Re: [security] d3b04a4398: WARNING:at_crypto/kdf_sp800108.c:#crypto_kdf108_init

[Herbert Xu]

On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 03:16:34PM +0100, Stephan Mueller wrote:
>
> Herbert, what is your preference in handling this:
> 
> - we could SELECT CRYPTO_SHA256 when the KDF is compiled. This would only be 
> necessary to satisfy the self test. Yet, there is no guarantee that SHA-256 
> would truly be needed because the DH code that calls the KDF obtains the 
> reference to the hash from user space. In the end we could hard compile a 
> crypto algorithm into the kernel that may never be used.

...

> I would prefer to consider the first option to also statically compile 
> SHA-256.

I think KDF800108_CTR should select SHA256 instead of HASH.

Thanks,
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