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From: Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Cc: "open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS"
	<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>, Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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	Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>,
	linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>,
	arcml <linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] serial: xuartps: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:39:25 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa9792b6-14c2-0bf9-712d-f537050ea9df@xilinx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdWe9XkoDKkyfu1pOG0oS0_Tdx1w=OOk05EvTr_dK=tp7Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 20.2.2018 13:27, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:27 PM, Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com> wrote:
>> On 20.2.2018 11:38, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com> wrote:
>>>> On 20.2.2018 10:40, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>>>>> The cdns_uart_port[] array is indexed using a value derived from the
>>>>> "serialN" alias in DT, which may lead to an out-of-bounds access.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fix this by adding a range check.
> 
>> I have checked 4 patches I have sent in past which didn't reach mainline
>> (probably because of RFC)
>> Take a look at
>> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-serial/msg27106.html
>>
>> I have removed cdns_uart_port array completely there.
> 
> Nice! I'd love to get rid of fixed arrays in serial...
> 
> However, IMHO it's still worthwhile to fix the out-of-bounds access first,
> as that fix can be backported to stable kernels easily.

I agree with you. Not a problem with your patch and for me it won't be
problem to rebase.

I would love to get rid of CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS but unfortunately this is
passed to core via .nr.

Thanks,
Michal

      reply	other threads:[~2018-02-20 12:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-20  9:40 [PATCH 0/9] serial: Fix out-of-bounds accesses through DT aliases Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 1/9] serial: arc_uart: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:50   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 2/9] serial: fsl_lpuart: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:51   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 3/9] serial: imx: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:31   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2018-02-20 10:49     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 4/9] serial: mxs-auart: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:51   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 5/9] serial: pxa: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:52   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 6/9] serial: samsung: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:52   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 7/9] serial: sh-sci: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:53   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 8/9] serial: sirf: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:53   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20  9:40 ` [PATCH 9/9] serial: xuartps: " Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 10:22   ` Michal Simek
2018-02-20 10:38     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 11:27       ` Michal Simek
2018-02-20 12:27         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-02-20 12:39           ` Michal Simek [this message]

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