linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: ufs: core: fix incorrect buffer duplication in ufshcd_read_string

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Message-ID: <b6a82f74-f64a-4706-8663-c6a72332fbb2@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 12:43:18 -0700
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To: Bean Huo <beanhuo@...pp.de>, avri.altman@....com,
 alim.akhtar@...sung.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
 can.guo@....qualcomm.com, ulf.hansson@...aro.org, beanhuo@...ron.com,
 jens.wiklander@...aro.org
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: ufs: core: fix incorrect buffer duplication
 in ufshcd_read_string_desc()

On 9/30/25 11:08 PM, Bean Huo wrote:
> The function ufshcd_read_string_desc() was duplicating memory starting
> from the beginning of struct uc_string_id, which included the length
> and type fields. As a result, the allocated buffer contained unwanted
> metadata in addition to the string itself.
> 
> The correct behavior is to duplicate only the Unicode character array in
> the structure. Update the code so that only the actual string content is
> copied into the new buffer.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>