linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] include/linux/byteorder/generic.h: fix index variables

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

Message-ID: <bbc73df5-acda-5577-2cfd-ee8c8e1018c3@gmx.de>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:27:42 +0200
From:   Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] include/linux/byteorder/generic.h: fix index
 variables

On 5/23/21 22:49, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> In cpu_to_be32_array() and be32_to_cpu_array() the length of the array is
> given by variable len of type size_t. An index variable of type int is used
> to iterate over the array. This is bound to fail for len > INT_MAX and
> lets GCC add instructions for sign extension.
>
> Correct the type of the index variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
> ---
>   include/linux/byteorder/generic.h | 4 ++--

Dear Greg,

This file is not assigned to any maintainer. Could you handle the patch?

Best regards

Heinrich

>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
> index 4b13e0a3e15b..c9a4c96c9943 100644
> --- a/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
> +++ b/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static inline void be64_add_cpu(__be64 *var, u64 val)
>
>   static inline void cpu_to_be32_array(__be32 *dst, const u32 *src, size_t len)
>   {
> -	int i;
> +	size_t i;
>
>   	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>   		dst[i] = cpu_to_be32(src[i]);
> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static inline void cpu_to_be32_array(__be32 *dst, const u32 *src, size_t len)
>
>   static inline void be32_to_cpu_array(u32 *dst, const __be32 *src, size_t len)
>   {
> -	int i;
> +	size_t i;
>
>   	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
>   		dst[i] = be32_to_cpu(src[i]);
> --
> 2.30.2
>
>