Re: [PATCH] sctp: integer overflow in sctp_auth_create_key()

[Xi Wang <xi.wang@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for clarifying this!

I will leave the check there and incorporate your comments into a new patch.

- xi

On Nov 29, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Vladislav Yasevich wrote:
> 
> That should be ok as well.  There is an overflow guard in the api
> entry point so that should guard against overflows from user space.
> 
> On the network end I miscalculated a little.  The key is actually made up
> of user_key (1 short) + 2 * key_vector (3 shorts) for a total of 7*MAX_USHORT;
> however, that still will not overflow 32 bits.
> 
> -vlad

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