RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH][next] ice: Fix potential infinite loop when using u8 loop counter

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> Colin King
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:46 AM
> To: Brandeburg, Jesse <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>; David S . Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Cao, Chinh T <chinh.t.cao@xxxxxxxxx>;
> intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH][next] ice: Fix potential infinite loop when
> using u8 loop counter
> 
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> A for-loop is using a u8 loop counter that is being compared to a u32
> cmp_dcbcfg->numapp to check for the end of the loop. If cmp_dcbcfg-
> >numapp is larger than 255 then the counter j will wrap around to zero and
> hence an infinite loop occurs. Fix this by making counter j the same type as
> cmp_dcbcfg->numapp.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Infinite loop")
> Fixes: aeac8ce864d9 ("ice: Recognize 860 as iSCSI port in CEE mode")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@xxxxxxxxx> A Contingent Worker at Intel






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