Re: [PATCH v2 net] nfc: use GFP_USER for user-controlled kmalloc

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:41:29AM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Cong Wang [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

These two functions are called in sendmsg path, and the
'len' is passed from user-space, so we should not allow
malicious users to OOM kernel on purpose.

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <redacted>
Cc: Lauro Ramos Venancio <redacted>
Cc: Aloisio Almeida Jr <redacted>
Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <redacted>

Ping...

David, this patch seems still not applied, I guess you expect NFC
maintainer to take it, but this doesn't happen. Could you take it?

I'll look at it later today.

Cheers,
Samuel.
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