Re: [PATCH] sound/isa/wavefront: copy userspace array safely

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:58:22 +0100,
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:03:10 +0100,
> Philipp Stanner wrote:
> > 
> > wavefront_fx.c utilizes memdup_user() to copy a userspace array. This
> > does not check for an overflow.
> 
> There is a check above the memdup_user() call; it's at most 512
> bytes.
> 
> > Use the new wrapper memdup_array_user() to copy the array more safely.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@redhat.com>
> 
> Although the check is already present, it's still better to use the
> new helper, so I applied the patch now.

... and the helper is available only on Linus tree for now, so I
postpone after 6.7-rc1 release, so that we can have a solid base.


Takashi