[PATCH v2 45/63] ath11k: Use memset_startat() for clearing queue descriptors
Kalle Valo
kvalo at codeaurora.org
Thu Aug 19 13:19:37 UTC 2021
Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org> writes:
> In preparation for FORTIFY_SOURCE performing compile-time and run-time
> field bounds checking for memset(), avoid intentionally writing across
> neighboring fields.
>
> Use memset_startat() so memset() doesn't get confused about writing
> beyond the destination member that is intended to be the starting point
> of zeroing through the end of the struct. Additionally split up a later
> field-spanning memset() so that memset() can reason about the size.
>
> Cc: Kalle Valo <kvalo at codeaurora.org>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft.net>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>
> Cc: ath11k at lists.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-wireless at vger.kernel.org
> Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook at chromium.org>
To avoid conflicts I prefer taking this via my ath tree.
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