linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] exec: Fix incorrect type for ret

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Message-Id: <175613964617.2086956.9956215220581274792.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:34:07 -0700
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	brauner@...nel.org,
	Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@...o.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	jack@...e.cz,
	linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exec: Fix incorrect type for ret

On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:36:09 +0800, Xichao Zhao wrote:
> In the setup_arg_pages(), ret is declared as an unsigned long.
> The ret might take a negative value. Therefore, its type should
> be changed to int.
> 
> 

Applied to for-next/execve, thanks!

[1/1] exec: Fix incorrect type for ret
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/5e088248375d

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook