On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:30:29AM -0700, Brian Norris wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 10:04 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 07:02:31PM +0300, Kalle Valo wrote: > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wireless/wireless-next.git/commit/?id=caf9ead2c7d06fd7aa4cb48bd569ad61db9a0b4a > > > > For the patch you linked to -- it's okay to have lost the overflow > > detection and warning? > > It's a fixed constant string being copied into a larger fixed array. > It really doesn't matter functionality-wise. At best, the error check > would be useful for human readers or automated tools. So I didn't > bother complaining one way or another, as it took enough tries for the > submitter to get things right in the first place. Gotcha. Thanks! -- Kees Cook
