linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sparc64: viohs: Remove VLA usage

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Message-Id: <20180924.202252.1960552216624164256.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     keescook@...omium.org
Cc:     allen.pais@...cle.com, pombredanne@...b.com,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sparc64: viohs: Remove VLA usage

From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:17:55 -0700

> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
>> allocates a fixed size array for the maximum number of cookies and
>> adds a runtime sanity check.
>>
>> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1
>> RqZWA@...l.gmail.com
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Friendly ping. Dave, can you take this?

I'll try to get to this soon, kinda backlogged at the moment.

Sorry.