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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote :

== Comment: #0 - Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <email address hidden> - 2017-11-17 10:29:14 ==
Ubuntu 17.10 uses linux kernel 4.13 witch has a problem with the fallback cipher for CTR mode. The commit bellow fixes this problem by using the new structure for the generic ciphers. Please add it to the kernel package.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6.git/commit/?id=e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3

== Comment: #1 - VIPIN K. PARASHAR <email address hidden> - 2017-11-17 13:38:05 ==
(In reply to comment #0)
> Ubuntu 17.10 uses linux kernel 4.13 witch has a problem with the fallback
> cipher for CTR mode. The commit bellow fixes this problem by using the new
> structure for the generic ciphers. Please add it to the kernel package.
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6.git/
> commit/?id=e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3

Which is commit e666d4e9ceec94

commit e666d4e9ceec94c0a88c94b7db31d56474da43b3
Author: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <email address hidden>
Date: Mon Oct 16 20:54:19 2017 -0200

    crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback

    Signed-off-by: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <email address hidden>
    Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <email address hidden>

Its available with 4.14 kernel.

Hello Canonical,

Please include commit e666d4e9ceec94 - "crypto: vmx - Use skcipher for ctr fallback"
with Ubuntu 17.10 kernel.