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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:01:28 +0000 From: "Michael Kelley (LINUX)" <mikelley@...rosoft.com> To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>, KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>, Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com> CC: "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH][next] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Use struct_size() helper in kmalloc() From: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 10:02 AM > > 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. > > Also, address the following sparse warnings: > drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c:1132:31: warning: using sizeof on a flexible structure > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/174 > --- > drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > index 17bf55fe3169..cd193456cd84 100644 > --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c > @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data) > } > > if (entry->handler_type == VMHT_BLOCKING) { > - ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx) + payload_size, GFP_ATOMIC); > + ctx = kmalloc(struct_size(ctx, msg.payload, payload_size), GFP_ATOMIC); > if (ctx == NULL) > return; > > -- > 2.27.0 Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
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