linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] allocator argument fixes for v4.19-rc8

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Date:   Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:44:58 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] allocator argument fixes for v4.19-rc8

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 09:52:56AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Please pull this fix for open-coded multiplication in allocator arguments
> for v4.19-rc8. This has been in linux-next for almost a week with no
> reported issues. As discussed last week[1] this catches 4.19 up to
> the same level of coverage we had in 4.18 for avoiding these kinds of
> unchecked multiplications.

thanks for getting these in linux-next and a bit of testing.

> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Kees
> 
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAGXu5jJfs0KpRa6yag=ud0sJVW-tM-E4xuvgCMnBdFfDck5E1g@mail.gmail.com
> 
> The following changes since commit 57361846b52bc686112da6ca5368d11210796804:
> 
>   Linux 4.19-rc2 (2018-09-02 14:37:30 -0700)
> 
> are available in the Git repository at:
> 
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git tags/alloc-args-v4.19-rc8

Now merged, thanks.

greg k-h