linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] scsi: 3w-sas: Replace 1-element arrays with flexible array members

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:10:18 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Adam Radford <aradford@...il.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: 3w-sas: Replace 1-element arrays with flexible
 array members


Kees,

> One-element arrays (and multi-element arrays being treated as
> dynamically sized) are deprecated[1] and are being replaced with
> flexible array members in support of the ongoing efforts to tighten
> the FORTIFY_SOURCE routines on memcpy(), correctly instrument array
> indexing with UBSAN_BOUNDS, and to globally enable
> -fstrict-flex-arrays=3.
>
> Replace one-element arrays with flexible-array member in
> TW_Ioctl_Buf_Apache and TW_Param_Apache, adjusting the explicit sizing
> calculations at the same time.
>
> This results in no differences in binary output.

Applied to 6.3/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering