Re: [PATCH v3] ethtool: avoiding integer overflow in ethtool_phys_id()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:29:01 +0300 Maxim Korotkov wrote:
> The value of an arithmetic expression "n * id.data" is subject
> to possible overflow due to a failure to cast operands to a larger data
> type before performing arithmetic. Used macro for multiplication instead
> operator for avoiding overflow.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@xxxxxxxxx>

Applying to net-next, pretty sure nobody expects us to support blinking
an LED 4 billion times, at a rate low enough for a human eye to see...
But let's watch the stable bots pick it up anyway.