linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] media: tm6000: fix potential Spectre variant 1

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Date:   Mon, 21 May 2018 11:18:52 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] media: tm6000: fix potential Spectre variant 1



On 05/17/2018 01:08 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 
> BTW, Mauro, you sent a patch to fix an spectre v1 issue in this file 
> yesterday: dvb_ca_en50221.c:1480, but it seems there is another instance 
> of the same issue some lines above:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c 
> b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
> index 1310526..7edd9db 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
> @@ -1398,6 +1398,7 @@ static int dvb_ca_en50221_io_do_ioctl(struct file 
> *file,
> 
>                  info->type = CA_CI_LINK;
>                  info->flags = 0;
> +               slot = array_index_nospec(slot, ca->slot_count + 1);
>                  sl = &ca->slot_info[slot];
>                  if ((sl->slot_state != DVB_CA_SLOTSTATE_NONE) &&
>                      (sl->slot_state != DVB_CA_SLOTSTATE_INVALID)) {
> 
> 

Hi Mauro,

Just to let you know, I was running smatch during the weekend and the 
tool is still reporting all these Spectre media warnings (and a lot more):

https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/list/?submitter=7277

Thanks
--
Gustavo