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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Feng Ning <feng@innora.ai>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org, hansg@kernel.org,
	mchehab@kernel.org, sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: use array3_size() for overflow-safe allocation
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 06:01:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026040258-cold-umbilical-005c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac3R8_qf4qivmGc2@ans-MacBook-Pro.local>

On Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 02:18:32AM +0000, Feng Ning wrote:
> Replace bare width * height * sizeof() multiplications with
> array3_size() to prevent integer overflow in buffer allocations.
> 
> The atomisp driver computes DVS and shading buffer sizes using
> unchecked u32 multiplication. When dimensions are large, the
> product wraps and kvmalloc allocates an undersized buffer.
> 
> Use array3_size() which returns SIZE_MAX on overflow, causing
> kvmalloc to fail safely instead of allocating too little memory.
> 
> Affected locations (11 instances across 3 files):
>   - sh_css_params.c: ia_css_dvs_6axis_config_allocate (lines 4482-4498)
>   - sh_css_params.c: ia_css_morph_table_allocate (lines 1384-1387)
>   - sh_css_params.c: ia_css_dvs_stat_allocate (lines 4209-4214)
>   - sh_css_param_dvs.c: ia_css_dvs_6axis_config_allocate (lines 52-79)
>   - sh_css_param_shading.c: ia_css_shading_table_alloc (line 342)
> 
> Example fix for one location:
> 
>   -  dvs_config->xcoords_y = kvmalloc(width_y * height_y * sizeof(uint32_t),
>   +  dvs_config->xcoords_y = kvmalloc(array3_size(width_y, height_y, sizeof(uint32_t)),
>                                        GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> The full patch covering all 11 locations is larger than suitable for
> email. I can send git format-patch output if preferred, or submit via
> a merge request on the kernel gitlab.

Email is how we accept patches.  Please do so that way, this is not
going to be a "huge" change at all.  Worst case, break it up and make it
a patch series.

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2026-04-02  4:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-02  2:18 [PATCH] staging: media: atomisp: use array3_size() for overflow-safe allocation Feng Ning
2026-04-02  4:01 ` Greg KH [this message]

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