linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 10/12] enic: Avoid false positive under FORTIFY

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:03:35 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, benve@...co.com,
	satishkh@...co.com, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.1 10/12] enic: Avoid false positive under
 FORTIFY_SOURCE

Hi!

> From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 40b9385dd8e6a0515e1c9cd06a277483556b7286 ]
> 
> FORTIFY_SOURCE has been ignoring 0-sized destinations while the kernel
> code base has been converted to flexible arrays. In order to enforce
> the 0-sized destinations (e.g. with __counted_by), the remaining 0-sized
> destinations need to be handled. Unfortunately, struct vic_provinfo
> resists full conversion, as it contains a flexible array of flexible
> arrays, which is only possible with the 0-sized fake flexible array.
> 
> Use unsafe_memcpy() to avoid future false positives under
> CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE.

This prepares for future chagnes, but I don't believe we'll port them
to stable.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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