static int cifs_calculate_signature(const struct smb_hdr *cifs_pdu,
                        struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *signature)
 {
-       int rc = 0;
-       struct {
-               struct shash_desc shash;
-               char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(server->ntlmssp.md5)];
-       } sdesc;
+       int rc;
 
        if (cifs_pdu == NULL || server == NULL || signature == NULL)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       sdesc.shash.tfm = server->ntlmssp.md5;
-       sdesc.shash.flags = 0x0;
+       if (!server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5) {
+               cERROR(1,
+                       "cifs_calculate_signature: can't generate signature\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_init(&sdesc.shash);
+       rc = crypto_shash_init(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash);
        if (rc) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not initialize master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "cifs_calculate_signature: oould not init md5\n");
                return rc;
        }
 
        if (server->secType == RawNTLMSSP)
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+               crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                        server->session_key.data.ntlmv2.key,
                        CIFS_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE);
        else
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+               crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                        (char *)&server->session_key.data,
                        server->session_key.len);
 
-       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+       crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                        cifs_pdu->Protocol, cifs_pdu->smb_buf_length);
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc.shash, signature);
+       rc = crypto_shash_final(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash, signature);
 
-       return 0;
+       return rc;
 }
 
 
                        struct TCP_Server_Info *server, char *signature)
 {
        int i;
-       int rc = 0;
-       struct {
-               struct shash_desc shash;
-               char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(server->ntlmssp.md5)];
-       } sdesc;
+       int rc;
 
        if (iov == NULL || server == NULL || signature == NULL)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       sdesc.shash.tfm = server->ntlmssp.md5;
-       sdesc.shash.flags = 0x0;
+       if (!server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "cifs_calc_signature2: can't generate signature\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_init(&sdesc.shash);
+       rc = crypto_shash_init(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash);
        if (rc) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not initialize master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "cifs_calc_signature2: oould not init md5\n");
                return rc;
        }
 
        if (server->secType == RawNTLMSSP)
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+               crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                        server->session_key.data.ntlmv2.key,
                        CIFS_NTLMV2_SESSKEY_SIZE);
        else
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+               crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                        (char *)&server->session_key.data,
                        server->session_key.len);
 
                if (iov[i].iov_len == 0)
                        continue;
                if (iov[i].iov_base == NULL) {
-                       cERROR(1, "null iovec entry");
+                       cERROR(1, "cifs_calc_signature2: null iovec entry");
                        return -EIO;
                }
                /* The first entry includes a length field (which does not get
                if (i == 0) {
                        if (iov[0].iov_len <= 8) /* cmd field at offset 9 */
                                break; /* nothing to sign or corrupt header */
-                       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+                       crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                                iov[i].iov_base + 4, iov[i].iov_len - 4);
                } else
-                       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+                       crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash,
                                iov[i].iov_base, iov[i].iov_len);
        }
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc.shash, signature);
+       rc = crypto_shash_final(&server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash, signature);
 
-       return 0;
+       return rc;
 }
 
 int cifs_sign_smb2(struct kvec *iov, int n_vec, struct TCP_Server_Info *server,
        wchar_t *user;
        wchar_t *domain;
        wchar_t *server;
-       struct {
-               struct shash_desc shash;
-               char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5)];
-       } sdesc;
+
+       if (!ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: can't generate ntlmv2 hash\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        /* calculate md4 hash of password */
        E_md4hash(ses->password, nt_hash);
 
-       sdesc.shash.tfm = ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5;
-       sdesc.shash.flags = 0x0;
-
        crypto_shash_setkey(ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5, nt_hash,
                                CIFS_NTHASH_SIZE);
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_init(&sdesc.shash);
+       rc = crypto_shash_init(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash);
        if (rc) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not initialize master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: could not init hmacmd5\n");
                return rc;
        }
 
        /* convert ses->userName to unicode and uppercase */
        len = strlen(ses->userName);
        user = kmalloc(2 + (len * 2), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (user == NULL)
+       if (user == NULL) {
+               cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: user mem alloc failure\n");
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
                goto calc_exit_2;
+       }
        len = cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *)user, ses->userName, len, nls_cp);
        UniStrupr(user);
 
-       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash, (char *)user, 2 * len);
+       crypto_shash_update(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                               (char *)user, 2 * len);
 
        /* convert ses->domainName to unicode and uppercase */
        if (ses->domainName) {
                len = strlen(ses->domainName);
 
                domain = kmalloc(2 + (len * 2), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (domain == NULL)
+               if (domain == NULL) {
+                       cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: domain mem alloc failure");
+                       rc = -ENOMEM;
                        goto calc_exit_1;
+               }
                len = cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *)domain, ses->domainName, len,
                                        nls_cp);
                /* the following line was removed since it didn't work well
                   Maybe converting the domain name earlier makes sense */
                /* UniStrupr(domain); */
 
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash, (char *)domain, 2 * len);
+               crypto_shash_update(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                                       (char *)domain, 2 * len);
 
                kfree(domain);
        } else if (ses->serverName) {
                len = strlen(ses->serverName);
 
                server = kmalloc(2 + (len * 2), GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (server == NULL)
+               if (server == NULL) {
+                       cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: server mem alloc failure");
+                       rc = -ENOMEM;
                        goto calc_exit_1;
+               }
                len = cifs_strtoUCS((__le16 *)server, ses->serverName, len,
                                        nls_cp);
                /* the following line was removed since it didn't work well
                   Maybe converting the domain name earlier makes sense */
                /* UniStrupr(domain); */
 
