linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net/tls: Remove VLA usage

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Date:   Thu, 12 Apr 2018 21:47:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     davejwatson@...com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ilyal@...lanox.com, aviadye@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/tls: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:52:34 -0700

> In the quest to remove VLAs from the kernel[1], this replaces the VLA
> size with the only possible size used in the code, and adds a mechanism
> to double-check future IV sizes.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@mail.gmail.com
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Applied.