Fix few warnings in libgcrypt/cipher

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko phcoder at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 20:36:53 CET 2011


On 15.12.2011 15:32, Werner Koch wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:51, phcoder at gmail.com said:
>
>> wasn't there. In any case the issues at hand (modifying const * for
>> first patch und misaligned access for the second) can cause a crash or
>> misbehaviour.
> Yes sure.  There is definitley a need to fix that.  It seems that until
> now everyone used a key right from the start of a properly aligned
> buffer.
>
Or that most of software is undertested on non-x86 and serpent isn't 
among the most used ones.
>> I have it for GRUB. But these patches are small. Since I intend to
> Copyright does only care about the text and not about the sematics.  Thus
> this patch might be a bit too long.
>
>> remember exact wording now). Alternatively I could put it in GRUB
>> first and then there will be no doubt and we avoid administrative
>> hassle.
> That is a better way.  I can easily copy it from other GNU projects.
> Please give me some time; https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/issue1384
> tracks this.
>
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/grub/trunk/grub/revision/3685 and 
http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/grub/trunk/grub/revision/3686
> Thanks,
>
>   Werner
>


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Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko




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