Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 7/8] libelf: loop safety cleanup: Remove superseded image size copy check

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 09.12.16 at 16:44, <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now, elf_load_image eventually calls elf_memcpy_safe, which calls
> elf_iter_ok_counted.
> 
> So there is a work limit of 4x the image size.  This is larger than
> the previous limit of 2x the image size, but it includes a lot of
> other processing too.  And the purpose is to reject bad images without
> a significant risk of rejecting sane ones.  A 4x limit is tight
> enough.
> 
> So this ad-hoc remain_allow_copy check has been entirely superseded
> and can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>


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