netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: core: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in netdev_stats_to

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Date:   Mon, 03 Jul 2017 02:41:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alban.browaeys@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: core: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in
 netdev_stats_to_stats64

From: Alban Browaeys <alban.browaeys@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  3 Jul 2017 03:20:13 +0200

> commit 9256645af098 ("net/core: relax BUILD_BUG_ON in
> netdev_stats_to_stats64") made an attempt to read beyond
> the size of the source a possibility.
> 
> Fix to only copy src size to dest. As dest might be bigger than src.
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Alban Browaeys <alban.browaeys@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.