linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v8 0/5] lib and lib/cmdline enhancements

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Message-ID: <aZXDSbyH8tWmTPPL@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:48:57 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@...dex.ru>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Laight <david.laight.linux@...il.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, "Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/5] lib and lib/cmdline enhancements

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 04:40:28PM +0300, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> On Thu, 2026-02-12 at 19:44 +0300, Dmitry Antipov wrote:
> 
> > Adjust '_parse_integer_limit()' and 'memparse()' to not ignore
> > overflows, extend string to 64-bit integer conversion tests, add
> > KUnit-based test for 'memparse()' and fix kernel-doc glitches
> > found in lib/cmdline.c.
> > 
> > Dmitry Antipov (5):
> >   lib: fix _parse_integer_limit() to handle overflow
> >   lib: fix memparse() to handle overflow
> >   lib: add more string to 64-bit integer conversion overflow tests
> >   lib/cmdline_kunit: add test case for memparse()
> >   lib/cmdline: adjust a few comments to fix kernel-doc -Wreturn warnings
> 
> Any chance to move forward with this?

I think it's a grace period due to ongoing merge window.
Also we need more input on the first patch from others,
perhaps Kees and Andrew can take a look when they will be
less busy.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko