ernel.org; Juergen Gross
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i40e/i40evf: fix out-of-bounds read of cpumask
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> [Fixed Cc: address for stable, Cc'ed Juergen]
>
> On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:04:42 -0700
> Jacob Keller wrote:
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> > When responding to an affinity hint we directly c
[Fixed Cc: address for stable, Cc'ed Juergen]
On Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:04:42 -0700
Jacob Keller wrote:
> When responding to an affinity hint we directly copied a cpumask value,
> intsead of using cpumask_copy. According to cpumask.h this is not
> correct because cpumask_t is only guaranteed to hav
> Subject: [PATCH v2] i40e/i40evf: fix out-of-bounds read of cpumask
>
> When responding to an affinity hint we directly copied a cpumask value,
> intsead of using cpumask_copy. According to cpumask.h this is not
> correct because cpumask_t is only guaranteed to have enough space fo
When responding to an affinity hint we directly copied a cpumask value,
intsead of using cpumask_copy. According to cpumask.h this is not
correct because cpumask_t is only guaranteed to have enough space for
the number of CPUs in the system, and may not be as big as we expect.
Thus a direct copy re
