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

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Message-Id: <176825700791.1928769.12947849877684705952.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:30:09 -0800
From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To: 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>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] crypto: af_alg - Annotate struct af_alg_iv with __counted_by

On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:24:03 +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.
> 
> 

Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!

[1/1] crypto: af_alg - Annotate struct af_alg_iv with __counted_by
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/98569017111e

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook