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Re: [PATCH v2] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32_init()

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2023-10-06 10:50:28
Also in: linux-hardening

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller [off-list ref]:

On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 15:19:37 +0200 you wrote:
commit d61491a51f7e ("net/sched: cls_u32: Replace one-element array
with flexible-array member") incorrecly replaced an instance of
`sizeof(*tp_c)` with `struct_size(tp_c, hlist->ht, 1)`. This results
in a an over-allocation of 8 bytes.

This change is wrong because `hlist` in `struct tc_u_common` is a
pointer:

[...]
Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] net: sched: cls_u32: Fix allocation size in u32_init()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/c4d49196ceec

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