linux-ext4 - [PATCH] libext2fs: avoid pointer arithmetic on `void *`

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Date:   Sat,  4 Apr 2020 21:53:46 -0700
From:   Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libext2fs: avoid pointer arithmetic on `void *`

The pointer operand to the binary `+` operator must be to a complete
object type.

Signed-off-by: Michael Forney <mforney@...rney.org>
---
 lib/ext2fs/csum.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/csum.c b/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
index 8513d1ab..c2550365 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static errcode_t __get_dirent_tail(ext2_filsys fs,
 		rec_len = translate(d->rec_len);
 	}
 
-	if ((void *)d > ((void *)dirent + fs->blocksize))
+	if ((char *)d > ((char *)dirent + fs->blocksize))
 			return EXT2_ET_DIR_CORRUPTED;
 	if (d != top)
 		return EXT2_ET_DIR_NO_SPACE_FOR_CSUM;
-- 
2.26.0