Re: [PATCH] arm64/sme: Set new vector length before reallocating

From: Catalin Marinas
Date: Wed Jul 26 2023 - 14:45:40 EST


On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:12:26 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> As part of fixing the allocation of the buffer for SVE state when changing
> SME vector length we introduced an immediate reallocation of the SVE state,
> this is also done when changing the SVE vector length for consistency.
> Unfortunately this reallocation is done prior to writing the new vector
> length to the task struct, meaning the allocation is done with the old
> vector length and can lead to memory corruption due to an undersized buffer
> being used.
>
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/fixes), thanks!

[1/1] arm64/sme: Set new vector length before reallocating
https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/05d881b85b48

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Catalin