linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH][next] usb: atm: Use size_add() in call to struct

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Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:43:22 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc:     Duncan Sands <duncan.sands@...e.fr>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] usb: atm: Use size_add() in call to struct_size()

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 01:20:14PM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> If, for any reason, the open-coded arithmetic causes a wraparound,
> the protection that `struct_size()` adds against potential integer
> overflows is defeated. Fix this by hardening call to `struct_size()`
> with `size_add()`.
> 
> Fixes: b626871a7cda ("usb: atm: Use struct_size() helper")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook