linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/46] selinux: Use kmalloc_array() in cond_init_bool

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:24:34 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/46] selinux: Use kmalloc_array() in cond_init_bool_indexes()

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 9:56 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 10:48:28 +0100
>
> * A multiplication for the size determination of a memory allocation
>   indicated that an array data structure should be processed.
>   Thus use the corresponding function "kmalloc_array".
>
>   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> * Replace the specification of a data type by a pointer dereference
>   to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
>   the Linux coding style convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/conditional.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Merged, thanks.  Sorry for the delay.

> diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
> index 34afeadd9e73..fcfab2635c11 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/ss/conditional.c
> @@ -176,8 +176,9 @@ void cond_policydb_destroy(struct policydb *p)
>  int cond_init_bool_indexes(struct policydb *p)
>  {
>         kfree(p->bool_val_to_struct);
> -       p->bool_val_to_struct =
> -               kmalloc(p->p_bools.nprim * sizeof(struct cond_bool_datum *), GFP_KERNEL);
> +       p->bool_val_to_struct = kmalloc_array(p->p_bools.nprim,
> +                                             sizeof(*p->bool_val_to_struct),
> +                                             GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!p->bool_val_to_struct)
>                 return -ENOMEM;
>         return 0;
> --
> 2.11.0
>
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