linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:25:05 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Remove VLA usage

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> switches to using a maximum size and adds sanity checks. Additionally
> cleans up some of the int-vs-u32 usage and adds additional bounds checking.
> As it currently stands, this will always be 8 bytes until the ABI changes.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>


Looks good to me.

    Arnd