[PATCH v2 0/3] arm64/fpsimd: Fix use after free in SME when changing SVE VL

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Fri Jul 21 03:53:37 PDT 2023


On Thu, 20 Jul 2023 19:38:57 +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> This series fixes an issue which David Spickett found where if we change
> the SVE VL while SME is in use we can end up attempting to save state to
> an unallocated buffer and adds testing coverage for that plus a bit more
> coverage of VL changes, just for paranioa.
> 
> 

Applied first patch to arm64 (for-next/fixes), thanks!

[1/3] arm64/fpsimd: Ensure SME storage is allocated after SVE VL changes
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/d4d5be94a878

I'll look at the selftests stuff for 6.6 when I get to that (probably
next week).

Cheers,
-- 
Will

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