linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: cdns3: fix possible buffer overflow caused by bad DMA value

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <b489646a-a4f7-adf0-b996-ab92039c8487@web.de>
Date:   Sat, 30 May 2020 11:24:23 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@...il.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Felipe Balbi <balbi@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Pawel Laszczak <pawell@...ence.com>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@....com>, Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: cdns3: fix possible buffer overflow caused by bad
 DMA value

> To fix these possible bugs, index is checked before being used.

How do you think about a wording variant like the following?

  Thus check the index before using it further.


Would you like to add the tag “Fixes” to the commit message?

Regards,
Markus