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assoc_array: Avoid open coded arithmetic in allocator arguments
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 kmalloc() and kzalloc() functions. Also, take the opportunity to refactor the memcpy() calls to use the struct_size() and flex_array_size() helpers. [1] https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#open-coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-arguments Signed-off-by: Len Baker <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>
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