linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging/ozwpan: Fix zero address check in oz_set_active

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:39:43 +0100
From:	Rupesh Gujare <rgujare@...odevices.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	<greg@...ah.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<ckelly@...odevices.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging/ozwpan: Fix zero address check in oz_set_active_pd

On 03/09/12 20:17, Andi Kleen wrote:
> gcc 4.8 warns about the incorrect memcmp size. I think it's supposed to
> be an ethernet address, so should be always 6 bytes.
>
> The code was wrong, would either compare 4 or 8 bytes (32bit vs 64bit)
>
> /backup/lsrc/git/linux-lto-2.6/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c: In function 'oz_set_active_pd':
> /backup/lsrc/git/linux-lto-2.6/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c:216:43: warning: argument to 'sizeof' in 'memcmp' call is the same expression as the destination; did you mean to provide an explicit length? [-Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess]
>     if (!memcmp(addr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", sizeof(addr))) {
>                                             ^
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
> index d983219..63c1b67 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int oz_set_active_pd(u8 *addr)
>   		if (old_pd)
>   			oz_pd_put(old_pd);
>   	} else {
> -		if (!memcmp(addr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", sizeof(addr))) {
> +		if (!memcmp(addr, "\0\0\0\0\0\0", ETH_ALEN)) {
>   			spin_lock_bh(&g_cdev.lock);
>   			pd = g_cdev.active_pd;
>   			g_cdev.active_pd = 0;
>

Its already fixed by this patch :-

http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/devel/2012-August/029734.html

-- 
Regards,
Rupesh Gujare


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/