Re: [PATCH 5.10.y] e1000e: fix EEPROM length types for overflow checks

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 05:31:38PM +0000, Eliav Farber wrote:
> Fix a compilation failure when warnings are treated as errors:
> 
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c: In function ‘e1000_set_eeprom’:
> ./include/linux/overflow.h:71:15: error: comparison of distinct pointer types lacks a cast [-Werror]
>    71 |  (void) (&__a == __d);   \
>       |               ^~
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c:582:6: note: in expansion of macro ‘check_add_overflow’
>   582 |  if (check_add_overflow(eeprom->offset, eeprom->len, &total_len) ||
>       |      ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> To fix this, change total_len and max_len from size_t to u32 in
> e1000_set_eeprom().
> The check_add_overflow() helper requires that the first two operands
> and the pointer to the result (third operand) all have the same type.
> On 64-bit builds, using size_t caused a mismatch with the u32 fields
> eeprom->offset and eeprom->len, leading to type check failures.
> 
> Fixes: ce8829d3d44b ("e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom")
> Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <farbere@amazon.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c
> index 4aca854783e2..584378291f3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c
> @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int e1000_set_eeprom(struct net_device *netdev,
>  {
>  	struct e1000_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
>  	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
> -	size_t total_len, max_len;
> +	u32 total_len, max_len;
>  	u16 *eeprom_buff;
>  	int ret_val = 0;
>  	int first_word;
> -- 
> 2.47.3
> 

Why is this not needed in Linus's tree?

Also, why is it not cc: stable@vger.kernel.org?

thanks,

greg k-h