linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32

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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:50:28 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org>
Cc: jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32_init()

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:19:37 +0200 you wrote:
> commit d61491a51f7e ("net/sched: cls_u32: Replace one-element array
> with flexible-array member") incorrecly replaced an instance of
> `sizeof(*tp_c)` with `struct_size(tp_c, hlist->ht, 1)`. This results
> in a an over-allocation of 8 bytes.
> 
> This change is wrong because `hlist` in `struct tc_u_common` is a
> pointer:
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32_init()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c4d49196ceec

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