Thread (4 messages) 4 messages, 2 authors, 2026-02-25

Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle const qualifier from gic_kvm_info allocation type

From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-02-13 15:03:30
Also in: kvmarm, linux-hardening, lkml

On Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:30:23 -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)

The assigned type is "struct gic_kvm_info", but the returned type,
while matching, is const qualified. To get them exactly matching, just
use the dereferenced pointer for the sizeof().

[...]
Applied to fixes, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle const qualifier from gic_kvm_info allocation type
      commit: ee5c38a8d31e5dea52299c43c2ec3213351ab6e1

Cheers,

	M.
-- 
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.


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