Re: [PATCH 1/5] iio: proximity: hx9023s: fix out-of-bounds access when copying firmware

[Yasin Lee]

On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 4:45 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 09, 2026 at 11:37:02AM +0800, Yasin Lee wrote:
> > Initialize fw_size before copying firmware data into the flexible
> > array member to match the __counted_by() annotation. This fixes a
> > potential out-of-bounds access that could lead to a kernel crash.
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> Fixes tag?
>

This is a proactive fix for an original implementation issue I found
as maintainer.

> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
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