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Re: [PATCH 0/3] net: wireless: use struct_size where appropriate

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On 2/28/2023 8:22 AM, Jacob Keller wrote:
> This series fixes a few wireless drivers to use struct_size rather than open
> coding some equivalent checks. This ensures that these size calculations
> will not overflow but instead be bounded at SIZE_MAX.
> 
> In the first case, the code is first converted to a flexible array, which
> saves a few bytes of memory in addition to the fix with struct_size.
> 
> These were caught with a coccinelle patch I recently posted at [1].
> 
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230227202428.3657443-1-jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Jacob Keller (3):
>   wifi: ipw2x00: convert ipw_fw_error->elem to flexible array[]
>   wifi: cfg80211: use struct_size and size_sub for payload length
>   wifi: nl80211: convert cfg80211_scan_request allocation to *_size
>     macros
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c  |  7 +++--
>  drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.h  |  3 +--
>  .../net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c |  7 ++---
>  net/wireless/nl80211.c                        | 26 ++++++++++---------
>  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 

ugh sorry for the spam.. the actual patches didn't get cc'd to
linux-wireless. I've fixed that now.

Thanks,
Jake



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