Re: [PATCH 3/9] serial: imx: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias

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Hello Geert,

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:40:18AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The imx_ports[] array is indexed using a value derived from the
> "serialN" alias in DT, which may lead to an out-of-bounds access.
> 
> Fix this by adding a range check.
> 
> Fixes: 9206ab8a0350c3da ("serial: imx: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias")

huh, this patch fixes itself?

> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/imx.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> index 1d7ca382bc12b238..e89e90ad87d8245c 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
> @@ -2041,6 +2041,11 @@ static int serial_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		serial_imx_probe_pdata(sport, pdev);
>  	else if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;

I'd prefer an empty line here.

> +	if (sport->port.line >= UART_NR) {

I would have used:

	if (sport->port.line >= ARRAY_SIZE(imx_ports))

which IMHO is better understandable
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "serial%d out of range\n",
> +			sport->port.line);

Note that the same overflow can happen when a device is probed using
platform data (and your commit fixes that, too). Maybe worth to point
out in the commit log?

Other than that: Good catch, thanks for your patch.

Best regards
Uwe

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