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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 20:06:41 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org> Cc: Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, Paulo Alcantara <pc@....nz>, Ronnie Sahlberg <lsahlber@...hat.com>, Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@...rosoft.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] cifs: Replace a couple of one-element arrays with flexible-array members On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 08:51:39PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: > One-element arrays are deprecated, and we are replacing them with flexible > array members instead. So, replace one-element arrays with flexible-array > member in structs negotiate_req and extended_response, and refactor the > rest of the code, accordingly. > > Also, make use of the DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() helper to declare flexible > array member EncryptionKey in union u. This new helper allows for > flexible-array members in unions. > > Change pointer notation to proper array notation in a call to memcpy() > where flexible-array member DialectsArray is being used as destination > argument. > > Important to mention is that doing a build before/after this patch results > in no binary output differences. > > This helps with the ongoing efforts to tighten the FORTIFY_SOURCE > routines on memcpy() and help us make progress towards globally > enabling -fstrict-flex-arrays=3 [1]. > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/79 > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/229 > Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101836 [1] > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@...nel.org> Looks good to me; thanks! Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> -- Kees Cook
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