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-rw-r--r--crypto/algapi.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/algapi.c b/crypto/algapi.c
index 4c761f48110d..a5223c5f2275 100644
--- a/crypto/algapi.c
+++ b/crypto/algapi.c
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@ int crypto_grab_spawn(struct crypto_spawn *spawn, const char *name,
struct crypto_alg *alg;
int err;
+ /* Allow the result of crypto_attr_alg_name() to be passed directly */
+ if (IS_ERR(name))
+ return PTR_ERR(name);
+
alg = crypto_find_alg(name, spawn->frontend, type, mask);
if (IS_ERR(alg))
return PTR_ERR(alg);