From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/mthca: Adjust buddy->bits allocation type
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 07:51:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <174575469294.624502.10507958701914399928.b4-ty@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250426061208.work.000-kees@kernel.org>
On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 23:12:09 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
> we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
> the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
> always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)
>
> The assigned type is "unsigned long **", but the returned type will be
> "long **". These are the same allocation size (pointer size), but the
> types do not match. Adjust the allocation type to match the assignment.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] IB/mthca: Adjust buddy->bits allocation type
https://git.kernel.org/rdma/rdma/c/7c04bc97171780
Best regards,
--
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
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2025-04-26 6:12 [PATCH] IB/mthca: Adjust buddy->bits allocation type Kees Cook
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