Re: [PATCH] virtio: console: check the control packet size before parsing it

From: Guanglei Zhu

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 07:05:40 EST


You are right, the impact statement does not hold up: the reused
buffer still contains a previously valid control message, so a short
packet makes the driver parse stale - not attacker-controlled - data,
and that is not worth carrying an extra check for. Please drop this
patch.

Sorry for the noise, and thanks for the review.