cipher_mode == IMB_CIPHER_NULL && oop)
is not enath to garanteed job->dst != 0, which in turn could lead to
NULL ptr dereference.

Add new check for (sgl == 0) to be shure that job->dst
was set in pmd_aesni_mb.c:1610

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

Fixes: 03944ff5e3df ("crypto/ipsec_mb: support null auth/cipher for aesni_mb")
Cc: roy.fan.zhang at intel.com

Signed-off-by: Konyukhov Aleksandr <Alexander.Konyukhov at kaspersky.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/pmd_aesni_mb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/pmd_aesni_mb.c b/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/pmd_aesni_mb.c
index 05dc1a039f..57d8925a87 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/pmd_aesni_mb.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/pmd_aesni_mb.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ set_mb_job_params(IMB_JOB *job, struct ipsec_mb_qp *qp,
 		job->msg_len_to_cipher_in_bytes = op->sym->cipher.data.length;
 	}
 
-	if (cipher_mode == IMB_CIPHER_NULL && oop) {
+	if (cipher_mode == IMB_CIPHER_NULL && oop && !sgl) {
 		memcpy(job->dst + job->cipher_start_src_offset_in_bytes,
 			job->src + job->cipher_start_src_offset_in_bytes,
 			job->msg_len_to_cipher_in_bytes);
-- 
2.55.0.windows.2



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