Re: [PATCH v4 ipsec-next] xfrm: remove VLA usage in __xfrm6_sort()

From: Steffen Klassert
Date: Thu Apr 26 2018 - 04:33:22 EST


On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 04:58:52PM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 07:46:39 -0700
> Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In the quest to remove all stack VLA usage removed from the kernel[1],
> > just use XFRM_MAX_DEPTH as already done for the "class" array. In one
> > case, it'll do this loop up to 5, the other caller up to 6.
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/621
> >
> > Co-developed-by: Andreas Christoforou <andreaschristofo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v4:
> > - actually remove memset(). :)
> > v3:
> > - adjust Subject and commit log (Steffen)
> > - use "= { }" instead of memset() (Stefano)
> > v2:
> > - use XFRM_MAX_DEPTH for "count" array (Steffen and Mathias).
> > ---
>
> Acked-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks everyone!