Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Remove VLA usage
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Fri Jun 29 2018 - 17:25:15 EST
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage from the kernel[1], this
> switches to using a maximum size and adds sanity checks. Additionally
> cleans up some of the int-vs-u32 usage and adds additional bounds checking.
> As it currently stands, this will always be 8 bytes until the ABI changes.
>
> [1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzCG-zNmZwX4A2FQpadafLfEzK6CC=qPXydAacU1RqZWA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me.
Arnd