linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: vermilion: use 64-bit arithmetic instead of 32-bit

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:58:38 +0100
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: vermilion: use 64-bit arithmetic instead
 of 32-bit

On Tuesday, February 06, 2018 06:04:24 PM Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Cast _pitch_ to u64 in order to give the compiler complete information
> about the proper arithmetic to use. Notice that this variable is
> being used in a context that expects an expression of type u64
> (64 bits, unsigned).
> 
> The expression pitch * var->yres_virtual is currently being evaluated
> using 32-bit arithmetic and the result of the operation is being stored
> into variable mem, which is a variable of type u64. Based on that,
> chances are there is a potential integer overflow as a result of the
> operation.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 200655 ("Unintentional integer overflow")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>

Patch queued for 4.17, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics