linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] qnx4: Avoid confusing compiler about buffer lengths

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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:18:18 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Anders Larsen <al@...rsen.net>
Cc: Ronald Monthero <debug.penguin32@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] qnx4: Avoid confusing compiler about buffer
 lengths

On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 05:43:08PM +0100, Anders Larsen wrote:
> Hi Kees,
> 
> On 2023-12-12 22:19 Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:51:17 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > This attempts to fix the issue Ronald Monthero found[1]. Avoids using a
> > > too-short struct buffer when reading the string, by using the existing
> > > struct union.
> > > 
> > > -Kees
> > > 
> > > [1]
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231112095353.579855-1-debug.penguin32@gmai
> > > l.com/
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > I'll put these in -next since there's been no more discussion on it.
> > 
> > Applied to for-next/hardening, thanks!
> 
> thanks for taking care of this (and apologies for me being unresponsive)
> 
> If it's not too late, feel free to add
> Acked-by: Anders Larsen <al@...rsen.net>

Thanks! I'll update the tags. :)

-- 
Kees Cook