linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] qnx4: Avoid confusing compiler about buffer lengths

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Message-ID: <12341921.O9o76ZdvQC@oscar>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:43:08 +0100
From:   Anders Larsen <al@...rsen.net>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Ronald Monthero <debug.penguin32@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] qnx4: Avoid confusing compiler about buffer lengths

Hi Kees,

On 2023-12-12 22:19 Kees Cook wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:51:17 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > This attempts to fix the issue Ronald Monthero found[1]. Avoids using a
> > too-short struct buffer when reading the string, by using the existing
> > struct union.
> > 
> > -Kees
> > 
> > [1]
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231112095353.579855-1-debug.penguin32@gmai
> > l.com/
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> I'll put these in -next since there's been no more discussion on it.
> 
> Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

thanks for taking care of this (and apologies for me being unresponsive)

If it's not too late, feel free to add
Acked-by: Anders Larsen <al@...rsen.net>

Cheers
Anders