@@ -623,6 +623,11 @@ int crypto_skcipher_encrypt(struct skcipher_request *req)
unsigned int cryptlen = req->cryptlen;
int ret;
+ if (!(alg->cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC) &&
+ WARN_ONCE(!in_task() && !in_serving_softirq(),
+ "synchronous call from invalid context\n"))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
crypto_stats_get(alg);
if (crypto_skcipher_get_flags(tfm) & CRYPTO_TFM_NEED_KEY)
ret = -ENOKEY;
@@ -640,6 +645,11 @@ int crypto_skcipher_decrypt(struct skcipher_request *req)
unsigned int cryptlen = req->cryptlen;
int ret;
+ if (!(alg->cra_flags & CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC) &&
+ WARN_ONCE(!in_task() && !in_serving_softirq(),
+ "synchronous call from invalid context\n"))
+ return -EBUSY;
+
crypto_stats_get(alg);
if (crypto_skcipher_get_flags(tfm) & CRYPTO_TFM_NEED_KEY)
ret = -ENOKEY;
In order to ensure that kernel mode SIMD routines will not need a scalar fallback if they run with softirqs disabled, disallow any use of the skcipher encrypt and decrypt routines from outside of task or softirq context. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> --- crypto/skcipher.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)