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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:38:07 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: samsung: Validate alias coming from DT
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
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        Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@samsung.com>,
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:17 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> wrote:
> Driver uses alias from Device Tree as an index of pin controller data
> array.  In case of a wrong DTB or an out-of-tree DTB, the alias could be
> outside of this data array leading to out-of-bounds access.
>
> Depending on binary and memory layout, this could be handled properly
> (showing error like "samsung-pinctrl 3860000.pinctrl: driver data not
> available") or could lead to exceptions.
>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Fixes: 30574f0db1b1 ("pinctrl: add samsung pinctrl and gpiolib driver")
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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