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Message-ID: <60686dc1-5b8b-47c8-b7b6-2348f2ce58c7@linux.dev>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 12:28:38 +0100
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Sagi Maimon <maimon.sagi@...il.com>, jonathan.lemon@...il.com,
 richardcochran@...il.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ptp: ocp: Limit SMA/signal/freq counts in show/store
 functions

On 08/05/2025 08:19, Sagi Maimon wrote:
> The sysfs show/store operations could access uninitialized elements in
> the freq_in[], signal_out[], and sma[] arrays, leading to NULL pointer
> dereferences. This patch introduces u8 fields (nr_freq_in, nr_signal_out,
> nr_sma) to track the actual number of initialized elements, capping the
> maximum at 4 for each array. The affected show/store functions are updated to
> respect these limits, preventing out-of-bounds access and ensuring safe
> array handling.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sagi Maimon <maimon.sagi@...il.com>
> ---
> Addressed comments from Simon Horman:
>   - https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg1089986.html
> Changes since v1:
>   - Increase label buffer size from 8 to 16 bytes to prevent potential buffer
>     overflow warnings from GCC 14.2.0 during string formatting.
> ---

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>

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