mm/list_lru.c: prefer struct_size over open coded arithmetic
As noted in the "Deprecated Interfaces, Language Features, Attributes, and Conventions" documentation [1], size calculations (especially multiplication) should not be performed in memory allocator (or similar) function arguments due to the risk of them overflowing. This could lead to values wrapping around and a smaller allocation being made than the caller was expecting. Using those allocations could lead to linear overflows of heap memory and other misbehaviors. So, use the struct_size() helper to do the arithmetic instead of the argument "size + count * size" in the kvmalloc() functions. Also, take the opportunity to refactor the memcpy() call to use the flex_array_size() helper. This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle and audited and fixed manually. [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211017105929.9284-1-len.baker@gmx.comSigned-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Cc: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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