linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][net-next] net/mlx5: Use struct

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Date:   Thu, 30 Sep 2021 14:58:53 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Cc:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][net-next] net/mlx5: Use struct_size() helper in
 kvzalloc()

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 07:06:32PM +0000, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> On Tue, 2021-09-28 at 17:11 -0500, 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 worse scenario, could lead to heap overflows.
> > 
> > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/160
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
> 
> applied to net-next-mlx5

Thanks, Saeed.
--
Gustavo