linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: off by one in pci1xxxx_process_read

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:19:45 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: Hugo Villeneuve <hugo@...ovil.com>
Cc: Rengarajan S <rengarajan.s@...rochip.com>,
	Kumaravel Thiagarajan <kumaravel.thiagarajan@...rochip.com>,
	Tharun Kumar P <tharunkumar.pasumarthi@...rochip.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_pci1xxxx: off by one in
 pci1xxxx_process_read_data()

On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 02:11:46PM -0500, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:52:28 +0300
> Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org> wrote:
> 
> > These > comparisons should be >= to prevent writing one element beyond
> > the end of the rx_buff[] array.  The buffer has RX_BUF_SIZE[] elements.
> 
> Hi,
> your commit title message is very confusing and doesn't hint that this
> is a bug fix (or a potential bug fix)...
> 

Most C programmers know what an "off by one" is...  But sure I can add
"fix" to the subject.  I debated either way, but left it off because the
subject was already too long.

regards,
dan carpenter