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

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Message-Id: <20181007.225726.457975328875903193.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 07 Oct 2018 22:57:26 -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: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 15:03:51 -0700

> 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>

Applied.