From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:46:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dc7i3zc.fsf@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v8zriv1c.fsf@codeaurora.org> (Kalle Valo's message of "Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:02:07 +0200")
Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org> writes:
> Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:
>
>> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
>> field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
>> neighboring fields.
>>
>> Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
>> beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
>> of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally split up a later
>> field-spanning memset() so that memset() can reason about the size.
>>
>> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
>> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>> Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
>
> What's the plan for this patch? I would like to take this via my ath
> tree to avoid conflicts.
Actually this has been already applied:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/ath.git/commit/?h=ath-next&id=d5549e9a6b86
Why are you submitting the same patch twice?
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/list/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-14 15:46 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <20211213223331.135412-1-keescook@chromium.org>
2021-12-13 22:33 ` [PATCH 02/17] net/mlx5e: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy() Kees Cook
2021-12-13 22:33 ` [PATCH 03/17] net/mlx5e: Use struct_group() for memcpy() region Kees Cook
2021-12-13 22:33 ` [PATCH 08/17] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors Kees Cook
2021-12-14 6:02 ` Kalle Valo
2021-12-14 15:46 ` Kalle Valo [this message]
2021-12-14 17:05 ` Kees Cook
2021-12-16 13:50 ` Kalle Valo
2021-12-13 22:33 ` [PATCH 12/17] iw_cxgb4: Use memset_startat() for cpl_t5_pass_accept_rpl Kees Cook
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