[PATCH] crypto: sun8i-ce - Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

[PATCH] crypto: sun8i-ce - Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

[Erick Archer]

As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.

So, use the purpose specific kcalloc() function instead of the argument
size * count in the kzalloc() function.

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [1]
Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162
Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>
---
 drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
index d358334e5981..ee2a28c906ed 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int sun8i_ce_hash_run(struct crypto_engine *engine, void *breq)
 		digestsize = SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE;

 	/* the padding could be up to two block. */
-	buf = kzalloc(bs * 2, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
+	buf = kcalloc(2, bs, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
 	if (!buf) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto theend;
--
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH] crypto: sun8i-ce - Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

[Gustavo A. R. Silva]

On 1/21/24 09:34, Erick Archer wrote:
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
> 
> So, use the purpose specific kcalloc() function instead of the argument
> size * count in the kzalloc() function.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>

Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>

Thanks!
-- 
Gustavo

> ---
>   drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
> index d358334e5981..ee2a28c906ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c
> @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int sun8i_ce_hash_run(struct crypto_engine *engine, void *breq)
>   		digestsize = SHA512_DIGEST_SIZE;
> 
>   	/* the padding could be up to two block. */
> -	buf = kzalloc(bs * 2, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
> +	buf = kcalloc(2, bs, GFP_KERNEL | GFP_DMA);
>   	if (!buf) {
>   		err = -ENOMEM;
>   		goto theend;
> --
> 2.25.1
> 

Re: [PATCH] crypto: sun8i-ce - Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

[Jernej Škrabec]

Dne nedelja, 21. januar 2024 ob 16:34:07 CET je Erick Archer napisal(a):
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
> 
> So, use the purpose specific kcalloc() function instead of the argument
> size * count in the kzalloc() function.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>

Acked-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>

Best regards,
Jernej

Re: [PATCH] crypto: sun8i-ce - Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()

[Herbert Xu]

On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 04:34:07PM +0100, Erick Archer wrote:
> As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes,
> and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially
> multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar)
> function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead
> to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the
> caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear
> overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors.
> 
> So, use the purpose specific kcalloc() function instead of the argument
> size * count in the kzalloc() function.
> 
> Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments [1]
> Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/162
> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@gmx.com>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/allwinner/sun8i-ce/sun8i-ce-hash.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/
PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt