From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Linus Probert <linus.probert@gmail.com>
Cc: error27@gmail.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential speculative cpu oob read
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:31:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026042959-discourse-favorable-edc5@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260429111016.1260295-1-linus.probert@gmail.com>
On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 01:10:16PM +0200, Linus Probert wrote:
> Fixes potential speculative cpu oob read in os_intfs.c by guarding the
> index with array_index_nospec.
>
> Fixes smatch warning:
> warn: potential spectre issue 'rtw_1d_to_queue' [r]
Is this value controlled by a user? Or is it just a normal operation
that happens that is not controlled? In other words, can a user
manipulate this directly to be out of range?
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-29 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-29 11:10 [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: fix potential speculative cpu oob read Linus Probert
2026-04-29 11:31 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-04-29 12:45 ` Linus Probert
2026-04-29 13:53 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
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