mei: Cast the cb->ext_hdr allocation type
authorKees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:18:16 +0000 (23:18 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 1 May 2025 15:57:15 +0000 (17:57 +0200)
commit09f9adbcea38477b37ba63743c7538d2bdcd95a2
treef5a5744f8760e5d0f6a83fe7070b8c73bf50654c
parent1281f0ae2d0dd278d4812b58fbe26e4c2b8b07c3
mei: Cast the cb->ext_hdr allocation type

In preparation for making the kmalloc family of allocators type aware,
we need to make sure that the returned type from the allocation matches
the type of the variable being assigned. (Before, the allocator would
always return "void *", which can be implicitly cast to any pointer type.)

The assigned type is "struct mei_ext_hdr *", but the returned type will
be "struct mei_ext_hdr_gsc_f2h *", which is a larger allocation size.
This is by design as struct mei_ext_hdr_gsc_f2h contains struct
mei_ext_hdr as its first member. Cast the allocation to the match the
assignment.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250426061815.work.435-kees@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/misc/mei/interrupt.c