Re: [PATCH] orinoco: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy()

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Jun 22 2021 - 11:24:30 EST


Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memcpy(), memmove(), and memset(), avoid
> intentionally writing across neighboring array fields.
>
> Validate the expected key size and introduce a wrapping structure
> to use as the multi-field memcpy() destination so that overflows
> can be correctly detected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

70ca8441ebfc orinoco: Avoid field-overflowing memcpy()

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