Re: [PATCH 4/9] serial: mxs-auart: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Feb 20 2018 - 05:51:58 EST


On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The auart_port[] array is indexed using a value derived from the
> "serialN" alias in DT, which may lead to an out-of-bounds access.
>
> Fix this by adding a range check.
>
> Fixes: cabf23e7aa00b145 ("serial: mxs-auart: Fix out-of-bounds access through DT alias")

Fixes: 1ea6607d4cdc9179 ("serial: mxs-auart: Allow device tree probing")

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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