linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - Annotate struct af_alg_iv with __counted

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Message-ID: <aSBQh8yznEgXOELM@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:44:07 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - Annotate struct af_alg_iv with
 __counted_by

On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 01:01:54AM +0100, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Add the __counted_by() compiler attribute to the flexible array member
> 'iv' to improve access bounds-checking via CONFIG_UBSAN_BOUNDS and
> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>