| From | Kalle Valo <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 45/63] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:19:37 +0300 |
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Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> writes:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time > field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across > neighboring fields. > > Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing > beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point > of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally split up a later > field-spanning memset() so that memset() can reason about the size. > > Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> > Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> > Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To avoid conflicts I prefer taking this via my ath tree.
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