linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib: Verify array index is correct before using it

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Date:   Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:50:24 +1000
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Huang Guobin <huangguobin4@...wei.com>
Cc:     haren@...ibm.com, ddstreet@...e.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib: Verify array index is correct before using it

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 08:21:57AM -0400, Huang Guobin wrote:
> This code reads from the array before verifying that "c" is a valid
> index. Move test array offset code before use to fix it.
> 
> Fixes: 2da572c959dd ("lib: add software 842 compression/decompression")
> Signed-off-by: Huang Guobin <huangguobin4@...wei.com>
> ---
>  lib/842/842_compress.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Did you check whether the out-of-bounds condition is even possible?

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