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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] ethtool: avoiding integer overflow in ethtool_phys_id()
On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:29:01 +0300 Maxim Korotkov wrote:
> The value of an arithmetic expression "n * id.data" is subject
> to possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
> type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
> operator for avoiding overflow.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@gmail.com>

Applying to net-next, pretty sure nobody expects us to support blinking
an LED 4 billion times, at a rate low enough for a human eye to see...
But let's watch the stable bots pick it up anyway.

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