Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:08:57 +0200 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 6.0 681/862] wifi: rtw88: phy: fix warning of possible buffer overflow |
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:12:29AM +0000, Ping-Ke Shih wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 4:33 PM > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>; stable@vger.kernel.org; Kevin Yang > > <kevin_yang@realtek.com>; Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com>; Kalle Valo <kvalo@kernel.org>; Sasha Levin > > <sashal@kernel.org> > > Subject: [PATCH 6.0 681/862] wifi: rtw88: phy: fix warning of possible buffer overflow > > > > From: Zong-Zhe Yang <kevin_yang@realtek.com> > > > > [ Upstream commit 86331c7e0cd819bf0c1d0dcf895e0c90b0aa9a6f ] > > > > reported by smatch > > > > phy.c:854 rtw_phy_linear_2_db() error: buffer overflow 'db_invert_table[i]' > > 8 <= 8 (assuming for loop doesn't break) > > > > However, it seems to be a false alarm because we prevent it originally via > > if (linear >= db_invert_table[11][7]) > > return 96; /* maximum 96 dB */ > > > > Still, we adjust the code to be more readable and avoid smatch warning. > > Like Pavel mentioned [1], this patch is to avoid smatch warning, not a really > bug. So, shouldn't take this patch. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20221018093921.GD1264@duo.ucw.cz/
Ok, will go drop now, thanks.
greg k-h
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