[PATCH][next] dmaengine: at_xdmac: Use struct_size() in devm_kzalloc()

Gustavo A. R. Silva gustavoars at kernel.org
Tue Dec 7 16:10:13 PST 2021


Make use of the struct_size() helper instead of an open-coded version, in
order to avoid any potential type mistakes or integer overflows that, in
the worst scenario, could lead to heap overflows.

Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/160
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
index 275a76f188ae..e42dede5b243 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused atmel_xdmac_resume(struct device *dev)
 static int at_xdmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct at_xdmac	*atxdmac;
-	int		irq, size, nr_channels, i, ret;
+	int		irq, nr_channels, i, ret;
 	void __iomem	*base;
 	u32		reg;
 
@@ -2056,9 +2056,9 @@ static int at_xdmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	size = sizeof(*atxdmac);
-	size += nr_channels * sizeof(struct at_xdmac_chan);
-	atxdmac = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	atxdmac = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+			       struct_size(atxdmac, chan, nr_channels),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!atxdmac) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't allocate at_xdmac structure\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.27.0




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