linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Sanitize __get_vm

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Date:   Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:59:28 +0200
From:   Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>
To:     William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
Cc:     Uladzislau Rezki <urezki@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        jroedel@...e.de, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmalloc: Sanitize __get_vm_area() arguments

On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 02:49:13PM -0600, William Kucharski wrote:
> That's fine.
> 
> One could still argue size should be sanitized earlier when start and end
> are, but it's a nit either way (though size is used before it's checked,
> it's not in any way that could fail with bad results.)
> 
Agree. Therefore i do not have a strong opinion here, so it
basically depends on how to look at it :)

--
Vlad Rezki