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Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:35:07 +0200
From:   Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@...il.com>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, target-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] scsi: target: tcmu: Use struct_size() helper in
 kmalloc()

On 28.09.21 00:43, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version,
> in order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows
> that, in the worst scenario, could lead to heap overflows.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/160
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/target/target_core_user.c | 3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> index 9f552f48084c..dc220fad06fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
> @@ -1255,7 +1255,6 @@ tcmu_tmr_notify(struct se_device *se_dev, enum tcm_tmreq_table tmf,
>   {
>   	int i = 0, cmd_cnt = 0;
>   	bool unqueued = false;
> -	uint16_t *cmd_ids = NULL;
>   	struct tcmu_cmd *cmd;
>   	struct se_cmd *se_cmd;
>   	struct tcmu_tmr *tmr;
> @@ -1292,7 +1291,7 @@ tcmu_tmr_notify(struct se_device *se_dev, enum tcm_tmreq_table tmf,
>   	pr_debug("TMR event %d on dev %s, aborted cmds %d, afflicted cmd_ids %d\n",
>   		 tcmu_tmr_type(tmf), udev->name, i, cmd_cnt);
>   
> -	tmr = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmr) + cmd_cnt * sizeof(*cmd_ids), GFP_NOIO);
> +	tmr = kmalloc(struct_size(tmr, tmr_cmd_ids, cmd_cnt), GFP_NOIO);
>   	if (!tmr)
>   		goto unlock;
>   
> 

Looks good. Thank you.

Reviewed-by: Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@...il.com>