Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: dsa: realtek: fix out-of-bounds access

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 02:35:34PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
> 
> On 15.03.23 14:30, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 02:09:15PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> >> The probe function sets priv->chip_data to (void *)priv + sizeof(*priv)
> >> with the expectation that priv has enough trailing space.
> >>
> >> However, only realtek-smi actually allocated this chip_data space.
> >> Do likewise in realtek-mdio to fix out-of-bounds accesses.
> > 
> > Hi Ahmad
> > 
> > It is normal to include a patch 0/X which gives the big picture, what
> > does this patch set do as a whole.
> > 
> > Please try to remember this for the next set you post.
> 
> Ok, will do next time. I didn't include one this time, because there's
> no big picture here; Just two fixes for the same driver.

Fine. You could just say that. Patch 0/X is then used as the merge
commit messages.

       Andrew