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Philipp Stanner
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tty/vt currently uses memdup_user() and vmemdup_array_user() to copy userspace arrays. Whereas there is no danger of overflowing, the call to vmemdup_user() currently utilizes array_size() to calculate the array size nevertheless. This is not useful because array_size() would return SIZE_MAX and pass it to vmemdup_user() in case of (the impossible) overflow. string.h from the core-API now provides the wrappers memdup_array_user() and vmemdup_array_user() to copy userspace arrays in a standardized manner. Additionally, they also perform generic overflow-checks. Use these wrappers to make it more obvious and readable that arrays are being copied. As we are at it, remove two unnecessary empty lines. Suggested-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231103111207.74621-2-pstanner@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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