linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] sh: machvec: Use char[] for section boundaries

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Date:   Thu, 8 Sep 2022 08:53:19 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: machvec: Use char[] for section boundaries

On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 1:43 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> As done for other sections, define the extern as a character array,
> which relaxes many of the compiler-time object size checks, which would
> otherwise assume it's a single long. Solves the following build error:
>
> arch/sh/kernel/machvec.c: error: array subscript 'struct sh_machine_vector[0]' is partly outside array bounds of 'long int[1]' [-Werror=array-bounds]:  => 105:33
>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
> Cc: linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2209050944290.964530@ramsan.of.borg/
> Fixes: 9655ad03af2d ("sh: Fixup machvec support.")
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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