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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:21:51 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
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        Alvin =?UTF-8?B?xaBpcHJhZ2E=?= <alsi@bang-olufsen.dk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: dsa: realtek: fix out-of-bounds access
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:51:00 +0100 Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 17.03.23 05:07, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:09:15 +0100 Ahmad Fatoum wrote:  
> >> -	priv = devm_kzalloc(&mdiodev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> >> +	priv = devm_kzalloc(&mdiodev->dev, sizeof(*priv) + var->chip_data_sz, GFP_KERNEL);  
> > 
> > size_add() ?
> > Otherwise some static checker is going to soon send us a patch saying
> > this can overflow. Let's save ourselves the hassle.  
> 
> The exact same line is already in realtek-smi. Would you prefer I send
> a follow-up patch for net-next which switches over both files to size_add
> or should I send a v2?

We can leave the existing code be, but use the helper in the new code
for v2