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash, (char *)server, 2 * len);
+               crypto_shash_update(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                                       (char *)server, 2 * len);
 
                kfree(server);
        }
+
+       rc = crypto_shash_final(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                                       ses->server->ntlmv2_hash);
+
 calc_exit_1:
        kfree(user);
 calc_exit_2:
        /* BB FIXME what about bytes 24 through 40 of the signing key?
           compare with the NTLM example */
-       rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc.shash, ses->server->ntlmv2_hash);
 
        return rc;
 }
                         char *v2_session_response)
 {
        int rc;
-       struct {
-               struct shash_desc shash;
-               char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5)];
-       } sdesc;
 
-       sdesc.shash.tfm = server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5;
-       sdesc.shash.flags = 0x0;
+       if (!server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: can't generate ntlmv2 hash\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
 
        crypto_shash_setkey(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5, server->ntlmv2_hash,
                CIFS_HMAC_MD5_HASH_SIZE);
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_init(&sdesc.shash);
+       rc = crypto_shash_init(&server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash);
        if (rc) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not initialize master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "CalcNTLMv2_response: could not init hmacmd5");
                return rc;
        }
 
        memcpy(v2_session_response + CIFS_SERVER_CHALLENGE_SIZE,
                server->cryptKey, CIFS_SERVER_CHALLENGE_SIZE);
-       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+       crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
                v2_session_response + CIFS_SERVER_CHALLENGE_SIZE,
                sizeof(struct ntlmv2_resp) - CIFS_SERVER_CHALLENGE_SIZE);
 
        if (server->tilen)
-               crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash,
+               crypto_shash_update(&server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
                                        server->tiblob, server->tilen);
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc.shash, v2_session_response);
+       rc = crypto_shash_final(&server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                                       v2_session_response);
 
        return rc;
 }
 {
        int rc = 0;
        struct ntlmv2_resp *buf = (struct ntlmv2_resp *)resp_buf;
-       struct {
-               struct shash_desc shash;
-               char ctx[crypto_shash_descsize(ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5)];
-       } sdesc;
 
        buf->blob_signature = cpu_to_le32(0x00000101);
        buf->reserved = 0;
                return rc;
        }
 
+       if (!ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "calc_ntlmv2_hash: can't generate ntlmv2 hash\n");
+               return -1;
+       }
+
        crypto_shash_setkey(ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5,
                        ses->server->ntlmv2_hash, CIFS_HMAC_MD5_HASH_SIZE);
 
-       sdesc.shash.tfm = ses->server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5;
-       sdesc.shash.flags = 0x0;
-
-       rc = crypto_shash_init(&sdesc.shash);
+       rc = crypto_shash_init(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash);
        if (rc) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not initialize master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "setup_ntlmv2_rsp: could not init hmacmd5\n");
                return rc;
        }
 
-       crypto_shash_update(&sdesc.shash, resp_buf, CIFS_HMAC_MD5_HASH_SIZE);
+       crypto_shash_update(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
+                               resp_buf, CIFS_HMAC_MD5_HASH_SIZE);
 
-       rc = crypto_shash_final(&sdesc.shash,
+       rc = crypto_shash_final(&ses->server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash,
                ses->server->session_key.data.ntlmv2.key);
 
        memcpy(&ses->server->session_key.data.ntlmv2.resp, resp_buf,
 
        if (server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5)
                crypto_free_shash(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5);
+
+       kfree(server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5);
+
+       kfree(server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5);
 }
 
 int
 cifs_crypto_shash_allocate(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
 {
+       int rc;
+       unsigned int size;
+
        server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5 = crypto_alloc_shash("hmac(md5)", 0, 0);
        if (!server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5 ||
                        IS_ERR(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5)) {
-               cERROR(1, "could not allocate master crypto API hmacmd5\n");
+               cERROR(1, "could not allocate crypto hmacmd5\n");
                return 1;
        }
 
        server->ntlmssp.md5 = crypto_alloc_shash("md5", 0, 0);
        if (!server->ntlmssp.md5 || IS_ERR(server->ntlmssp.md5)) {
-               crypto_free_shash(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5);
-               cERROR(1, "could not allocate master crypto API md5\n");
-               return 1;
+               cERROR(1, "could not allocate crypto md5\n");
+               rc = 1;
+               goto cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret1;
        }
 
+       size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) +
+                       crypto_shash_descsize(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5);
+       server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "cifs_crypto_shash_allocate: can't alloc hmacmd5\n");
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret2;
+       }
+       server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash.tfm = server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5;
+       server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5->shash.flags = 0x0;
+
+
+       size = sizeof(struct shash_desc) +
+                       crypto_shash_descsize(server->ntlmssp.md5);
+       server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5 = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5) {
+               cERROR(1, "cifs_crypto_shash_allocate: can't alloc md5\n");
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret3;
+       }
+       server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash.tfm = server->ntlmssp.md5;
+       server->ntlmssp.sdescmd5->shash.flags = 0x0;
+
        return 0;
+
+cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret3:
+       kfree(server->ntlmssp.sdeschmacmd5);
+
+cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret2:
+       crypto_free_shash(server->ntlmssp.md5);
+
+cifs_crypto_shash_allocate_ret1:
+       crypto_free_shash(server->ntlmssp.hmacmd5);
+
+       return rc;
 }