linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci: Prefer kcalloc over open coded arithmetic

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Date:   Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:39:44 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
Cc:     Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        linux-i3c@...ts.infradead.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Pitre <npitre@...libre.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...labora.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci: Prefer kcalloc over open coded arithmetic

On Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:51:35 +0200, Len Baker wrote:
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci: Prefer kcalloc over open coded arithmetic
      commit: 41a0430dd5ca65afdecf10fb0b8b56966a1c5d04

Best regards,
-- 
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>