linux-hardening - RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct

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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 19:42:13 +0000
From: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded
 arithmetic

> Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] RDMA/mana_ib: Prefer struct_size over open coded
> arithmetic
>
> This is an effort to get rid of all multiplications from allocation functions in order to
> prevent integer overflows [1][2].
>
> As the "req" variable is a pointer to "struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2"
> and this structure ends in a flexible array:
>
> struct mana_cfg_rx_steer_req_v2 {
>       [...]
>         mana_handle_t indir_tab[] __counted_by(num_indir_entries); };
>
> the preferred way in the kernel is to use the struct_size() helper to do the
> arithmetic instead of the calculation "size + size * count" in the kzalloc() function.
>
> Moreover, use the "offsetof" helper to get the indirect table offset instead of the
> "sizeof" operator and avoid the open-coded arithmetic in pointers using the new
> flex member. This new structure member also allow us to remove the
> "req_indir_tab" variable since it is no longer needed.
>
> This way, the code is more readable and safer.
>
> This code was detected with the help of Coccinelle, and audited and modified
> manually.
>
> Link:
> https://www.ker/
> nel.org%2Fdoc%2Fhtml%2Flatest%2Fprocess%2Fdeprecated.html%23open-
> coded-arithmetic-in-allocator-
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> Link:
> https://github.co/
> m%2FKSPP%2Flinux%2Fissues%2F160&data=05%7C02%7Clongli%40microsoft.co
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> Signed-off-by: Erick Archer <erick.archer@...look.com>

Reviewed-by: Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>