netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] [net-next] bpf: fix out-of-bounds access warning in bpf

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Date:   Fri, 03 Nov 2017 14:20:47 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, ecree@...arflare.com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] [net-next] bpf: fix out-of-bounds access warning
 in bpf_check

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Thu,  2 Nov 2017 12:05:52 +0100

> The bpf_verifer_ops array is generated dynamically and may be
> empty depending on configuration, which then causes an out
> of bounds access:
> 
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c: In function 'bpf_check':
> kernel/bpf/verifier.c:4320:29: error: array subscript is above array bounds [-Werror=array-bounds]
> 
> This adds a check to the start of the function as a workaround.
> I would assume that the function is never called in that configuration,
> so the warning is probably harmless.
> 
> Fixes: 00176a34d9e2 ("bpf: remove the verifier ops from program structure")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Applied.